The Carville Leprosarium in the 1800s. ... Now, the National Hansen’s Disease Museum in Carville can be visited, and visitors can walk through over 4,000 square feet of exhibition space.

Louisiana is home to the only national leprosarium and was the treatment site for many leprosy patients. Learn about Carville's medical history here. ... After observing the museum, ...

CARVILLE, La. -- When Mary Ruth Daigle first arrived in Carville, La., in 1939, she was a patient. Today, she is a guide at the Trautman Museum, a newly expanded facility at the Gillis W. Long ...

An exhibit at Thibodaux’s Jean Lafitte Museum shows how one man was both a patient and the chronicler of America’s first leprosy community. Carville, Louisiana, became America’s first ...

Carville looked more like a prep school than a leprosarium — but it was surrounded by a barbed wire fence By Wendy Chin-Tanner Published August 9, 2023 11:00AM (EDT) ...

La. Tech student reflects on making USA Blind Soccer Men's National Team; Carville museum preserves history of nation’s oldest leprosarium By Alana Schreiber Published August 30, 2024 at 2:17 PM CDT ...

Louisiana is home to the only national leprosarium and was the treatment site for many leprosy patients. Learn about Carville's medical history here.

An exhibit at Thibodaux’s Jean Lafitte Museum shows how one man was both a patient and the chronicler of America’s first leprosy community. Carville, Louisiana, became America’s first ...