Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in New Orleans
Free People of Color Museum
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Backstreet Cultural Museum
Celebration of local history & culture. Small museum exploring New Orleans traditions, with exhibits on brass bands, jazz funerals & more.
New Orleans Museum of Art
Extensive art exhibits in a grand space. More than 40,000 pieces by global artists of various historical periods in a grand marble building.
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Modern art in a tranquil park setting. Modern sculpture garden on 11 acres in New Orleans City Park with pedestrian paths & water features.
JAMNOLA
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Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes & Culture
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Louisiana Children's Museum
Interactive exhibits & play areas. Indoor & outdoor interactive exhibits include an art studio & a mock cafe, plus play areas.
New Orleans Storyville Museum
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Gallier House
Lavish, 19th-century house-turned-museum. Built in 1857, this opulent, furnished house provides a glimpse into the life of an affluent family.
Carousel Gardens Amusement Park
Amusement park with an antique carousel. Long-running amusement park featuring 16 rides, including an antique wooden carousel with horses.
Museum of Death New Orleans
Funeral practices & criminal memorabilia. Macabre collection featuring mortuary equipment, crime scene pictures & displays on serial killers.
The Presbytère
Mardi Gras & Hurricane Katrina exhibits. State museum with Hurricane Katrina & Mardi Gras exhibits in a former courthouse built in 1813.
Audubon Insectarium
Kid-friendly museum with insect exhibits. Interactive insect exhibits, bugs in action & an IMAX theater all in a U.S. Custom House.
Audubon Aquarium
Varied marine life, plus insects. Insect & marine life exhibits plus a 400,000-gallon tank with reefs, sharks & a walk-through tunnel.
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Books, crafts, apparel & other items. Compact shop at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art selling books, artworks, crafts, clothing & more.
The National WWII Museum
Military exhibits, planes & 4-D theater. Multi-building museum with interactive submarine exhibit, planes, 4-D theater & eatery downstairs.
The Professor Longhair Museum
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Mardi Gras World
Complex where Mardi Gras floats are made. Vast, 400,000-sq.-ft. complex where Mardi Gras floats are made & stored, with hourly tours.
Kenner Planetarium and MegaDome Cinema
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Children's Museum of St. Tammany
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Slidell Museum
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Cajun Encounters Tour Company
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Pearl River - Honey Island Swamp Museum & Research Center
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Whitney Plantation
Slavery museum with restored buildings. Plantation museum focused on slavery, with restored buildings & educational guided tours.
Abita Mystery House / UCM Museum
Funky venue with eclectic collectibles. Quirky roadside museum showcasing 1000s of unique art pieces, antiques & bizarre found objects.
INFINITY Science Center
Interactive science exhibits & rides. Educational attraction featuring interactive science, technology & engineering rides & exhibits.
Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site
Former sugar plantation with daily tours. An 1805 sugarcane plantation with daily guided tours of the big house, the grounds & a slave cabin.
Oak Alley Plantation
Historical plantation site with tours. Former plantation with exhibits about local history and sugarcane cultivation, plus guided tours.
Louisiana Children's Discovery Center
Indoor learning center & play space. Museum for young children offering multiple hands-on exhibits on science, music, safety & more.
Laurel Valley Village Store
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Bayou Country Children's Museum
Cajun culture through hands-on play. Interactive kids' exhibits on Cajun culture, including a floor piano, giant bubbles & a duck blind.
Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center
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Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum
Exhibits of coastal industries & a shop. Small waterfront museum with exhibits on bayou-related industries, plus a gift shop & back porch.
Terrebonne Folklife Culture Center
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Regional Military Museum
Military history exhibits & vehicles. Exhibits, vehicles & memorials devoted to Louisiana military history in a modern warehouse space.
Waveland's Ground Zero Hurricane Museum
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Southdown Plantation & Museum
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Ardoyne Plantation
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