Museums
New Orleans African American Museum
$25–$50A New Orleans museum in the Tremé neighborhood that preserves and presents the history and culture of African Americans.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Museums
Backstreet Cultural Museum
A small New Orleans museum devoted to Black cultural traditions such as parades, jazz funerals, and Mardi Gras Indian culture.
1531 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116 · New Orleans, LA
About Backstreet Cultural Museum
The museum sits in a New Orleans neighborhood and grew out of decades of street photography and film by Sylvester Francis, who documented Carnival, second-line parades, and jazz funerals. It opened in 1999 and holds a large archive of film covering Black Masking Indians, social aid and pleasure clubs, brass bands, and neighborhood celebrations. Visitors can also book guided second-line tours that move through the city's neighborhoods with local brass bands and dancing.
- #African American history
- #New Orleans culture
- #second line parades
- #jazz funerals
- #Mardi Gras Indians
What's around here?
The closest stops to Backstreet Cultural Museum, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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Transit: reachable by public transit
0.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
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Transit: reachable by public transit
0.6 mi awayMore like this
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New Orleans Storyville Museum
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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