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After more than a decade of\u00a0planning and fundraising,\u00a0Executive Director Christy Naquin (BS \u201995)\u00a0and other Colonels help bring the\u00a0Bayou Country Children\u2019s Museum to life.<\/h3>\n
\"Executive<\/a>
Executive Director Christy Naquin (BS \u201995) started working with the museum when it was only a sketch on paper. Now she manages the day-to-day operations of the facility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mid-afternoon on a winter Wednesday, Thibodaux\u2019s new Bayou Country Children\u2019s Museum<\/a> sits quiet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nap time,\u201d Executive Director Christy Naquin (BS \u201995) explains. Around 2 o\u2019clock each afternoon, the daily lull gives the museum\u2019s employees and volunteers a chance to restore order after the morning rush. Once school lets out, the building will once again fill with the noise of discovery and play. Children will scramble onto a full-size John Deere sugar cane harvester and clear imaginary fields; some will hop aboard a shrimp trawler named \u201cMiss Clotille,\u201d while others fish off a replica oil derrick outfitted with a delightfully speedy slide.<\/p>\n

\u201cOccasionally, I\u2019ll go into the play space and just listen,\u201d Naquin says. \u201cI love hearing the laughter and the shrieks. Children just love it. They have so much fun here. And as for parents, I think we exceeded everyone\u2019s expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conceived by former Thibodaux physician Dr. Ethel Marie Mendenhall (BA \u201973, MEd \u201980), the $3.6 million children\u2019s museum is a dream 15 years in the making and has been more successful than anticipated. But the uniquely south Louisiana museum might have remained just a wishful sketch if not for the efforts of Nicholls marketing graduate Naquin and a number of other university employees, students and supporters who helped bring the project to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to finally see the exhibits that I\u2019d only imagined for such a long time,\u201d Naquin says. \u201cI was so tired of going place to place armed with the artist\u2019s drawings, trying to build support for the project. Now people can see the real thing, fully built with children having a good time \u2014 it\u2019s very fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Naquin manages the museum\u2019s day-to-day operations as well as oversees the ongoing fundraising initiatives. For years, without realizing it, she had been preparing to take on such a role.<\/p>\n

The Thibodaux native known for her spunky personality discovered a natural affinity for marketing<\/a> while taking business classes at Nicholls. \u201cI knew for sure I didn\u2019t want to major in finance or accounting,\u201d Naquin recalls. \u201cMarketing is something that was much better suited to me, and it led me right where I was meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Open<\/a>
Open Tuesday through Sunday, the museum is located at 211 Rue Bethancourt, which was leased to the museum board by Thibodaux entrepreneurs Jake Giardina and Ronald Adams for $1 a year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upon graduation, Naquin landed a tourism dream job \u2014 marketing director at Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie \u2014 but was unexpectedly let go when tourism plummeted post- Hurricane Katrina. Never one to remain idle and wanting to continue developing her marketing skills, she took on marketing internships at the yet-to-be-built Bayou Country Children\u2019s Museum and Thibodaux Regional Medical Center while also volunteering with the United Way of South Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Although Naquin\u2019s career path quickly rebounded \u2014 she accepted a full-time job with SEACOR Marine and then a marketing position at Nicholls \u2014 she continued her volunteer work with the museum.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, having settled on a location, finalized its business plan and secured a loan, the museum board \u2014 led by then President Kathleen Gros \u2014 was ready to hire an executive director. The board immediately turned to Naquin.<\/p>\n

Her experience in tourism marketing, event planning and nonprofit work gave her the experience necessary to help steer the museum into the future. Naquin felt conflicted about leaving her job at Nicholls, but she couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was something I could really see happening, and it was something I felt in my heart. I really wanted to be a part of it,\u201d Naquin says.<\/p>\n

