Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions
Exhibit for each of the 110 athletes recognized from the area. Located inside the Shreveport Convention Center.
Barnwell Garden & Art Center
One of the few combined art and garden centers in the Southwest. Domed botanical garden conservatory and fragrance garden for the visually impaired. Visit The Store, a Louisiana Crafts Guild affiliate, which offers one-of-a-kind traditional and contemporary hand-made works created by imaginative and skilled artisans from across the state. Store hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
www.barnwellcenter.com
Eighth Air Force Museum
Features military aircraft, dioramas, gift shop.
www.8afmuseum.net
Elvis Presley Statue
Bigger-than-life bronze statue of Elvis Presley in front of the Municipal Auditorium, where the king of rock `n' roll performed on the Louisiana Hayride for the first time in October, 1954.
www.stageofstars.com
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
Murals, frescoes, dioramas, Indian artifacts.
www.sos.louisiana.gov/museums.lsem
Meadows Museum of Art
Museum of American and European art spanning four centuries. Art of American West by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.
www.centenary.edu/meadows
Once in a Millennium Moon Mega Mural
On two sides of the AT&T building, the nation's largest public arts mural covers 25,000 square feet. Visible from I-20, the mural is a unique and monumental time capsule capturing the people of Shreveport, their treasures, tragedies, and triumphs in vivid color and poignant portraiture.
www.shrevearts.org/Pages/Millennium.html
R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Museum of American & European art spanning four centuries, art of American West by Frederic Remington & Charles Russell.
www.rwnaf.org
RiverView Park
Features an interactive water fountain with light and music, a 300-foot-long floating boat dock, a magnificent waterfall that incorporates natural stone and plantings, an arbor and viewing area at the summit of a waterfall.
www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/spar/Parks/sparparks.asp?facility_id=50
The Duck Pond
The official name is East Kings Highway Park, but this wonderful play area along Old River is known to locals as "the duck pond". Lots of play structures, swings, slides, picnic tables, a waterfront location and, of course, the ducks, make this soft-surfaced playground a great place to spend an afternoon! Open dawn to dusk. Restroom facility available.
www.ci.shreveport.la.us/DEPT/spar/Parks/sparparks.asp?facility_id=29
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