Louisiana Children's Museum

Home of Southern Eye Bank's Eye-to-Eye Exhibit

Did you know that Southern Eye Bank offers complimentary vision health and eye safety classes? Classes can be held at the LCM, school classroom, summer camp facility, recreational facility or any other location in Southern Louisiana. For mor information, click here.

 

                       

Left: Visitors are greeted by "larger-than-life" spectacles at the Eye-To-Eye exhibit sponsored by Southern Eye Bank.

 

 

                     Below: Interactive kiosks teach parents  and  children the importance of keeping your eyes healthy

                                   

 

 

Above: Have you ever wondered how your favorite animal

sees their world?  Find out how a hawk, catfish,

and a honey bee does it at the Louisiana Children's Museum.

                                                        

Above: Give a mock eye exam in the pint size ophthalmologist's office and don't forget to visit "Dr. Peeper's" optical shop for the latest in kiddie eye wear. Design your own spectacles made of pipe cleaners and construction paper, of course.                                 

                                          Below: Learn how a blind person tells time,

                           reads and does just about anything a sighted person can do.

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Left: Visitors can "see" others entering the exhibit and distort them using different lenses that mimic ocular impairments such as Myopia, Hyperopia, astigmatism, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

                                          

Above: Billy Buras, Philip Castilo, Tracy McCarter, Ehrett McClain, Colleen Oltmann, Rebekah Danner and Pam Cart celebrate the grand opening of Southern Eye Bank's Vision Exhibit.  The exhibit is open now and will remain open for the next few years.