New Orleans Storyville Museum

Well long overdue!The sordid history of New Orleans was pretty amazing!Museum is well done and an eye opener

Date of visit: December 22, 2024There is a fair amount of good and bad here, tough to decide if this was three or four stars, went with four on account of the pleasant interactions with the admissions staff:Overall, the museum is small but interesting in its history of New Orleans, with a number of fun displays, including some with video and audio with a quality not normally seen in an museum. I also appreciated the numbered placards to know you're in the right place as you worked your way through. Bonus points for the benches located throughout so you could take a moment to rest, especially if someone else was currently in front of a display you wanted to peruse.Yet there are some definite areas of improvement: The museum is far too small for the price of $35/ticket, though there is a hallway near the end that is almost empty so perhaps they will add more in that section to give you more to work with. Also interesting: I did not see a single staff person as I walked through the museum, only the same admissions staff at the entrance/exit/gift shop. Also an area of improvement, some signs are clear and as such are difficult to read given the lighting or color of text and the background.

We loved the Storyville Museum. It's only been open a few months and was fascinating. In 1897 a NOLA Alderman named Sidney Story drafted an ordinance banning prostitution in New Orleans everywhere except a 14-block area bordering Basin Street and the Southern RR station. The brothels, sex workers, drug traffickers, gamblers, and jazz musicians moved their businesses there and "Storyville" was born. This museum does a great job documenting Storyville -- and its music. There are more physical artifacts than one would think and the whole experience was fascinating. Do not miss an audio of Jelly Roll Morton describing his life working as a piano player in Storyville. Plan on an hour minimum.Note: The Storyville Museum is a privately owned, for-profit museum. It is not inexpensive.

This museum has only been open a few months. It was opened by a museum worker's brother's friend at the cost of $1MM. It costs $31.50 to get in. Right now there are no senior or AAA discounts but they are working on it. You must be 18 to go through it.My wife and I enjoyed this very much. Storyville refers to the area of New Orleans called Storyville. There is a lot of history on the multiple Red light districts over the past 200 years. This was very informative and very well presented. Each area had lots of photos, graphic, paintings and props. I don't want to ruin it for you, but feel free to look at my pictures. I highly recommend it. We have been to New Orleans many times over the years, but learned a lot of the history here.

There's a new museum in town and if you have any interest in how New Orleans came to embody that "Let the good times roll" philosophy, you must spend a morning or afternoon here. There is a lot to learn and it's all beautifully presented with many visuals so that even if you're not an avid reader, you will still be engaged. And if you love reading everything you encounter in a museum, you will be thoroughly engrossed.More historical than rated X, there is still a strict 18 and over rule. The museum starts with the founding of New Orleans and its lack of "decent" women so France sent on the Casquette Girls. Then you move on to see how the world's oldest profession got its rather boundless hold on different parts of the city until it was contained by Storyville. There's a haunting section of Bellocq photographs. There are video reenactments, my favorite being the one where you have the point of view of a girl in the cribs with passersby looking in and talking to you. There's vintage drug paraphernalia. There are old peep show machines (pretty tame by today's standards). Because I'm a huge nerd, I stood for a while looking at maps outlining the various districts, noting what three buildings are still standing, as well as excerpts from the original blue books. So fascinating.I was enthralled enough to read everything I could. If you do this, plan to spend 90 minutes to 2 hours. If you don't do this, you can probably see everything in a half hour to 45 minutes. This museum is a great place to take a break from the French Quarter and is cool and comfy with benches. Cute little gift shop too!

This museum was very well put together. The layout was easy to navigate. The way the information was laid out was easy to read in bite sized snippets. I feel like I learned about an area of New Orleans that I didn't know about, (as someone from out of town), it was informative and classy. It is well with a visit!

I was having bit of a rough week, and I have been meaning to come since I found out they were open. I am local to the area just don't feel like coming in to the Quarter all the time. But, this is worth it. Reasonable admission price. There is just so much to read and look at. This is well organized and laid out. I would highly recommend to anyone, local or visitor.

I visit New Orleans all the time and am always looking for something new. Love the Bayou, clubs, Plantations etc. Educational entertaining and unexpected. Well presented especially considering the subject matter. Can't appreciate New Orleans without it!! Well done

This was my favorite museum in NOLA out of the three I went to. It's very informative and the layout of the museum is easy to follow.

A museum that was fantastically curated, you can feel the story unfold as you walk through each exhibit. Wonderfully designed and crafted all around! You'll learn a great deal about the rise and fall of one of the most sinful and intriguing aspects of New Orleans' history, along with so much more that came from that time period, truly a MUST SEE!