Nov 27, 2009, 9:00am at
D Day Museum,
New Orleans, LA
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...
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 Creole Cottage...
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 traditions, and...
'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, rock 'n' roll...
'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 century...
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...
You know this is going to be a fun tour as soon as you arrive. Colorful Mardi Gras props, including a gigantic jovial jester, fiercely realistic alligators, and a gorgeously exciting Marilyn Monroe...
It all began with the Mississippi River. Take an hour-long stroll along the Mississippi River levee for an overview of New Orleans history. Walk ends on the levee across from Jackson Square. 25 free...
Explore Louisiana`s wetlands on a ranger-guided walk on a preserve trail. Watch for alligators, listen for frog calls, admire the wildflowers, and hear about the people who lived and worked in the...
'Crosscurrents of Design: East to West and West to East in Ceramic Design' is presented in the Cameo Gallery in the Lupin Foundation Center for the Decorative Arts on the second floor of the Museum.
This exhibition, curated by artist and writer William Dunlap in collaboration with the Louisiana's Civil War Museum at Memorial Hall, is centered around a painting, 'Storming the Ramparts' by Gilbert...
The New Orleans Museum of Art will present 'Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio,' a major exhibition featuring more than 600 original artworks that shaped...
The New Orleans Museum of Art, the city's oldest fine arts institution, has a magnificent permanent collection of more than 40,000 objects. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths in...
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...
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...
Nov 27, 2009, 9:00am at
D Day Museum,
New Orleans, LA
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...
Nov 27, 2009, 9:00am at
D Day Museum,
New Orleans, LA
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...
Nov 27, 2009, 9:00am at
D Day Museum,
New Orleans, LA
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-47...
Nov 27, 2009, 9:00am at
D Day Museum,
New Orleans, LA
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 models...
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...
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 with the...
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...
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...
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...
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 all...
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...
Nov 27, 2009, 7:00am at
French Market,
New Orleans, LA
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.