West Baton Rouge Museum

Teamwork! 💚

Free As They Want to Be Exhibit currently on display at the WBRM, BR Gallery, and Southern University through Sunday, Aug 23, 2026.

See you at the museum!

We are READY!

Join the WBRM for a special FREE opportunity to view:

Free As They Want to Be: Artists Committed to Memory

Opening at the WBRM on Saturday, August 1, 26 with a limited run through Sunday, Aug 23, 2026.

FREE OPENING RECEPTION & PANEL DISCUSSION

Saturday, Aug 1, 2026

For additional information, please visit our website at:

www.WestBatonRougeMuseum.org or our FB feed for details.

See you at the museum!

A show too big for one gallery will connect metro, north and west Baton Rouge.
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The traveling exhibit features photography, video projection, sculpture and mixed media installation. It's made several stops throughout the country before landing in Baton Rouge, and getting it here was no easy task.

What happens when an accredited museum (WBRM), a historic HBCU (SU A&M College), and an amazing contemporary art gallery / artist cooperative (BR Gallery) partner?

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The West Baton Rouge Museum, the Art Department at Hayden Hall - Southern University A&M College, and the Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art are honored to present a powerful, national traveling exhibition:

Free As They Want to Be: Artists Committed to Memory

Free As They Want to Be celebrates the brilliance, creativity, and lived experiences of Black artists from across the country.

Don't miss our FREE exhibit opening!!

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⭐️ Free As They Want to Be Panel Discussion and Opening Reception
Saturday, Aug 1, 2026
2 - 4:30 PM
WBRM Brick Gallery

Featuring guest moderator:
⭐️ Dr. Candace Alfred Weber, Arts Facet Chair, LaCapitale (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated

Panelists:
⭐️ Brandon "BMike" Odums — Artist, Activist, and Mentor
⭐️ Gerri Hobdy — Arts Cultural Leader & Principal, Pleroma LLC
⭐️ Ben Jeffers — Art Collector & Legendary Public Servant
⭐️ Original spoken word performance by Luke St. John McKnight, Artist & Executive VP of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
⭐️ Live music by Eric Whitfield, Saxophonist

We look forward to celebrating this monumental exhibit with you, but run, don't walk because the exhibit closes on August 23, 2026! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃‍♂️

See you at the museum!

Thank you 225 Magazine for your support for this spectacular collaboration! 💚

A major art exhibit is making its way to three local venues. 🎨🏫 The traveling exhibition “Free As They Want To Be: Artists Committed to Memory” explores the role of film, photography, and art in remembering the history of slavery in the United States.

See the collection from Aug. 1 to Aug. 23 at the Baton Rouge Gallery, Southern University's Art Gallery and the West Baton Rouge Museum.
📸: Baton Rouge Gallery

And here we stand...awkward and all!
West Baton Rouge Museum is deliriously delighted to showcase our museum family photos. And for your additional viewing pleasure, please visit the Awkward Family Photos Exhibit at the museum, on display until Sunday, August 9, 2026. See you at the museum!!

...and a time was had at the West Baton Rouge Museum!

Enjoy a few past photos from our most recent events:

⭐️June Historical Happy Hour featuring Total Control 🕺🏽🥁🎸
⭐️June Lunchtime Lecture with Dr. Ralph Slaughter celebrating Juneteenth 2026 🎊💥
⭐️June Kamp Kreyol with Clif Laurent 📖👓✍️🏾
⭐️June Behind the Barn Doors Quarterly Series with Linda Collins 🇺🇸🧵🪡
⭐️Annual Blast from the Past Summer Camp celebrates America 250!! 🇺🇸 📚😎🌞💚

Stay tuned and be sure to like & follow us for more updates. 💚
www.WestBatonRougeMuseum.org