New Orleans, LA

Venture through a piece of New Orleans history at the Backstreet Cultural Museum. The museum tells the story of the African American experience and culture in New Orleans. Check out items like old Mardi Gras Indian suits and old photographs.

Address: 1116 Saint Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70116 - MAP
Phone: (504) 522-4806
Web: www.backstreetmuseum.moonfruit.com

Expand your knowledge on the pharmacy and health care industries at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum. The museum educates visitors through exhibits and educational programs that detail the history of the pharmaceutical profession.

Address: 514 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 565-8027
Web: www.pharmacymuseum.org

While out and about in the Central Business District of New Orleans, view the largest collection of Southern art in the world at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. This University of New Orleans affiliate displays various forms of visual arts that reflect the culture of the American South.

Address: 925 Camp St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 539-9600
Web: www.ogdenmuseum.org

Step foot into a home that has been called "one of the last great houses to be custom-built in America." The Longue Vue House and Gardens was constructed between 1939 and 1942, and is still furnished with its original décor. No trip to Longue Vue is complete without a walk through the garden, be sure to stop and smell the roses.

Address: 7 Bamboo Road, New Orleans, LA 70124 - MAP
Phone: (504) 488-5488
Web: www.longuevue.com

Forget what the history books have told you about Southern plantation homes and see the beauty of one for yourself. The Oak Alley Plantation has been standing since the late 1830s and its famous live oak trees have been around even longer.

Address: 3645 Highway 18, Vacherie, LA - MAP
Phone: (225) 265-2151
Web: www.oakalleyplantation.com

While traveling the halls of the Musee Conti Wax Museum, you'll be traveling back in time as the wax figures tell the tale of how New Orleans was born. Over 154 wax figures occupy the museum, immortalizing figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean Lafitte, and Marie Laveau the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans - all significant to New Orleans and all with a story to tell.

Address: 917 Conti St., New Orleans, LA 70112 - MAP
Phone: (504) 525-2605
Web: www.neworleanswaxmuseum.com

Picasso, Renoir, Rodin, Matisse, Jackson Pollock, and Georgia O'Keeffe are just a few artists that have works featured in the New Orleans Museum of Art. The 40,000 piece collection offers some of the best works by world renown artists from around the globe. Don't leave the NOMA without taking a walk through the sculpture garden.

Address: 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA 70119 - MAP
Phone: (504) 658-4100
Web: www.noma.org

Explore the tragedy and triumph of the American contribution to the second Great War at The National World War II Museum. The museum features exhibits that outline the battles of the war, showcases the weapons used in combat, and offer artifacts, photos, quotes and other information relevant to the war.

Address: 945 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 528-1944
Web: www.nationalww2museum.org

Spend family day exploring the fun exhibits at the Louisiana Children's Museum. The exhibits offer educational, hands-on activities that involve subject matter like art, music, science, math and health. The museum was named the "#1 attraction for Child Appeal" in New Orleans, so you and your family are almost guaranteed to have a great time.

Address: 420 Julia St., New Orleans, LA 70130 - MAP
Phone: (504) 523-1357
Web: www.lcm.org