Entergy Imax Theatre
Located next door to the Audubon Aquarium, the IMAX Theatre has a spectacular5 1/2 story flat screen and 3D and high-definition capabilities.
1 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504-861-2537 |
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Friends of the Cabildo
Walking tours of French Quarter; Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
523 St. Ann Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-523-3939 |
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Gallier Historic House
Former residence of esteemed architect James Gallier, Jr.; built by him in 1857, it has been restored to reflect the taste and lifestyle of a successful urban designer in post-Civil War New Orleans; complex includes the restored home, garden, carriageway, and slave quarters
1118 Royal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-525-5661 |
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Gray Line Tours
City, Katrina, Plantations, Paddlewheel tours; Walking tours
600 Decatur Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504-587-0871 |
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Hermann-Grima Historic House
The Federal mansion was built in 1831 for a prosperous Creole family; musem complex contains a functional 1830's outdoor litchen, a horse stable and courtyard garden
820 St. Louis Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
504-525-5661 |
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Historic New Orleans Collection--Williams Research Center
1915 Beaux arts structure that houses the research facility of the Historic New Orleans Collection; library contains more than 35,000 items and more than 300,000 photographs, prints, drawings and paintings; rare manuscripts are available in the original and on microfilm
410 Chartres Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504-598-7171 |
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Jean Lafite National Historical Park and Preserve
The visitor center features an extensive exhibition of the history and the conflict that surrounded the founding and shaping of present-day New Orleans and the Fench Quarter; life-size murals put visitors into the swamps, rivers and bayous of Louisiana; interactive displays
419 Decatur Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504-589-3882 |
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Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre
Located at the corner of Jackson Square, Le Petit is the oldest continuously operating community theatre in America
616 St. Peter Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-522-2081 |
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Louisiana State Museum- The Presbytere
The 1791 building houses a dynamic, high-tech and interactive permanent Mardi Gras exhibit; The 100 Years of Zulu Exhibit runs 1/2009-1/2010
751 Chartres Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-568-6968 |
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Louisiana State Museum--Madame John's Legacy
Built in 1789, it is an excellent example of Creole residential design; the complex includes the main house, the kitchen and cook's quarters and the 2-story garconniere
632 Dumaine Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-568-6968 |
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Louisiana State Museum--The 1850's House
A re-creation of what a residence in the Upper and Lower Pontalba Buildings would have looked like in the 1850's when Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba built the rowhouses flanking Jackson Square
523 St. Ann Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-568-6968 |
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Louisiana State Museum--The Cabildo
One of the most historically significant buildings in America; it is the site of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase Transfer; it was built from 1795 to 1799 as the seat of the Spanish Colonial government; it was once the home of the Louisiana Supreme Court; its comprehensive collection displays more than 1,000 artifacts and original works of art, including exhibits on Louisiana's early history
701 Chartres Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-568-6968 |
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Louisiana State Museum--The Old U.S. Mint
A former U.S. and Confederate Mint, which houses a minting exhibit, photography exhibit, Newcomb Pottery and Crafts exhibit, and a new Orleans Jazz exhibit that includes original instruments, sheet music and memorabilia
400 Esplanade Avenue 70116
New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
504-568-6968 |
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Louisiana Supreme Court Museum
A museum on the history of the Louisiana Supreme Court and Louisiana law is housed on the first floor of the circa 1900's Beaux Arts building
400 Royal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504-310-2149 |
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