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New Orleans Museums:

Confederate Museum 929 Camp St 504-523-4522 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-4 This imposing building, covered in ivy, houses an extensive collection of artifacts and records from the Civil War. This museum is the oldest in Louisiana. click here Contemporary Arts Center 900 Camp St 504-523-1216 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 11-5 The center has won prizes for its own good looks, and the art inside is even better. The center also hosts concerts, films, theatrical and dance performances, and art-related workshops and seminars. click here Louisiana Children's Museum 428 Julia St 504-523-1357 Hours: Tues-Sat 9:30-4:30, Sun noon-4:30; in summer open daily One of the best children's museums in the country, the Louisiana Children's Museum has lots of hands-on activities. It also features a playscape for very young children, and lots to do for the whole family. click here Musee Conti Wax Museum 917 Conti St 504-525-2605 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. noon-5:30 This wax museum features famous residents and natives of Louisiana. More than 100 wax figures are featured. click here New Orleans Museum of Art City Park 504-488-2631 Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10-5 One of the best museums in the country, the NOMA has a large permanent collection that specializes in pre-Columbian, African, and local art. World-class traveling exhibits also come frequently to the museum. click here The Cabildo: Two Hundred Years of Louisiana History Jackson Square 504-568- 6968 The Cabildo is one of the most historically significant buildings in America. As the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer in 1803, it is a cultural and historic treasure. Built from 1795 to 1799, the Cabildo also served as the seat of the Spanish Colonial government in New Orleans. click here Old U.S. Mint 400 Esplanade Ave 504-568- 6968 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. click here The National D-Day Museum 945 Magazine Street 504-527-6012 Since its opening day in June 2000, more than one million visitors have toured the National D-Day Museum. This four-story, 75,000-square-foot facility houses some of the most important artifacts relating to World War II and some of the war’s most haunting images. click here American Italian Museum 537 South Peters in the Warehouse Arts District 504-522-7294 A visit to the American Italian Museum tells the history of Italian Americans in the Southeast and their many contributions to Louisiana and the United States. But there is much more! click here The Historic New Orleans Collection 533 Royal Street 504-523-4662 New Orleans’ appeal as a tourist destination rests heavily on the city’s long, eclectic history. Casual tourists and scholarly researchers alike can experience the growth of the city and surrounding Gulf South region at The Historic New Orleans Collection’s seven-building complex in the French Quarter. click here