Eric Walton

World class.

The collection is exquisite and the landscaping is unrivaled.

Seeing as it is free and located in City Park, my recommendation is to go early and enjoy it then catch the museum, or botanical gardens, or have beignets that Cafe du Monde and then return again to the garden to catch it with different light.

This museum is one of the finest attractions in New Orleans.

Located in City Park adjacent to the Big lagoon, with one of the finest sculpture gardens in the country immediately behind the museum, you can easily spend from sunup until sundown I never go farther than a quarter-mile from the.

My photography can't do justice to the works indoors but I hope the works pictured here, from the sculpture garden and the reflecting pool immediately in front of the museum, will entice you to explore.

Located in the old US mint at the edge of the French Quarter, this is where you need to go to get your education on about jazz.

The exhibits of world class and ever changing.

The location is also home base for several local festivals that give you unprecedented access to some of the finest talent the world has ever seen.

Picture provided is from the gate that faces the French market and also several restaurants with outdoor seating.

Filled with wild life, it is an urban oasis serving as the lap upon which today's standard bearers of culture sit.

And there's a guy from Crosby Aviation who flies paper airplanes in there and he is pretty cool.

I stopped in on their opening night and the place simply glows! Stunning works by Franscoise Gilot on display.