Carol Schlueter is director of the German-American Cultural Center and Museum in Gretna, Louisiana. She is from a family of German immigrants. Her Schlueter relatives came to Texas in 1846 from Hanover, Germany, and settled in Fredericksburg, Texas, near San Antonio. She grew up in the Houston area and came to New Orleans in 1980.
Prior to joining the GACC, Carol served as executive director of publications at Tulane University for 24 years. In her diverse career in New Orleans, Carol also worked in marketing and public relations for Hibernia National Bank and at a graphic design and advertising agency. She also had a seven-year career in journalism, working as a reporter for the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal newspaper in Beaumont, Texas, and as a business writer for the Durham Sun newspaper in Durham, North Carolina.
The GACC prepares to roll out its German Beer Garden to celebrate Maifest, with homemade sauerkraut, baked pretzels, grilled brats and lots of German beer.
Gretna’s neighboring village of McDonoghville, now being considered for the National Register of Historic Places, has a museum display of historic photos such as the
The donation of a small photo album from 1917 belonging to a Gretna teenager adds to the history of the first high school in Jefferson
Reaching out to the community is important to GACC members, who organized a drive to deliver backpacks filled with essential items to homeless citizens across
