Memorial Hall Confederate Museum in New Orleans, LA
Memorial Hall Confederate Museum in New Orleans, contains the second largest collection of Confederate memoribilia in the world. It is also the oldest continually operating museum in Louisiana. This one museum contains thousands of Civil War artifacts. Many of the exhibits contain such fascinating pieces as more than 125 original battle flags of the South and the State of Louisiana, uniforms of famous Confederate officers and common soldiers, rare Confederate guns, swords, rare photographs, and much more. There are interesting exhibits on the Jefferson Davis family, the secession of Louisiana from the Union, the Louisiana Native Guard, and many more.
This is the perfect activity for the war or history buff in your family. It's located only nine blocks from the gorgeous French Quarter, so it's not out of the way, at all. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. They are closed Sundays, and on major holidays. While admission is not free, it is cheap, and well worth it.
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