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Come experience a white Christmas this holiday season in New Orleans--but only on Fulton Street. Periodic !snowfalls', dazzling lights and decorations will transform the street into a winter wond
The Degas Tour is designed to portray the life of the Artist during the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War in his family home at 2306 Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans.
As part of an ongoing effort to better serve New Orleans, the French Market Corporation will partner with the Crescent City Farmers' Market to host a weekly fresh food market every Wednesday.
Mornings in Jackson Square. The sweep of a great river enfolds you. The scent of fresh coffee and jasmine mingle together. And a beautiful old city comes to life again in the spot where it began nearl
Visit the Official Museum of The Louisiana National Guard. See artifacts, weapons and memorabilia from every major American war.
The Amistad Research Center welcomes groups interested in touring the reading room and art gallery exhibition.
Several compasses and telescopes are held in this collection as well as other items used to aide navigation. Interesting items in this collection include a French-made light house lens that was used a
The museum's collection of personal symbols include those items used to represent beliefs, preferences, achievements, or status. The collection includes political buttons, awards, medals and pins
'The Science and Technology Collection' consists primarily of tools people have used to shape their environment. The approximately 6,000 artifacts date from the sixteenth to the twentieth ce
The Louisiana State Museum maintains a substantial collection of Louisiana and non-Louisiana related edged weapons, firearms and regulative and protective devices. While some are important merely beca
The Louisiana State Museum and the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club proudly present 'From Tramps to Kings: 100 Years of Zulu,' a major exhibit exploring the origins, unique Carnival traditi
National Geographic magazine and the Louisiana State Museum have partnered to create an exhibit showcasing haunting images by award-winning photojournalist David Burnett, documenting ruined lives and
Several famous Louisiana photographers are represented by the museum's collection of photographic equipment. Items used by George Mugnier, H. F. Reynick, Charles Frank, and Fonville Winans are al
The Visual Arts Collection is divided into three categories: paintings (over 2,000 paintings and miniatures), works of art on paper (14,000 works consisting of both commercial prints and works of fine
A majority of this collection consists of Native American artifacts from tribes both inside and outside of Louisiana. In addition, the museum has collected items over time from indigenous populations
The Louisiana State Museum has the largest collection in the world of instruments owned and played by important figures in jazz, possessing multiple examples of all the commonly used instruments: trum
The Louisiana State Museum maintains a fairly large collection of Medical equipment from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This includes dozens of instruments used in the medical profession incl
The Louisiana State Museum has one of the largest and finest costume and textile collections in the United States. Overall the museum's collection ranges from late 18th century to the present wit
This exhibit is dedicated specifically to the many D-Days that took place in the Pacific Theater. The 5,000-square-foot gallery includes photographs, videos, artifacts, maps, quotes, newspaper headlin
'Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock 'n' Roll' offers an idiosyncratic sampling of great, rare and previously unseen stuff from the golden ages of rhythm and blues,