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New Orleans History Museums
New Orleans reflects its deep historical roots in almost every aspect of the city, and a carriage ride through the picturesque French Quarter isn’t the only way to revisit its glory. For the best rides through history, visit one of these New Orleans institutions, each celebrating eminent events, lessons and experiences of days gone by that have shaped not only the city, but America as we know it today.
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American Italian Cultural Center
537 S. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 522-7294
www.airf.org
Neighborhood: Arts District/Convention Center
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Research Facility
Description: The American Italian Cultural Center in the heart of downtown New Orleans is a repository of priceless information and memorabilia celebrating the contributions of the sons and daughters of Italy to the city’s cultural life. |
Amistad Research Center
6823 St. Charles Ave., Tilton Memorial Hall,Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118 [Map It]
(504) 862-3222
www.amistadresearchcenter.org
Neighborhood: Uptown/Garden District
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Research Facility
Description: Located on the beautiful campus of Tulane University in uptown New Orleans, the Amistad Research Center houses the country's largest collection of manuscripts about African Americans, race relations and civil rights. This center is the focal point of research by historians, nonfiction authors, novelists and those pursuing information about their family's history. |
The Cabildo
701 Chartres St., Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 568-6968, (800) 568-6968
lsm.crt.state.la.us
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Historic Site, Historic Building
Description: The Cabildo is one of the most historically significant buildings in America. Built between 1795 and 1799 to replace a structure that burned in the 1794 fire, the Cabildo served as the seat of government in New Orleans during the Spanish colonial period and is the location where the Louisiana Purchase was signed in 1803. |
Fort Pike
27100 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans, LA 70129 [Map It]
(504) 662-5703, (888) 662-5703
www.lastateparks.com
Neighborhood: Gentilly/New Orleans East/Chalmette
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: A State Historic Site within the Louisiana States Parks System, Fort Pike is one of the best-preserved of a chain of early 19th century coastal fortifications along the Gulf of Mexico between Pensacola, Florida and Barataria Bay, Louisiana. |
Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 598-7100
www.hnoc.org
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Historic Home, Research Facility
Description: Founded in 1966 by General L. Kemper Williams and his wife Leila, the Historic New Orleans Collection (HNOC) has a mission of preserving the French Quarter and New Orleans history. Its Royal Street Complex features seven architectural treasures. |
Louisiana's Civil War Museum
929 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 523-4522
www.confederatemuseum.com
Neighborhood: Arts District/Convention Center
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: Louisiana’s Civil War Museum is one of the largest repositories of Confederacy-related artifacts and memorabilia in the United States, in addition to being the oldest continuously operating museum in Louisiana. The Louisiana Historical Association built the museum in 1891, and its exterior sandstone construction and cathedral-like appearance stand out in contrast to its more recent surroundings on the edge of New Orleans’ Warehouse Arts District. |
The Museum of the American Cocktail
500 Port of New Orleans Pl., Suite #169, New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 569-0405
www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: We are a non-profit museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and culture of the American cocktail, while promoting an educated and responsible approach to the art of the cocktail. |
The National World War II Museum
945 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 527-6012
www.nationalww2museum.org
Neighborhood: Arts District/Convention Center
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: A must-see for history lovers and all patriots, it has been designated by the U.S. Congress as the country’s official World War II Museum. Powerful images and extraordinary artifacts bring to life the American Spirit, the courage, teamwork and sacrifice of the young men and women who won the war and changed the world. From the 1930s prelude to war, to the Normandy Invasion and the battles of the Pacific Islands, visitors trace America’s role in the war and on the Home Front. |
The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
916 North Peters St., French Market, New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 589-4806
www.nps.gov
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Theatre (Performance)
Description: New Orleans is universally considered to be the birthplace of the uniquely American brand of music known as Jazz. The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park was created in 1994 to commemorate this memorable musical legacy. The park’s purpose is to preserve information, resources, and sites related to the beginnings and progressions of jazz in New Orleans. |
Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 568-6968, (800) 568-6968
lsm.crt.state.la.us
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Historic Building, Research Facility
Description: Built in 1835, the Old U.S. Mint is the only building in America to have served both as a United States and a Confederate Mint. President Andrew Jackson advocated the Mint’s establishment in order to help finance development of the nation’s western frontier.Today's visitor finds a number of stunning permanent exhibits in the Old U.S. Min including the “New Orleans Jazz” exhibit featuring instruments played by significant jazz musicians, sheet music, and memorabilia chronicling the history of Jazz from its humble beginnings on the streets of New Orleans. |
Pharmacy Museum
514 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 565-8027
www.pharmacymuseum.org
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr. of New Orleans became America’s first licensed pharmacist. Today, Dufilho’s 1823 apothecary shop on Chartres Street in the French Quarter houses what is widely believed to be the largest and most diverse pharmaceutical collection in a single location in the United States, containing old patent medicines, books, and pharmaceutical equipment dating back as far as the early 1800s. |
Preservation Resource Center
923 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 581-7032
www.prcno.org
Neighborhood: Arts District/Convention Center
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Historic Home
Description: Dedicated to preserving the historic and unique architectural character of New Orleans’ neighborhoods, the PRC has been in the forefront of preservation efforts throughout its thirty-plus years of existence. Visitors can learn the difference between a Creole cottage and a double gallery Garden District mansion, or between a standard shotgun house and a camelback. The center features both permanent and rotating exhibits on New Orleans architecture and historic neighborhoods. |
Southern Food and Beverage Museum
500 Port of New Orleans Pl., Riverwalk Marketplace (#169), New Orleans, LA 70181 [Map It]
(504) 569-0405
www.southernfood.org
Neighborhood: Central Business District/Downtown
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is dedicated to the discovery, understanding and celebration of the culture of food and drink in the South. |
Tulane Museum of Natural History
3705 Main St., Bldg. A-3, F. Edward Hebert Riverside Research Center, Belle Chase, LA 70037 [Map It]
(504) 394-1711
www.museum.tulane.edu
Neighborhood: Algiers/Westbank
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: Located in Belle Chasse, just outside the official city limits of New Orleans, the Tulane Museum of Natural History is a private, non-profit research museum which houses extensive collections of amphibians, invertebrates, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and fossils, most of which are or were native species to the region. The Tulane Natural History Museum is not officially open to the public, but individual appointments for scholarly researchers and writers can be made, as well as arrangements for school tours of the facility. |
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 598-7171
www.hnoc.org
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Attraction Type/s: Historic Building, Research Facility
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