The National WWII Museum
The best museum in the city and one of the best WWII museums in the world, occupying multiple Warehouse District blocks of serious curatorial work.
Warehouse District
Founded by Stephen Ambrose, anchored by the original Higgins boats — the landing craft built in New Orleans that made D-Day possible, which is why the museum is here and not in Washington. Five pavilions across a three-block campus, expanded steadily since 2000.
The dog-tag experience, where you follow a real soldier's story through the museum and learn at the end whether he came home, is worth doing and is included with admission. The Boeing pavilion suspends restored aircraft overhead in a way no other museum does. The 4D theater Beyond All Boundaries, narrated by Tom Hanks, sounds like it shouldn't work and does.
Plan three to four hours minimum; a full day is reasonable. Eat in the Warehouse District before or after — Cochon, Pêche, Compère Lapin are all walking distance. Tickets in advance.
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