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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 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
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
This gallery focuses on the individual sacrifices and experiences of the D-Day combatants. Through personal objects and individual memories, these stories detail the drama of the most crucial phase of
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
'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,
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
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
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
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 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 Museum's first exhibit, features a dramatic visual showing the imbalance of military power that existed between the United States, Japan and Germany in the late 1930s. This exhibit contains m
The Museum's C-47, on display in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, was purchased from a private owner in Hondo, Texas, with funds donated by Lulu and Paul Hilliard of Lafayette, Louisiana. The C-4
Visitors walk into a large recreation of a concrete German observation and command post that would have been located on the Normandy coast. Through viewing slots, guests see a panoramic view of the En
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
This permanent exhibit celebrates Louisiana's storied architecture and history in a playful and engaging environment. Younger visitors can ride Andrew Jackson's horse, Duke; play in the Creo
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