\"Exhibits<\/a>
Exhibits at the Bayou Country Children’s Museum are steeped in south Louisiana culture such as an actual-size John Deere sugar cane harvester.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, five years later, as children explore the 34 exhibits steeped in Cajun culture, the Bayou Country Children\u2019s Museum definitely feels like a dream realized. Since opening in September, the 12,700-square-foot building has seen more than 12,000 visitors from 25 states.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a true blessing, as far as I am concerned,\u201d says Gros, a Nicholls supporter and widow of former Nicholls College of Business Administration Dean Ridley Gros. \u201cSo often we tackle projects and one thing or another makes us stop. It\u2019s wonderful to see it come to completion.\u201d<\/p>\n

A large globe at the entrance to the main exhibit space traces the paths of eight different cultures that settled south Louisiana: French, Spanish, German, African, Irish and Native American. The idea of rooting the museum in south Louisiana culture and industry never wavered, Naquin says.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is unique and recognizable,\u201d she says. \u201cHow many times have you seen one of these sugar cane harvesters on the side of the road? But it\u2019s not until you\u2019re standing right next to it that you realize how enormous it really is. We recognized that we had something special to build on here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Themed \u201cA Bayou Runs Through It,\u201d the museum\u2019s exhibits blend seamlessly together, offering lessons about local industry, culture, health and even safety. Children can operate a replica offshore supply vessel or race pirogues down a model bayou outfitted with locks and floodgates. They can also shop at a child-size Rouses grocery store and prepare their purchases at a homey Cajun restaurant. There\u2019s a Mardi Gras exhibit with beads to throw to a Carnival crowd, a pit to dig for buried treasure and a stage with plenty of costumes for dress up.<\/p>\n

The museum\u2019s only guided exhibit, \u201cSafetyville,\u201d is a small replica home that is staffed by a local law enforcement officer. Designed to teach children fire and severe weather safety, the living room rumbles and shakes, which cues WWL-TV Chief Meteorologist Carl Arredondo to appear on the TV and offer safety tips. In a makeshift bedroom, smoke pours from under the door, promoting a lesson on how to escape a fire.<\/p>\n

\"Since<\/a>
Since opening in September 2013, the museum has welcomed more than 12,000 visitors and now plans to expand upon its 34 exhibits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe first time I went in the museum to work, I overheard a little girl say to her mom, \u2018This is the best place I have ever been.\u2019 To go in there and hear the excitement of children \u2014 you know we\u2019ve created something special,\u201d Gros says.<\/p>\n

Although the doors have only been open a short time, there are already plans to expand the museum and add new exhibits, including one dedicated to the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department. To bring phase two of the dream to reality, Naquin remains focused on raising money for the museum; securing sponsorships; and planning popular events such as Play it Forward Casino Night and Night at the Boo-seum, the beloved annual trick-or-treating event.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanning for the future of the museum is so much fun, especially now that I get to do it to all that pitterpattering and giggling out there,\u201d Naquin says with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n

Nicholls lends a helping hand<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Many Nicholls employees, students and alumni had a hand in bringing the Bayou Country Children\u2019s Museum to life. Board members, past and present, have included Kathleen Gros<\/strong><\/span>, wife of late College of Business Administration Dean Ridley Gros; Dr. Chuck Viosca<\/strong><\/span> (MBA \u201985), College of Business assistant dean for graduate programs and special projects; Dr. Leslie Jones<\/strong><\/span> (BS \u201991, MEd \u201992), College of Education dean; Becky Hulbert<\/strong><\/span>, wife of former Nicholls President Stephen Hulbert; and Deborah \u201cRaz\u201d Raziano<\/strong><\/span> (BA \u201974), director emeritus of alumni affairs. Graduate Cheri White D\u2019Albor<\/strong><\/span> (BA \u201907) designed the logo and original marketing materials for the museum as a class project for Trisha Zeringue Rabalais<\/strong><\/span> (AS \u201994), assistant professor of art. Dr. Ken Chadwick<\/strong><\/span> (BS \u201984, MBA \u201988), head of the Department of Management, Marketing and Business Administration, helped develop the business plan that secured the museum its loan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u2014 Written by\u00a0Nikki Buskey, marketing\/communications specialist<\/em><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in the spring 2014\u00a0issue of The Colonel alumni\u00a0magazine. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to read the entire issue.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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