Museums
Rainy-Day PickOgden Museum of Southern Art
Under $25The largest collection of Southern art anywhere, from folk art to contemporary photography.
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The National WWII Museum
The National WWII Museum is a museum in New Orleans, LA, part of the New Orleans guide. Cost: $25 to $50.
945 Magazine St · New Orleans, LA
Why you should go…
The National WWII Museum began as the D-Day Museum, built here because New Orleans manufactured the Higgins boats used in the invasions, and has grown into a multi-pavilion campus covering the entire war. Exhibits combine restored aircraft and tanks with veterans' oral histories, and the Beyond All Boundaries theater screens a 4D film narrated by Tom Hanks. It routinely ranks among the top-rated museums in the country.
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St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
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