The exhibits facility of The Centre for French Colonial Life offers special exhibits to help our visitors understand the Franco-Spanish colonial era during the late 18th to early 19th centuries and the development of a unique French “Creole” identity and way of life in this region at that time. Current exhibits are “Saving St. Louis: The Ste. Genevieve Militia at the Battle of Fort San Carlos” and “To Shelter and Sustain: Building on the Creole Frontier for Housing, Food and Water.”
The campus also includes the Louis Bolduc House, the best restored example a French Creole vertical log house dating from the late 18th century, and the LeMeilleur House, a later example of this type of building from around 1820. Both houses are furnished with original artifacts and are open for guided tours every hour. Tickets for the guided tours are sold at the Centre For French Colonial Life Museum.
Living history activities, including period crafts, games and stories are available at another building on the museum campus – the Linden “Living History” House. The Linden House is open on Saturdays from late March through early November .
Information
| Sunday | 12:00 pm — 5:00 pm |
| Monday | 10:00 am — 5:00 pm |
| Tuesday | 10:00 am — 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 10:00 am — 5:00 pm |
| Thursday | 10:00 am — 5:00 pm |
| Friday | 10:00 am — 5:00 pm |
| Saturday | 10:00 am — 5:00 pm |