JAMNOLA™ stands for Joy, Art & Music – New Orleans. JAMNOLA™ takes audience of all ages on a topsy-turvy stroll through the cultural gems that make the city so special.Enjoy 17 exhibits celebrating the iconic art, music, food and theatrics of New Orleans through the eyes of 30+ local artists and creative partners.
The museum houses artwork, music collections and many other artifacts from New Orleans’ First Family of Art and Culture, The Harrisons, as well as other artists…The late Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. (1933 – 1998) is remembered as one of the legends of the tradition known as “Mardi Gras Indians.”
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Through innovative programs and exhibits that engage versatile audiences, the McKenna Museum seeks to make African Diasporan fine art accessible to visitors of all ages.
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Offering a compelling blend of sweeping narrative and poignant personal detail, The National WWII Museum features immersive exhibits, multimedia experiences, and an expansive collection of artifacts and first-person oral histories, taking visitors inside the story of the war that changed the world.
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The Backstreet Cultural Museum holds the world’s most comprehensive collection related to New Orleans’ African American community-based masking and processional traditions, including Mardi Gras Indians, jazz funerals, social aid and pleasure clubs, Baby Dolls, and Skull and Bone gangs.
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Le Musée de f.p.c., a historic house museum, is one of the country’s few attractions dedicated exclusively to preserving the material culture of and telling the story of free people of color…The founders of this repository strive through their collection of documents, paintings and decorative arts to present, interpret and preserve the history and culture shared by so many free people of African descent in New Orleans and throughout the country.
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New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), the city’s oldest fine arts institution, opened on December 16, 1911 with only nine works of art. Today, the museum hosts an impressive permanent collection of nearly 50,000 artworks. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths in French and American art, photography, glass, and African and Japanese works, continues to expand and grow, making NOMA one of the top art museums in the South.
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