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Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
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Shaw Center for the Arts

Downtown Baton Rouge arts complex with a theatre, a university art museum, a gallery, and riverside dining.

100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70801 · Baton Rouge, LA

About Shaw Center for the Arts

This nonprofit arts complex occupies a full city block in downtown Baton Rouge and overlooks the Mississippi River. Its main spaces include the Manship Theatre, the LSU Museum of Art, the Glassell Gallery, and the River Terrace, which hosts weddings and business events. The center also holds classrooms and dining options, among them a rooftop sushi restaurant and a park. The museum's holdings include a notable group of Newcomb Pottery, reportedly the largest in the United States.

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