New Orleans African American Museum

The New Orleans African American Museum is a museum in New Orleans, Louisiana's visiting Tremé neighborhood, the oldest-surviving black community in the United States.

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Opening hours: Thursday—Sunday 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Email: info@noaam.org
Type: Museum
Description: history and culture museum in New Orleans, Louisiana
Also known as: “NOAAM” and “The New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History, and Culture”
Address: 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Backstreet Cultural Museum and Louis Armstrong Park.

Backstreet Cultural Museum

Museum

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The Backstreet Cultural Museum is a museum in New Orleans, Louisiana's Tremé neighborhood, founded by Sylvester "Hawk" Hawkins. Backstreet Cultural Museum is situated 900 feet southeast of New Orleans African American Museum.

Louis Armstrong Park

Park

Photo: Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0.

Louis Armstrong Park is a 32-acre park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter.

Congo Square

Park

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Congo Square is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. Congo Square is situated 1,900 feet south of New Orleans African American Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tremé and French Quarter.

Tremé

Photo: Bart Everson, CC BY 2.0.

Tremé is an old historically African-American and Créole neighborhood of New Orleans, just "back" from the French Quarter. The Tremé is famous for its music, and has some attractions, music venues, and small inexpensive hotels.

French Quarter

Photo: Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of New Orleans. It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century.

Storyville

Hamlet

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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. It was established by municipal ordinance under the New Orleans City Council, to regulate prostitution.

New Orleans African American Museum

Categories: African-American museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.96651° or 29° 57′ 59″ north

Longitude

-90.06795° or 90° 4′ 5″ west

Height

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

76XFXW8J+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 345285907

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7010684

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“New Orleans African American Museum” goes by many names.

French: “Le musée afro-américain d’art, d’histoire et de culture de la Nouvelle-Orléans”
French: “musée afro-américain de la Nouvelle-Orléans”
French: “Musée afro-américain de la Nouvelle-Orléans”
French: “NOAAM”
German: “New Orleans African American Museum”
Portuguese: “Museu Afro-Americano de Nova Orleães”
Portuguese: “Museu Afro-Americano de Nova Orleans”
Spanish: “Museo Afroamericano de Nueva Orleans”

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