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Burden Museum & Gardens
4.8 ★★★★★ 805 Google reviews · Greenhouse wedding venue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
440-acre site with botanic gardens, 5 miles of paths & an open-air history museum of rural life.
Plan your tour
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (225) 763-3990
- Website lsuagcenter.com — most venues book tours right on their site
Hours
| Monday | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Saturday | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | 8 AM–5 PM |
The setting
“440-acre site with botanic gardens, 5 miles of paths & an open-air history museum of rural life.” — its Google listing
What couples say again and again
“Proud of LSU for sharing this beautiful research facility with the public.”
Why it's listed — and what we can confirm
- Glass / botanical setting — “440-acre site with botanic gardens, 5 miles of paths & an open-air history museum of rural life.”
- Hosts weddings or events — “I've attended a friend's wedding here and I highly recommend it, especially on golden sunset hours!”
From the reviews
What a beautiful public park and nature center. When we were there, a wedding was being set up in the Orangerie that incidentally was designed by A. Hays Town and it looked beautiful. There also is a huge area dedicated to raising bees and the walking paths are fun and educational especially on an early spring day.
A wonderful delight of nature in the middle of the city! We love taking our toddler there to explore nature and play on the swing. We love that you can pick a few vegetables to take home for free according to their staff, but don't take the plants themselves.
Lots of artifacts from the past. You can really get a sense of what it must have been like to live in the past. The museum is kinda small but crammed pack with interesting displays. The outside village is done very well. It's worth an hour or 2 of your time.
Getting married at Burden Museum & Gardens
Burden Museum & Gardens comes up for weddings, going by their listing and couples’ reviews. Two things make the tour worth it. First, see the glass house at the time of day and season you'd actually get married — the light pouring through the panes at golden hour is the whole reason to book one, but a greenhouse at noon in July feels very different from one at dusk in October, so ask about temperature and shade for your date and walk the path your guests take from parking to ceremony to reception. Second, bring the questions that only matter for a glass venue: is it heated and air-conditioned (the single most important question), what months do they actually book, is there shade cloth or diffusing glass for midday glare, what's the humidity like in summer, are candles or open flame allowed near the plants, and exactly what's included — tables, chairs, setup, and teardown are where quotes quietly diverge. Glass venues are intimate and popular dates book 12–18 months out, so if the tour feels right, ask what's open in your season before you leave.
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