New Orleans, USA (Point of interest)

The New Orleans Museum of Art was founded in 1910 with a gift to the city from philanthropist Isaac Delgado. The city's oldest fine art organisation, it houses a permanent collection of more than 35,000 objects, valued in excess of US$200 million. ... Continue reading →

Weak stomachs beware! The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum gives visitors a fascinating glimpse into the medicine of the 18th-20th centuries. The ground floor is a mid-19th-century apothecary shop containing hundreds of medicinal herbs and bottles of li... Continue reading →

New Orleans' City Park is the fifth largest in the country. With its multitude of mature oaks, New Orleans Museum of Art, lagoons, trails and a train that runs around the park, it has everything you need to chill out.... Continue reading →

When people think of the classic New Orleans district, it is of the French Quarter that they are thinking. There are more bars, clubs, shops and restaurants here than you could work through in several visits. Laid out in French and Spanish colonia... Continue reading →

This painstakingly restored, 19th-century mansion in New Orleans' French Quarter reveals the history and workings of a period home. The house is the only one remaining in the Quarter to feature a stable and a fully functional outdoor kitchen.... Continue reading →

The Louisiana Children's Museum offers a hands-on experience teaching children about a wide variety of both specialised and everyday issues. Regular special events at the New Orleans museum include theatre shows, films, puppet shows and demonstrati... Continue reading →

New Orleans' National WWII Museum opened in June 2000 (the anniversary of the famous D Day landings in Normandy). It addresses all of the amphibious invasions of the Second World War, paying tribute to more than one million Americans who took part.... Continue reading →

The Presbytere houses the Louisiana Portrait Gallery and some historical exhibits, including one exploring the history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It was designed in 1791 to match the Cabildo, or Town Hall, on the other side of St Louis Cathedral... Continue reading →