Gibsland, Louisiana: Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum

Now a competing "Bonnie and Clyde Museum" is open a few blocks south of the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum." Didn't go into either one.

No photos are allowed inside. So I followed the rules. There are a lot of original pictures of the ambush, as well as video. You also get a personal preview of what to expect to see in the museum. The man who runs this place is the son of one of the law enforcement agents. Really an interesting place and worth a stop.

After you tour the museum ( which was the original cafe where Bonnie and Clyde picked up a sandwich, take a trip down the same road they did on that fateful day, and visit the site of the ambush.

The descriptions here are still up to date. This place was very cool. Boots is a Dallas boy relocated to Gibsland to take care of the museum and a hoot to talk to. I felt like one of the family. Bring the kids, let them see what can happen when they are bad, buy the book by Ted Hinton and let Boots sign it for you. He was great!

The marker down the road is very beat up but that trip was fun -- it's a very curvy road. My kids and I liked pretending we were Bonnie and Clyde driving down to the marker.

The death car from the 1967 movie Bonnie & Clyde, which was last seen at the now-defunct Tragedy In U.S. History Museum in St....

This museum sits on the site of Ma Canfield's Cafe, where Bonnie and Clyde grabbed sandwiches to go before they were shot dead minutes later, on May 23, 1934. The manager is "Boots" Hinton, son Ted Hinton, who participated in the ambush -- which is called "the capture" in Gibsland. Featured exhibits are the death car from 1968 movie, one of Clyde's shotguns, swatches of his death pants, and a replica cemetery with Bonnie and Clyde replica tombstones. The gift shop sells bricks from Ma Canfield's for $20 apiece. The ambush site is marked with a plaque, seven miles south of town on Hwy 154.