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City Park Family Attractions
For family fun in New Orleans it doesn’t come much better than it does in City Park. With a wide range of fun activities for kids and their parents spread out over 1,300 acres in the heart of the city, City Park is a treasure chest of things to do that can keep your family busy all day.
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Once inside the park, you can choose which activities you and your kids want to visit or otherwise participate in. Listed below are some of your best choices. |
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Besthoff Sculpture Garden
1 Collins Diboll Cir., City Park, New Orleans, LA 70124 [Map It]
(504) 488-2631
www.noma.org
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Garden
Description: Set amid five glorious acres are priceless sculptures, all of which make up the magnificent Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The Sculpture Garden is the latest cultural destination for visitors to New Orleans and provides a unique opportunity for visitors who treasure the arts.The world-class collection of modern and contemporary sculpture is presented in an exquisite natural setting with delights at every turn. |
Carousel Gardens Amusement Park
1 Palm Terrace, City Park, New Orleans, LA 70124 [Map It]
(504) 483-9357
www.neworleanscitypark.com
Attraction Type/s: Amusement Park
Description: There was a time not so long ago that carousels (or merry-go-rounds) were a common feature of the American urban landscape. Today there are not that many left, one of which is in New Orleans’ City Park. Since 1906 little kids and kids at heart have enjoyed the "flying horses" of City Park's antique carousel, one of only about 100 antique wooden carousels in the country and the last one in Louisiana. Elsewhere in the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park are other rides to keep your kids twisting, turning, whirling and twirling, including the Rockin' Tug, Bumper Cars, Red Baron Mini-plane, Scrambler, Tilt-A-Whirl, 40-foot fun slide, Umbrella Cars, Ferris Wheel, Construction Zone and Live Oak Lady Bug roller coaster. |
Equest Stables
1001 Filmore Ave., New Orleans, LA 70124 [Map It]
(504) 483-9398
www.equestfarm.com
Attraction Type/s: Sporting Venue, Horseback Riding
Description: Tucked away in a quiet setting only 15 minutes from downtown New Orleans, Equest Farms is a full-service horseback riding facility for the hunter/jumper surrounded by the beautiful lagoons and golf courses of City Park. |
New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll Cir., City Park, New Orleans, LA 70124 [Map It]
(504) 658-4100
www.noma.org
Attraction Type/s: Museum
Description: The neo-classical, Beaux Arts-style New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) turns 100 in 2011! NOMA houses a $200 million collection spanning 4000 years of art history in 46 galleries. View European paintings and sculpture from the 16th through 20th centuries; American paintings and sculpture from the 18th and 19th centuries; European and American prints and drawings; Asian, African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art; photography; and European and American decorative arts. Special collections include the Peter Carl Fabergé treasures and the Latin American Colonial collection. |
Storyland
1 Palm Dr., City Park, New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 483-9356
www.neworleanscitypark.com
Attraction Type/s: Amusement Park
Description: Your kids’ favorite animals, cartoon characters and fairy tale legends come to life in Storyland, a charming fairytale theme park adjacent to Carousel Gardens and the New Orleans Botanical Garden. |
The Botanical Gardens
1 Palm Terrace, City Park, New Orleans, LA 70124 [Map It]
(504) 483-9386
www.neworleanscitypark.com
Attraction Type/s: Museum, Garden
Description: The New Orleans Botanical Garden at City Park offers a serene retreat from the hustle and bustle of urban life. Nature lovers of all ages wander around the lush foliage, play in the open gardens or relax near the tranquil fountains. Surrounded by the nation’s largest collection of mature live oaks, patrons enjoy a sensual walk past 2,000 varieties of plants. Most of the vegetation is native to Louisiana, but there are many other more exotic species. |
Train Garden
1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124 [Map It]
www.neworleanscitypark.com
Attraction Type/s: Other Attraction
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