CARTE Museum
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  Location of the CARTE Museum in Louisiana | |
| Established | 2009 |
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| Dissolved | 2017 |
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30°25′33″N 91°09′31″W / 30.425961°N 91.158632°W |
| Type | History museum |
| Collection size | 10,000 (2,300 individual maps and atlas entries) |
| Director | David J. Morgan |
| Website | cartemuseum |
The Cartographic Acquisition Research Teaching and Exhibition Museum (CARTE – the French word for map) was a small privately owned cartographic museum located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dedicated to the preservation of original maps and atlases. The collection documented early North American continent exploration, centered on the present-day Louisiana Gulf Coast from the 1500s up to the appearance of aerial cartography in the early 20th century.[1]
Owner David Morgan closed the collection of maps to the public in 2017, citing economic downturn. The collection was disposed of by auction in blocks.
