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The Presbytere
949 reviews
#11 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"There are some touching moments relived and memorable mementos from that life-changing event in New Orleans' recent history, as well as a fascinating interactive exhibit about the engineering science behind the bu...""... to visit and is exceptionally well presented with videos, including actual news footage, interviews with various officials and every day people, static displays, and memorabilia all throughout the museum."
The National WWII Museum
76 reviews
#18 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"This was an amazing museum with a great opportunity to walk at eye level to and above WWII airplanes, go through immersive exhibits, watch endless hours of audio and video clips, and even take a dog tag for a serv...""... a ticket to see the movie... explosive scenes... you will be so educated about American history after viewing... the sacrifices that our ancestors made for the USA is brought to the forefront in this movie."
New Orleans Jazz Museum
597 reviews
#19 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"Long n vivid jazz history, like the jazz heroes and their musical instruments were present, playing around us! We had the chance to visit the place during the jazz festival dedicated to Louis Armstrong and we were...""Old U.S. mint with displays of Confederate and Union coinage, but the best reason to visit is that the building houses the New Orleans Jazz Museum with musical instruments played by top musicians such as Louis Arm..."
Le Musee de f.p.c.
40 reviews
#22 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"Curator and historian Kim was our guide; her passion and extensive knowledge of this history made for a thoroughly enriching experience that I would recommend everyone experience.""This fantastic small museum is full of artifacts of a lesser-known piece of New Orleans history -- the free blacks who were instrumental in forging the culture of the city."
Treme's Petit Jazz Museum
40 reviews
#23 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"Alvin Jackson, curator (& historian, educator, Jazz aficionado), takes you on a personal tour of the sounds, people, pictures, history, memorabilia, countries and world events that shaped Jazz (AND New Orleans) e...""Alvin Jackson leads a fun, knowledgable, and interesting tour around his intimate one-room museum that is chock full of photos, paintings, artifacts, and more."
Lower 9th Ward Living Museum
47 reviews
#26 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"Unlike the previous reviewer who called the museum a “complaint department”, I believe this museum provides an intimate, firsthand perspective from 9th Ward residents themselves.""This small museum is loaded with history, and the woman working there (a local high school teacher) provided even more interesting information."
Museum of the Free People of Color
16 reviews
#34 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"Also, the neighborhood it is in has other really interesting locations to see (Backstreet Cultural Museum, Petit Jazz Museum, Tomb of the Unknown Slave) Def worth a day’s visit.""As a lifelong student of immigration history, this museum tour offered more unique history per minute than any other immigration learning experience I’ve attended in the past 50 years."
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
689 reviews
#41 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"The museum explores the mysteries, legends and traditions of voodoo and educates visitors on the influence of voodoo has had throughout the city's history.""The museum has a absolutely amazing collection of voodoo artifacts and alters to all the loa(spirits) the gift shop and the people are amazing."
New Orleans African American Museum
10 reviews
#77 of 135 Museums in New Orleans
"The New Orleans African American Museum, located at 1418 Governor Nicholls Street in the historic Treme neighborhood, the oldest surviving black community in the United States.""Un expectedly, I caught a poorly attended lecture by a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property law and handles musicians, singers and visual artists."
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