Collections
What the house holds
From Indigenous nations of this region to sugarcane, Senator Ellender’s office, and the BAG Gallery — the collections sit alongside the pink house, not as a separate museum.
Native peoples of Louisiana
Objects and interpretation from the Indigenous nations of this region, held here as part of the parish’s longer story — not as a preface to the house.
Worker’s cabin, about 1885
A cabin from Hollywood Plantation, moved here in 1999. It interprets life and labor on a sugar plantation in 1885.
The Minor family rooms
Original 19th-century furnishings from the family that occupied the house until 1936.
Boehm and Doughty porcelain
Porcelain birds and flowers from the Boehm and Doughty studios.
Sugarcane
Southdown Plantation and the industry that ran 86 mills in Terrebonne Parish. The Southdown Mill closed in 1979.
Memories of Terrebonne, 1890–1945
An oral history, photograph, and artifact collection from the parish’s boom years.
Southdown
Plantation & Museum
1208 Museum Drive
Houma, LA 70360
985-851-0154
info@southdownmuseum.org
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