Nola by Night - Culture

Culture

Edgar Degas House

Once home to the French impressionist, this house is now fully restored as a B&B with tours for the public. $10 for a guided tour.
2306 Esplanade
504.821.5009
http://www.degashouse.com
Tours by appointment only.

Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Homes

The Hermann-Grima house at 820 St. Louis is a Federal mansion and is restored to accurately depict the lifestyle of a prosperous Creole family in the years from 1830-1860. The Gallier house at 1132 Royal is a beautifully furnished Victorian home restored to reflect the post-Civil War New Orleans. Tours are $6 for one house, $10 for both.
820 St. Louis and 1132 Royal
504.525.5661
http://www.hgghh.org
M-F 10a-3p, S Noon-3pm W appt. only

House of Broel's Victorian Mansion and Doll House Museum

A beautiful St. Charles mansion with a large pristine dollhouse collection. $10 for a tour.
2220 St. Charles
504.522.2220
http://www.houseofbroel.com
Tours by appointment only.

La Maison d'Absinthe

Absinthe museum and shop with selling absinthe paraphernalia and francophile items. Museum Admission $5.
823 Royal
504.523.0903
http://www.lamaisondabsinthe.com
M-Sa 10a-5p Su Noon-5p

New Orleans Museum of Art and Sculpture Garden

Free to Louisiana residents with proper ID ($8 for everyone else).
1 Collins Diboll Circle
504.658.4100
http://www.noma.org
W Noon-8pm, Th-Su 10a-5p

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

A small museum with a collection of antique tincture bottles and medical oddities. Through November the exhibit is Aqua Vitale: The Spirited History of Alcohol as Medicine. Admission is $5.
514 Chartres
504.565.8027
http://www.pharmacymuseum.org
Appointment Only

Old Ursuline Convent

Legend says that young women were sent from the old country to wed the many working bachelors of early New Orleans. They arrived with their belongings in coffin-shaped boxes. Lore tells us these boxes were put in the attic of the Ursuline Convent, the shutters secured from the outside with holy nails to keep something from getting out. Admission is $5, guided tours available.
1100 Chartres
504.529.3040
Tu-F 10a-3p Sa-Su 11a-2p (call to confirm)

Poet's Gallery

Always a pleasure to walk through this gallery and see the eerie, whimsical, eccentric work by local artists. Currently showing work by Lateefah Wright through November. Opening for Christy Kane in December.
3113 Magazine
504.899.4100
http://www.poetsgallery.net
M-Sa 11a-6p

The Dueling Oak

A staggeringly beautiful tree where many duels have been fought. Located in City Park, near the New Orleans Museum of Art (behind the restaurant).
City Park
http://www.duellingoaks.com

Voodoo Museum

A history of voodoo culture in New Orleans. Books and materials available. Admission is $5.
724 Dumaine
504.680.0128
http://www.voodoomuseum.com
10a-6p