New Orleans, Louisiana: National WWII Museum
Formerly the National D-Day Museum. From one day to nearly 2,000 days -- quite a mission expansion. It's in New Orleans because New Orleans was the manufacturing center for D-Day landing craft by shipbuilder Andrew Higgins.
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The museum is pretty extensive and worth the $17 cover. It had artifact displays, audio, movies, and more. It was kind of dark. Nothing seemed too oddball.
[Dan Kaplan, 05/01/2012]The new multimedia presentation narrated by Tom Hanks and the cafe run by John Besh bring this top notch museum up another notch. Not really quirky enough for this database. Andrew Higgins and his Higgins boats were the real impetus for a museum that is now as much a part of NO as the Audubon Institute.
[SJB, 12/21/2010]Despite the ample coverage of the Normandy Invasion in countless taxpayer-funded military museums across the US, there are plans for a new "D-Day-only" museum. D-day historian Stephen Ambrose hopes to open it in his hometown of New Orleans, LA....
[08/23/1998] Complete News StoryThe National D-day Museum has settled on scaled-back plans to open in New Orleans, LA, by June 6, 1999, the 55th anniversary of the historic event. The museum will pay particular attention to the important role played in the Normandy, France landing by craft manufactured in New Orleans by shipbuilder Andrew Higgins....
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National WWII Museum
- Address:
- 945 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA
- Directions:
- Downtown, on the northwest corner of Andrew Higgins and Magazine St. Entrance on Andrew Higgins Drive.
- Hours:
- Daily 9-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 504-528-1944
- Admission:
- Adults $23 to start.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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We'd hoped that visitors would enter down a landing craft ramp and maneuver through beach obstacles, but perhaps the designers wisely factored in old guy knees. Though not too oddball, any museum with a tank in its lobby and military aircraft hanging from its rafters is usually worth a look.