tupper museum

I thought it would be a little quaint museum And take just a few minutes. I was pleasantly surprised. After already being awe struck with the front and all the stories from the curator...we found a whole other section. The telephone area was like a second museum with hands on items. And there was even a third area with more modern exhibits. All that for only $2. The curator was very friendly and knowledgable. Totally worth the visit to walk through history.

This museum has a little bit of everything. It has a children's telephone museum that is very interactive. It had a neat collection of nutcrackers and a Christmas room.

Two of the three visitors in our party were in their early 60's. To them the merchandise in the store, and many of the telephone items, were from before their time. The senior member of our group, age 83, found the items to have been part of her childhood and youth.It's a nice experience from a variety of standpoints!

Go back to 1910 and visit an original general store, then a history of the telephone, very impressive and genuine! I had friends 50 and 70 years old, they were so surprised that in a small parish as Jefferson Davis that we had such a valuable and authentic historical museum with such wonderfully preserved items of every day life. The hostess is very knowledgeable and so gracious with her time and history of the items and the territory. I have to visit every year for it reminds me of many items that were in my grandparents barn and my great grandparents home. Every day clothing and toys of that era. Plus the telephone museum had all the phones that I grew up with and a wonderful section on the inventors of the telephone. Very handicap friendly.

The Tupper Museum is a fabulous time capsule of mid-century Americana. When we went, I didn't realize how fascinated I would be with looking at general store merchandise! But seeing the old stockings, medications, and men's longjohns gave me a real glimpse of life before malls and internet shopping. The guide working the museum was full of interesting facts about how the museum came to be and about the products in it. Definitely worth a visit!

The Tupper General Merchandise Museum is located in Jennings, Louisiana, which is between Lake Charles and Lafayette on I-10. This museum has two parts. The first section in the front of the museum is literally a store that closed in the late 1940's - with thousands of items displayed as they were when the store closed. Your enjoyment will increase as you spend more time looking at this store’s amazing inventory.The second part of the museum is in the back and is the Louisiana Telephone Pioneer Museum. This displays telephone equipment used throughout the last century. It is also very fascinating!People from all ages will enjoy the Tupper Museum. Younger people will see items they may not recognize and more "seasoned"' folks will love to see things they may have used when they were younger.Whether you are headed east or west on I-10, take a break from your driving and exit the interstate at Jennings and allocate at least an hour to visit the Tupper Museum. It is located at 311 North Main Street, which is also a quaint street. You will literally be transported back in time!

It has the most authentic items, even the dim lighting like it was with candles, good tour guide and cheap. A must for any resident and tourest!

When W. H. Tupper closed his rural, General Merchandise store in 1949, he left his complete inventory on the shelves, undisturbed, for decades. You can view the more than 10,000 items from his store at the Tupper Museum, recreated in the atmosphere of the original store. A visit to the museum is like stepping back in time. In addition to the many toys, hardware, toiletries, and clothing that you can view there, they also have on display Native American basketry, made by the Coushatta tribe and traded to Mr. Tupper for food and merchandise. Behind the store, they have an interesting and intereactive telephone exhibit, which is fun for children of all ages. Located just a few minutes from the interstate, the museum is a "must see" if you are traveling through Southwest Louisiana.

Even the lights are of the lighting quality of that period, mailbox, tools and farming equipment, things of house wife's would use, sewing, cooking, etc., plus new clothing of that period. Best show to see what/how our parents and grandparents used/lived.

Vous avez devant vous la machine à remonter le temps.Et vous entrez dans un savoureux bric à brac, celui que contenait une < epicerie> il y a 70 ans, dans le sud profond. Le rêve d un collectionneur, des jouets, des chapeaux, de la mercerie, des articles ménagers,, etc, etc, une liste a la PREVERT.Et puis un musée du téléphone, avec des commentaires enregistrés n anglais mais aussi en français d Acadie, le tout qui nous rappelle que le portable est une invention récente et nous renvoit a des années pas si éloignées, celles du 22 à Asnières. Et puis des motos des annes 40 (4) et puis des décorations de Noël. Et puis un petit endroit qui vous rappelle l histoire des cadiens, des cajuns. Bref sans prétention, un joyeux bric à braque, qui mérite, si vous passez dans le coin, 1 à 2 heures de joyeuse attention.

un lieux magique où le temps en suspend permet à tous faire un bond dans l'histoire.Un incroyable collection et une impression de temps suspendu; le personnel est charmant et connait son sujet. Chercheurs amateurs nous avons fait le détour jusqu’à Jennings pour voir le musée Tupper et trouver de la documentation. Nous en sommes sortis avec plus de 800 photographies pour notre travail de documentation sur la vie quotidienne . Si il y a un lieu à voir c'est celui-ci et les dollars dépensés pour le droit d'entrée sont une simple formalité.