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New Orleans Multicultural Museums
New Orleans is a delicious gumbo of cultures and traditions. Not only can you taste the influences of Creoles, Cajuns, Africans, of the French, Spanish, Italian, Irish and American in local foods, but you can see it in New Orleans’ architecture, hear it in New Orleans’ music and sense it in New Orleans’ people. Explore the cultures that transformed New Orleans into a cultural Mecca, America’s true melting pot, and the nation’s most international city.
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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 Backstreet Cultural Museum
1116 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 522-4806
www.backstreetmuseum.org
Neighborhood: Treme
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: At The Backstreet Cultural Museum, visitors can find an amazing assortment of memorabilia indigenous to Mardi Gras, jazz funerals and other traditions found only in New Orleans. The museum houses the city’s largest collection of brilliantly colored and elaborately designed Mardi Gras Indian costumes hand made by local artisans costing upwards of $10,000 a piece. In this simple setting, the museum also houses an enormous collection of still photos and video footage of Mardi Gras Indians, jazz funerals and second lines. |
Le Musée de f.p.c.
2336 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA 70119 [Map It]
(504) 233-0384
www.lemuseedefpc.com
Neighborhood: Esplanade Ridge
Attraction Type/s: Museum
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George and Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art
2003 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 586-7432
www.themckennamuseum.com
Neighborhood: Uptown/Garden District
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: Featuring the private collection of Dr. Dwight McKenna, the George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art is an institution that collects, exhibits, and preserves the visual aesthetic of people of the African Diaspora. |
New Orleans African American Museum
1418 Governor Nicholls St., New Orleans, LA 70119 [Map It]
(504) 566-1136
www.thenoaam.org
Neighborhood: Treme
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: The New Orleans African American Museum is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and promoting through education the history, art, and communities of African Americans in New Orleans and the African diaspora. |
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