Louisiana Children's Museum

New Orleans


This educational museum is like a high-tech kindergarten where the wee ones can play in interactive bliss till nap time. Lots of corporate sponsorship equals lots of hands-on exhibits. The Little Port of New Orleans gallery spotlights the five types of ships found in the local port. Kids can play in a galley kitchen or they can load cargo. Elsewhere, kids can check out optical illusions, shop in a pretend grocery store or frolic in a paper-and-cardboard story forest.

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The museum is slated to move to a new location in City Park in the future.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby New Orleans attractions

1. Arthur Roger Gallery

0.03 MILES

One of the most prominent galleries on Julia St, Arthur Roger represents several dozen artists from around the South. This spot hosts frequent gallery…

2. Soren Christensen Gallery

0.03 MILES

This impressive space showcases the work of nationally renowned painters and sculptors. The gallery is known for its nontraditional sensibility and its…

3. LeMieux Galleries

0.08 MILES

Gulf Coast art is the emphasis in nationally recognized LeMieux Galleries, a good place to get a handle on the breadth of the regional arts scene.

4. Preservation Resource Center

0.14 MILES

If you're interested in the architecture of New Orleans or a self-guided walking tour, then start here. The welcoming Preservation Resource Center,…

5. Contemporary Arts Center

0.17 MILES

From the outside, the CAC is pretty unassuming. But once inside, with the grand modernist entrance, an airy, spacious vault with soaring ceilings and…

6. National WWII Museum

0.17 MILES

One of New Orleans’ most distinctive tourism attractions has nothing to do with food, music, or having a good time. Rather, it is a museum dedicated to the…

7. Ogden Museum of Southern Art

0.21 MILES

The South has one of the most distinctive aesthetic cultures in the US artistic universe, a creative vision indelibly influenced by the region's…

8. George Schmidt Gallery

0.21 MILES

New Orleans artist George Schmidt describes himself as a ‘historical’ painter. Indeed, his canvases evoke the city’s past, awash in a warm, romantic light…