UL to possibly take over Lafayette Science Museum KATC and last updated 2021-07-22 23:29:39-04 A deal is being negotiated for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to take over operations of the Lafayette Science Museum, according to The Acadiana Advocate. The museum on Jefferson Street in downtown Lafayette was closed about a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of its staff was laid off and its budget cut by Mayor-President Josh Guillory. As Guillory has in his Proposed American Rescue Plan Budget of 2021, the museum is said to have lost a revenue of $105,390, according to what is made available to his administration.