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This list of museums in New Orleans, Louisiana contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

Museums

Name Neighborhood Type Summary
1850 House French Quarter Historic house Part of the Louisiana State Museum, 1850s middle class period home
Algiers Folk Art Zone & Blues Museum Algiers Point Art website, includes outdoor mixed-media statuary, poured concrete sculptural forms, and a small museum housing music memorabilia and works by noted self-taught artists
American Italian Museum Central Business District Ethnic History of Italian Americans in the Southeast and their contributions, operated by the American Italian Cultural Center
Ansel M. Stroud, Jr. Military History and Weapons Museum Lower Ninth Ward Military Official museum of the Louisiana National Guard located in the Jackson Barracks Complex, formerly known as the Jackson Barracks Military Museum
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium French Quarter Natural history Insect information and live insects
Backstreet Cultural Museum Tremé African American Cultural traditions and institutions of African-American culture in New Orleans, in particular Mardi Gras Indians, Jazz Funerals and Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Beauregard-Keyes House French Quarter Historic house 1860s period home with collection of antique dolls and tea pots
The Cabildo French Quarter History Operated by the Louisiana State Museum, site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremonies in 1803, exhibits on the history and culture of Louisiana and its ethnic groups
Confederate Memorial Hall Museum Central Business District Military History and artifacts from the Confederate States of America and the American Civil War
Contemporary Arts Center Central Business District Art Multi-disciplinary contemporary and performing arts center
Degas House Tremé Historic house website, house where artist Edgar Degas resided and worked from 1872 to 1873
Fort Pike State Historic Site Lake St. Catherine Fort Currently closed, decommissioned 19th-century United States fort
Diboll Art Gallery Audubon Art website, part of Loyola University New Orleans, also known as the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery and Visual Arts Center
Gallier House French Quarter Historic house 1850s period house
Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum at Arnaud's French Quarter Amusement Part of Arnaud's restaurant, collection of Carnival court gowns, costumes and other memorabilia
Hermann-Grima House French Quarter Historic house 1830-1860s period Creole house
Historic New Orleans Collection French Quarter Multiple Includes museum with exhibits about the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region, and the 1940-1950s period Williams Residence
House of Broel Garden District Historic house website, Victorian-period house, open for tours by appointment, features a dollhouse museum
House of Dance and Feathers Lower Ninth Ward Culture website, artwork, history, and culture of the Mardi Gras Indians, local Social Aid and Pleasure, Skull & Bones Gangs, and Baby Dolls
Irish Cultural Museum of New Orleans French Quarter Ethnic website, history of the Irish in the city
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Culture French Quarter Visitor Center, history and traditions of the city and the delta region
Longue Vue House and Gardens Lakewood Historic house 20th century estate and gardens
Louisiana Children's Museum Central Business District Children's website
Louisiana State Museum French Quarter Multiple Operates The Cabildo, New Orleans Mint, The Presbytère, 1850 House and Madame John's Legacy
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum Lower Ninth Ward Local history website, history of the Lower 9th Ward through oral histories and exhibits
Madame John's Legacy French Quarter Historic house Operated by the Louisiana State Museum, late 18th century Colonial home
Mardi Gras World St. Thomas Development Amusement Mardi Gras floats
McKenna Museum of African American Art Central City Art website, exhibits of African Diasporan fine art
Le Musée de f.p.c. Tremé Historic house website, mid 19th-century house with a focus on free people of color living in New Orleans
Museum of Death French Quarter History website, includes body bags, coffins, skulls, antique mortician apparatuses, crime photos
Museum of the American Cocktail Central City Food Part of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, features history of mixed drinks and bartending memorabilia
National Seelos Shrine St. Thomas Development Religious Shrine and museum about Francis Xavier Seelos, part of St. Mary's Assumption Church
National WWII Museum Central Business District Military Formerly the National D-Day Museum. Focuses on the United States' contribution to victory in World War II and the Battle of Normandy website
New Canal Lighthouse Museum and Education Center Lakeshore/Lake Vista Maritime Operated by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, reconstructed lighthouse and museum
New Orleans African American Museum Tremé African American African American art, history and culture
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum French Quarter Religious History and folklore of rituals, zombies, gris-gris, Voodoo Queens
New Orleans Fire Department Museum Garden District Firefighting Located in the Washington Avenue firehouse, open by appointment [1] [2]
New Orleans Mint French Quarter Numismatic Part of the Louisiana State Museum, features a jazz museum and music venue that is part of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
New Orleans Museum of Art City Park Art Collections include French and American art, photography, glass, and African and Japanese works, Besthoff Sculpture Garden
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum French Quarter Medical website, includes 19th-century pharmacy and medical artifacts, a 19th-century physician's study, a spectacle collection, homeopathic remedies, dental instruments and medical memorabilia
Newcomb Art Museum Carrollton Art Part of the Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University, decorative arts collection of crafts produced at Newcomb College from the late 19th through the early 20th century
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Central Business District Art Visual arts and culture of the American South
Old Ursuline Convent French Quarter Religious 18th century convent
Pitot House Faubourg St. John Historic house Early 19th century period house
The Presbytère French Quarter Historic Site Part of the Louisiana State Museum, features changing exhibits of New Orleans history and culture
Southern Food and Beverage Museum Central City Food Exhibits include The Museum of the American Cocktail, food and traditions of Louisiana, sugar, TV food pioneer Lena Richards, Acadian history and culture, fishing and natural history of the Gulf of Mexico, corn, community cookbooks
University of New Orleans Art Galleries Art website, UNO St. Claude Gallery and UNO Lakefront Campus Fine Arts Gallery

Defunct museums

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Orleans Fire Museum". Roadtrippers. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ "New Orleans Fire Department Museum". Waymarking. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Official site". Musee Conti. Retrieved 23 February 2016. Musee Conti will officially close on January 31, 2016!
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