Location: Mid-City District
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Laissez les bons temps rouler! In New Orleans the good times are perpetually rolling down Bourbon Street, which, thanks to the city’s annual Mardi Gras celebration, has quite a party animal reputation. Once you’ve soaked up the scenery of the historic French Quarter, tour the elegant Garden District and meet the colorful characters of Frenchmen Street. Experience the city's supernatural vibe at the Voodoo Museum or by taking a guided ghost or vampire tour through taverns, alleyways, and cemeteries.
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1. Museum of the Free People of Color
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
2. St Joseph Church
3. Atelier Vie
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Atelier Vie is an award-winning distillery located in the Mid City area of New Orleans. We're open every weekend from 10-2 on Saturday & Sunday for our Bottle Sales Hours. Our products include Toulouse Red, Absinthe Rouge; Toulouse Green, Absinthe Verte; Buck 25, 125-proof infusion vodka; RIZ, Louisiana Rice Whiskey; and Euphrosine Gin #9. Home of Real New Orleans Spirits!
4. Le Musee de f.p.c.
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5.0 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By bobca1947
This museum is located in a beautiful old house. It celebrates the lives, legacies, and contributions of men and women of African descent who have left an indelible mark on New Orleans, Louisiana and the nation. This institution is dedicated to the collection, preservation,m and interpretation of material culture; sharing the rich and impactful history of free people prior to the Civil War. Kim--the curator historian and tour leader--gave an excellent presentation.
5. From Congo Square to Everywhere at The Historic Carver Theater
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5.0 based on 19 reviews
History of New Orleans music show at The Historic Carver Theater. The live show will take you on a trip through time. Beginning with the drum beating of Africans at Congo Square in New Orleans in the 1700's through the birth of Jazz and Ragtime music. Ending with the New Orleans sound of today, including HipHop and Bounce music. The show is at the newly renovated and state of the art theater in the historic Treme neighborhood, which is also the birthplace of many famous New Orleans musicians and chefs.
Reviewed By 760kimberlyd
My production company hosted “NOLA Comedy for the Cure” in October 2019. Everything was phenomenal ....from the time we signed the rental contract through show night....OUTSTANDING! Misty, the general manager, was the calming spirit we needed!
6. Eight One Eight Contemporary Photography
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Artist owned and run by local married artist duo Cecelia and Jose Fernandes Contemporary Art Gallery focused on the original documentary photography of Jose Fernandes and compositions by C+J (Cecelia + Jose ) and Celilrie (Cecelia). Through the use of photographic diptychs and other compositions, C+J expands on the descriptive nature of documentary photography, creating lyrical narratives as constructed mirror images of societal issues. The work challenges belief systems, notions of systemic control, ideas of societal stratification and questions Western episteme in an artistic response to the political and societal disequilibrium that is at the the core of the contemporary struggle between individual, community and institution.
7. Treme's Petit Jazz Museum
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5.0 based on 40 reviews
Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum will tell you the true story of jazz right here where it all first started. Through a tour of the exhibits with a local expert you’ll discover Treme, the oldest integrated neighbourhood in all of America, and why it became the birthplace of jazz. Treme has always been an important center of African-American and Creole culture; New Orleans’ beating heart for brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians, and of course, the jazz that is the life blood that pulses through the city. Visit this one of a kind local museum, and gain an insider’s glimpse of the influences, legends, and historical events that gave rise to the music that has kept this community's, and the world’s, feet tapping since 1895.
Reviewed By swirbp
Alvin Jackson leads a fun, knowledgable, and interesting tour around his intimate one-room museum that is chock full of photos, paintings, artifacts, and more. Al is a warm and engaging host who answers questions and constantly makes original connections that made me see the evolution of jazz through new eyes.
8. Chalmette National Historical Park
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4.5 based on 340 reviews
This is where Andrew Jackson and his troops fought the Battle of New Orleans, which was bloody and decisively ended the war of 1812. Closed due to damage suffered in Hurricane Katrina.
Reviewed By MarineAir10 - Vancouver, United States
This is the site of the famous Battle of New Orleans. Read about the battle first and it will help your understanding. It’s a short trip from New Orleans.
9. St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
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4.5 based on 3,785 reviews
Founded in 1789, this cemetery is the oldest in New Orleans and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Reviewed By ALEXP241 - Moscow, United States
There seems to be some misunderstanding in some of the recent reviews. There is a $20 per person admission fee now and that does include an tour by a knowledgeable guide. There also are several tour companies that will be at the cemetery at the same time. You don’t need to use one of these companies because the cemetery has their own guides as well. There is a man usually right outside the cemetery gates that will sell you water for two dollars a bottle. I’d recommend you take a bottle especially on a hot day. The tour is very informative and covers the history of this cemetery including the famous Nicholas cage pyramid and of course the mystery of the voodoo queen crypt. Definitely worth the time just for the history of burials in New Orleans.
10. St. Louis Cemetery No. 3
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4.5 based on 138 reviews
This cemetery was built on a former graveyard for lepers.
Reviewed By beachbum72324 - New Orleans, United States
I recently went on a City tour & this cemetery was one of our stops given it's location to the City Park & that also being another of our stops. Had it not been raining we would have had more time to walk the grounds & see more tombs. Some of the more notable tombs I did see were those of Paul Prudhomme & James Gallier. I don't know who the Skelly family is but they have quite a tomb in this cemetery though. So If you want to walk through a really, nice, well Kept NOLA cemetery drop by this one while your in the area of the City Park just remember they are locked up daily at 3pm.
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