Antiques Roadshow returns to Louisiana; here's how to score free tickets
Antiques Roadshow, America's favorite treasure showcase, is returning to Louisiana as part of its 2023 tour.
The PBS favorite will shoot at least three episodes during its May 2 production at the LSU Rural Life Museum, returning to Baton Rouge after its last stop there in 2013.
"I am thrilled for the show to return to Baton Rouge 10 years after our last visit and can't wait to see what local treasures await," executive Producer Marsha Bemko said in a statement. "Holding events at properties like LSU Rural Life Museum provides and enriching experience for our guests and audiences that they may otherwise miss."
Louisiana Public Broadcasting anchor and Managing Editor Andre' Moreau said LPB "is absolutely thrilled that the Roadshow is coming back to Baton Rouge."
"It's an enormously popular program in our lineup and we're hearing from fans who hope to have their own treasures appraised and from fans interested in volunteering for the event," Moreau said.
Tickets are free, but limited so guests are chosen by a lottery. Fans can enter for a chance to win one pair of tickets per household through a portal at lpb.org. Deadline to enter is midnight March 13. Winners will be notified in mid-April and will receive two e-tickets to be sent three weeks before the event.
LPB is also offering a "VIP experience" on May 1 that provides fans a chance to meet with the show's producers and appraisers and includes one ticket to the Roadshow. That requires a $200 donation to LPB.
Hope Young of Monroe attended the last Antiques Roadshow stop in Baton Rouge with her daughter.
"We had a great time," Young said. "There was so much energy and so many people who had great stories to tell about the items they brought to be appraised."
Among Young's items were both a winner and loser.
Her family's heirloom ring with a mine cut diamond was valued at $20,000, but a framed print of Jesus that Young bought at a garage sale flopped.
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"They told me it was worthless because religious prints were so popular in the 1910s and 1920s that everybody's grandmother had one," said Young, laughing.
"I would highly recommend everybody go; I would do it again," she said.
Young had one piece of advice for those who land tickets. "You might want to bring one of those portable stools to sit down," she said. "There's a lot of waiting in line."
Greg Hilburn covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1.
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Daily Advertiser: PBS Antiques Roadshow is coming to Louisiana; register for free tickets
