A Guide to the Best of New Orleans

Deux Musuems

Skull and Crossbones Close-up
African American

Backstreet Cultural Museum

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

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Exterior view of Musee de f.p.c.
African American

Le Musée de f.p.c.

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

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Art

New Orleans Museum of Art

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

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