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first stop stay a while Take your time exploring LSU’s beautiful campus. Enjoy LSU Visitor Center the many eateries on campus and reserve a room at one Dalrymple Drive at of LSU’s two on-campus hotels. Highland Road 225-578-5030 Places to Stay Hours of Operation: The Cook Hotel 7:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. 3848 West Lakeshore Drive Monday through Friday 1-866-610-COOK (1-866-610-2665) www.lsualumni.org Stop by the LSU Visitor Center to obtain a visitor The Faculty Club parking hangtag and Highland Road at Raphael Semmes Road campus map. Visitors may 225-578-2356 park in student lots, pay- www.lsudining.com/faculty-club to-park lots, and metered spaces. Places to Eat www.lsudining.com LSU Dairy Store Tower Drive at South Stadium Road LSU Union Highland Road at Raphael Semmes Road LSU Faculty Club Mike the Tiger Highland Road at Raphael Semmes Road Driving Directions Directions to LSU from I-110 • From I-110S, merge onto I-10E. • From I-10E, take exit 156B, “Dalrymple Drive/LSU.” making tracks Directions to LSU from I-10 • Headed westbound or eastbound on I-10, take exit things to do 156B, “Dalrymple Drive/LSU.” After taking exit 156B, turn right onto Dalrymple Drive. End at the LSU Visitor Center on the corner of Highland (at) Road and Dalrymple Drive. louisiana state university LSU is an equal opportunity/access university • Produced by LSU Office of Public Affairs Printed by Printing Services • 07587 • 20M • 6/08 things to do Museums and Cultural Attractions Greek Theatre Andonie Museum Dalrymple Drive 3828 West Lakeshore Drive Built in 1926 to hold the entire campus population, map www.andoniemuseum.org the Greek Theatre was once the location of major Permanent collection of LSU athletics memorabilia University assemblies. Today it is the starting place for the Golden Band from Tigerland’s procession into Tiger Stadium. of Museum of Natural Science campus 119 Foster Hall • Dalrymple Drive www.lsu.edu/lsumns Indian Mounds WEST H Permanent collection of nearly 3 million specimens Fieldhouse Drive at Dalrymple Drive ple Dr. Dalrym . Rd C r. The Indian Mounds are approximately 5,000 years I Law Center of mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles L D Middleton K Assembly Library er w B old, making them older than the Egyptian Pyramids. Center A ighland To H O Rd. M mes Rd. N Union Art Gallery Scientists believe the mounds were ceremonial, not Raphael Sem N. Stadium G 2nd Floor, LSU Student Union burial sites, but their real purpose remains a mystery. L Dr. Fieldhouse Q D Highland Road at Raphael Semmes Road Tiger Stadium www.lsu.edu/union French House S. Campus Dr. E J Visiting collections of unusual, self-taught, and Highland Road at Raphael Semmes Road S. Stadium Rd. Rec student/staff art www.honors.lsu.edu Center P “La Maison Française,” a Renaissance-style, W. Lakeshore Dr. Textile and Costume Museum Normandy château, was built in 1935 as a center for Ln. F 140 Human Ecology Building intense study of French language and culture. Today it Taylor CEBA Hall Parker Tower Drive at South Campus Drive houses the prestigious LSU Honors College. Coliseum Nicholson www.textilemuseum.huec.lsu.edu Nicholson Ext. Visiting collections of historical and modern textiles LSU Lakes TO D ve. r. Highland Rd. Dalrymple Drive and West Lakeshore Drive A Run, walk, and jog your way around the 300 acres of Swine Palace Stanford Burbank Dr LSU Ave. Tower Drive at Highland Road freshwater lakes that surround the LSU campus. The . www.swinepalace.org lakes, created in the 1930s, are part of what makes Classic and contemporary theatre performances held LSU one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses. year-round Visitor Center F Swine Palace L Athletic Venues Athletic Venues A Memorial Tower G The Quad M Mike’s Habitat B Andonie Museum H Greek Theatre N Cook Hotel Memorial Tower Nicholson Drive at North Stadium Road C Museum of Natural Science I Indian Mounds O The Faculty Club Tower Drive www.lsusports.net D Union Art Gallery J French House P LSU Dairy Store E Textile and Costume Museum K LSU Lakes Q LSU Union LSU’s 175-foot tower is a memorial to Louisianans Home to some of the nation’s finest NCAA athletic who died in World War I. Memorial Tower’s bells chime programs, LSU athletic venues, including Tiger Stadium, every quarter hour and can play special tunes like the the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, and Alex Box LSU alma mater. University tours depart from the tower Stadium are always full on gameday. Visit at 10:00 a.m. each weekday, excluding holidays. www.lsusports.net for schedules and ticket information. The Quad Mike’s Habitat The Quadrangle, nicknamed “the Quad,” is the heart of North Stadium Road campus. Completed by the campus’s 1926 dedication, www.mikethetiger.com the Quad is the historic core of campus that holds the Mike VI’s 15,000-square-foot habitat is a state-of-the- first group of campus structures built. The Quad is lush art facility for LSU’s beloved mascot. Mike VI’s reign with oaks, azaleas, crepe myrtles, and magnolia trees. began on September 14, 2007, marking more than 70 years with a live mascot on campus..