Louisiana State Museum is housed across five different buildings in the historic French Quarter. There are collections of local history and cultural heritage as well as a jazz exhibits that includes one of Louis Armstrong's trumpets. There is also an exhibition about New Orleans' famous carnival traditions as well as the Cabildo - a diverse collection of exhibits about Louisiana history and customs. There is also the chilling Voodoo museum, with a large collection of voodoo objects and the chance to have a psychic reading by a voodoo priestess! The Southern Decadence festival takes place in September and celebrates New Orleans famous gay culture, with music and parades.
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I had a great time browsing through the photos and watching the video that highlighted the stories of some of the people that had lived here for two years in the mid-1940s. I hope someday to return to explore the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Museum, which is located in a historic building nearby, since that museum was sadly temporarily closed during my visit to the area. The fort's third building features offices as they would have looked in 1868. The third building on the property features several rooms set up as the fort's offices and work areas would have likely appeared in the summer of 1868. Given that this post Civil War period isn't often portrayed, it was interesting to see this era and compare it to Civil War sites I have visited in the past. In addition to the interior displays, there are plenty of things to check out around the fort. For example, make sure to take some time to climb the earthen hills and look out over the walls of Fort Ontario. From here, you can see, depending on which way you look, the beautiful Lake Ontario, Fort Ontario Park, and the city of Oswego.