August is New Orleans Museum Month and that means free admission to 18 local museums all month long . There is one catch though, you must be a member of one of the museums on the list to get in free to the rest of them. So if you were looking to get that Audubon membership, now is the time. Here's the list of the 18 museums you can visit this month.
National WWII Museum — 945 Magazine
New Orleans Museum of Art — City Park
Ogden Museum of Southern Art — 925 Camp St.
Contemporary Arts Center — 900 Camp St.
The Historic New Orleans Collection — 533 Royal Street
Ashe Cultural Arts Center — 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium –– 423 Canal St.
Old Ursuline Convent Museum — 1100 Chartres St.
Beauregard Keys House — 1113 Chartres St.
Longue Vue House and Gardens — 7 Bamboo Rd.
Southern Food and Beverage Museum — 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Confederate Memorial Hall Museum — 929 Camp St.
Newcomb Art Museum — Tulane Campus
New Canal Lighthouse — 8001 Lakeshore Dr
New Orleans Jazz Museum — 400 Esplanade Ave
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum — 514 Chartres St.
Gallier House — 1132 Royal St.
Hermann-Grima House — 820 St. Louis St.
Have fun and explore the history and art of this great city of ours this August.