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Mardi Gras World is open 7 days a week, from 9:00am to 5:30pm, with the first admission beginning at 9:00am and last admission at 4:30pm. Mardi Gras World is closed on Christmas and Christmas Eve, Thanksgiving, Easter and Mardi Gras Day. For directions, visit our Getting Here page > Our Mardi Gras tours begin every half hour, and last for approximately one hour. Where Every Day Is Mardi Gras! Call now! 504-361-7821. Language > Spanish; French; Rebecca Todd Mardi Gras Museum- The Presbytere- Louisiana State Museum The magic and spectacle that is Mardi Gras happens every Carnival season starting Twelfth Night, Jan. 6, and culminating on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday on the Advent calendar. To further support the museum’s development, the Board of Directors of The Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu is offering an opportunity for the public to contribute to its new interior by purchasing personalized bricks or tiles, with proceeds funding exhibits and preserving Mardi Gras history. The museum is slated to open in late 2025 You can also experience Mardi Gras for yourself by playing dress-up for fun and the selfies in the museum’s vast costume closet. Mardi Gras Museum at Arnaud’s 813 Bienville Street. This small museum dedicated to the Carnival is located inside the sprawling grande dame of elevated Creole dining, Arnaud’s. The restaurant was founded in 1910 The Mardi Gras Museum is a Contemporary celebration of the vast array of grassroots traditions of Mardi Gras. Come see the pageantry, fun, and creativity that makes the Mardi Gras experience so rich. Join us in our costume closet, make masks and experience the creativity and craftsmanship that goes into the creation of these fantastic costumes! Become a Member Located in Treme, the oldest African-American neighborhood in the United States, is the Backstreet Cultural Museum where visitors find an amazing assortment of memorabilia indigenous to Mardi Gras, jazz funerals and other traditions found only in New Orleans. The Backstreet Museum, once the home of the Blandin Funeral Home, houses the city’s largest collection of Mardi Gras Saturday Open 11:30am – 3:30pm. Kick Butt Tours Saturday 12pm and 2pm and Friday – Sunday – Monday at 2PM. Our highly rated Mardi Gras Experience tour is a 45-minute will keep you entertained and captivated. A xylophone player who visited New Orleans 40 years ago has become the impresario of Carnival costuming and founder of the Mardi Gras Museum – now in a new spacious location on North Rampart Street. – by Dean M. Shapiro. Photos by Ellis Anderson unless otherwise attributed The original Mardi Gras Museum provided a space where people could experience the magic of Mardi Gras year-round from 1998 until the devastation in 2020 caused by Hurricane Laura. To advance the museum into the future, community leaders and the Mardi Gras Museum board of directors announce the proposal for a new Mardi Gras Museum to be built in Call for a FREE Shuttle Ride! 504-361-7821. You can view our Mardi Gras World Shuttle map here.. We understand that it can be expensive to travel while sightseeing in New Orleans, so if you don’t have a car or don’t want to pay for parking, let us pick you up: Mardi Gras World offers a complimentary shuttle for people taking our day tour, with ten central pick-up spots. The museum’s busiest season is actually not the period heading into Mardi Gras. Blackwell said that the museum will get busier in March, while high schools and colleges are on spring break. Mobile Carnival Museum. The Mobile Carnival Museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. The museum is housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion on Government Street in downtown Mobile POSTPONED UNTIL 1/24, 6 – 8 PM! Laissez les bons temps rouler! Immerse yourself in the festive spirit at our upcoming History of Mardi Gras Exhibit. Explore the rich cultural tradition behind the famous Mardi Gras colors, uncover the origins of the first King Cake, and so much more! Specialties: The place to view the largest mardi gras costume collection, history and local mardi gras traditions, Established in 1998. We started our museum in 1997 and opened in 1998. we started with filling one classroon in the Historic Central School building. The building is now used as the Arts and Humanities cultural center. We now house and display over 250 costumes in six of the Specialties: The Mobile Carnival Museum highlights the history of Mardi Gras in its true birthplace - Mobile, AL. The museum, housed in a restored historic home, features fourteen galleries and five video presentations. Visitors can see firsthand the bejeweled royal robes, majestic crown and scepters of carnival monarchs. The museum is one-of-a-kind and guided tours offer a behind-the-scenes Specialties: Featuring an amazing array of Carnival costumes that showcase the rich history of costuming in New Orleans, the museum explores the myriad of ways revelers participate in the celebration of Carnival Season and Mardi Gras. On exhibit are the regalia of Mardi Gras Kings and Queens, elaborately feathered and beaded Mardi Gras Indian suits, costumes from Carnival Krewe Tableau balls To celebrate Mardi Gras in March, GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi will host a free Family Day event on Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature free admission to GRAMMY Museum Mississippi — provided by Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area and King’s Daughters and Sons Circle Number 2 —an education program with two-time GRAMMY® winner Terrance Simien, DIY Mardi M ardi Gras Museum vs Mardi Gras World – while both celebrate the festive spirit of Carnival in New Orleans, the Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture provides a more historical and Specialties: Featuring an amazing array of Carnival costumes that showcase the rich history of costuming in New Orleans, the museum explores the myriad of ways revelers participate in the celebration of Carnival Season and Mardi Gras. On exhibit are the regalia of Mardi Gras Kings and Queens, elaborately feathered and beaded Mardi Gras Indian suits, costumes from Carnival Krewe Tableau balls
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