New Orleans Jazz Museum

Which museum is located almost next door to the huge French Marketplace?Extensive collection of memorabilia of jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino, including posters, pictures, record albums, trumpets, coronets, and other musical instruments . Colorful paintings of the history of jazz. Black and white pictures trace back the roots of jazz in New Orleans. Separate exhibits on women in jazz in New Orleans.One floor has separate collection of US mint and coin collections. Clean bathrooms come with the $6 admission purchase. We missed out on the free jazz concert upstairs.

It's housed in the former US Mint, so the location is perfect, right at the top of the French Quarter. It wasn't huge, but there were some nice artifacts like a Fats Domino home piano. They also had a full exhibit for drumming as well as the roots of Louis Armstrong. Not the most in depth museum I've ever seen, but as someone who appreciates jazz, I'm all for learning all the history about it that I can. They also have a downstairs section for the US Mint days and they even have a jukebox dedicated to songs about money. Everything from The Gambler to Money For Nothing to a bunch of older bluesy songs.

A great museum dedicated to the history of Jazz, but more specifically the evolution of jazz in New Orleans. If you're interested in New Orleans history it's well worth a visit.The museum also has a really cool exhibit downstairs with artifacts from when the building was a U.S. mint.

The NOLA Jazz Museum, located in the former U.S. Mint building, is just a two-minute walk from Frenchmen Street. It is a real gem, whether you are new to jazz or already a fan. So much musical history is beautifully displayed here: a Louis Armstrong exhibit, performance costumes from great musicians, Fats Domino's white piano, many historic venue posters and so much more. You'll learn a lot in the hour and a half it takes to view everything (that's just an estimate), plus there's a nice gift shop selling music, books, posters, t-shirts and so on. Knowledgeable, helpful staff and a performance venue on the third floor. Many outdoor music festivals take place here, too.

We were able to use our NARM membership and saved $40. The NARM membership is so worth it. We had a real short visit as it was our last day and we were on our way to the airport. I loved the big signs they had around giving the history of everything. You got to see where Louis Armstrong grew up and where he learned to play. You could spend more time in the museum than the quick 30 minuets we spend there. We missed seeing the bottom floor featuring the US Mint.

As a jazz fan, I wanted to come by and see what the hype was about, and when I tell you it was one of my favorite museum visits this year. The museum itself takes about an hour to navigate through and it had the origins of jazz being from New Orleans with the swing and big band styles to popular styles and everything in between. They also had a jazz store if you wanted to buy some gifts. Def a 10/10 with a bebop swing.

Came here for the first time with my family. My son loves jazz more than I do. I just love listening to this music genre, but not enough to know who sang the songs lol. My son seemed to enjoy it more than I do. Anyways, there are 2 floors of cool history on both jazz and coins. There is also a cool little gift shop that sells records and CDs.Staff were very friendly and helpful. Paid street parking is available around the building.

I went to the Nola Funk Fest this year at the Jazz Museum. This festival featured mainly local R and B, Funk, and Blues bands. I saw Jason Neville, the Batiste's Family Band, Space and Harmony, Geo Leo and other great bands. Admission was only $100 for a 3 day pass, plus a small fee if you bought online ahead. They had VIP tickets that provided a separate area on the side or front of the stage. They provided some chairs too since you can't bring in your own chair. Soda sold for $4 a can and they had cocktails and beer. There were BBQ, So. Food, Asian Fusion, Mexican, Paella, Yakimen vendors too. Most of the time there were no lines for food. There were No Outside Food allowed. There were 3 stages of music. The museum was open late too to go see exhibits. The only major issue I had was that since there was a Halloween Parade on Sat evening, the Waterfront st. Car was not running when I decided to leave about 7 pm. So I went back to the festival to wait it out, until after the parade but still no st. Cars were running. So I walked to Bourbon and back to my hotel a mile away.

It was nice to get off the beaten path and experience some stillness inside a historic building that pays tribute to the music that made the city.

Wonderful. We really liked to walk around and read all the info about New Orleans jazz musicians. Very well done . It us z must to see. Clean and cheap .