List of museums in New Orleans

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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.

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Museums

NameNeighborhoodTypeSummary
1850 House French Quarter Historic housePart 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 EthnicHistory 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 MilitaryOfficial 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 QuarterNatural historyInsect information and live insects
Backstreet Cultural Museum Tremé African AmericanCultural 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 QuarterHistoric house1860s period home with collection of antique dolls and tea pots
The Cabildo French QuarterHistoryOperated 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 DistrictMilitaryHistory and artifacts from the Confederate States of America and the American Civil War
Contemporary Arts Center Central Business DistrictArtMulti-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 FortCurrently 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 QuarterHistoric house1850s period house
Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum at Arnaud's French QuarterAmusementPart of Arnaud's restaurant, collection of Carnival court gowns, costumes and other memorabilia
Hermann-Grima House French QuarterHistoric house1830-1860s period Creole house
Historic New Orleans Collection French QuarterMultipleIncludes 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 FeathersLower Ninth WardCulture 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 OrleansFrench QuarterEthnic website, history of the Irish in the city
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French QuarterCultureFrench Quarter Visitor Center, history and traditions of the city and the delta region
Longue Vue House and Gardens Lakewood Historic house20th century estate and gardens
Louisiana Children's Museum Central Business DistrictChildren's website
Louisiana State Museum French QuarterMultipleOperates The Cabildo, New Orleans Mint, The Presbytère, 1850 House and Madame John's Legacy
Lower Ninth Ward Living MuseumLower Ninth WardLocal history website, history of the Lower 9th Ward through oral histories and exhibits
Madame John's Legacy French QuarterHistoric houseOperated by the Louisiana State Museum, late 18th century Colonial home
Mardi Gras World St. Thomas Development AmusementMardi Gras floats
McKenna Museum of African American Art Central City Art website, exhibits of African Diasporan fine art
Le Musée de f.p.c.TreméHistoric house website, mid 19th-century house with a focus on free people of color living in New Orleans
Museum of Death French QuarterHistory website, includes body bags, coffins, skulls, antique mortician apparatuses, crime photos
Museum of the American Cocktail Central City FoodPart of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, features history of mixed drinks and bartending memorabilia
National Seelos Shrine St. Thomas Development ReligiousShrine and museum about Francis Xavier Seelos, part of St. Mary's Assumption Church
National WWII Museum Central Business DistrictMilitaryFormerly 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 MaritimeOperated by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, reconstructed lighthouse and museum
New Orleans African American Museum TreméAfrican AmericanAfrican American art, history and culture
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum French QuarterReligiousHistory and folklore of rituals, zombies, gris-gris, Voodoo Queens
New Orleans Fire Department Museum Garden District FirefightingLocated in the Washington Avenue firehouse, open by appointment [1] [2]
New Orleans Mint French QuarterNumismaticPart 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 ArtCollections include French and American art, photography, glass, and African and Japanese works, Besthoff Sculpture Garden
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum French QuarterMedical 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 ArtPart 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 DistrictArtVisual arts and culture of the American South
Old Ursuline Convent French QuarterReligious18th century convent
Pitot House Faubourg St. John Historic houseEarly 19th century period house
The Presbytère French QuarterHistoric SitePart of the Louisiana State Museum, features changing exhibits of New Orleans history and culture
Southern Food and Beverage Museum Central CityFoodExhibits 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 GalleriesArt website, UNO St. Claude Gallery and UNO Lakefront Campus Fine Arts Gallery

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References

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  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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