I would hesitate to call this a "museum." It's more like a showcase of vintage Mardi Gras gowns and costumes. Located upstairs from Arnaud's, this showcase can be difficult to find if you do not know where you're going. We had to ask a waiter to help us find it. You have to walk up the stairs, past all of...
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Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum
813 Bienville St, On the second floor of Arnaud's restaurant, New Orleans, LA 70112
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Ranked #95 of 152 attractions in New Orleans
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Description: Find old Mardi Gras costumes and ball gowns dating back to the early 20th century.
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This really was interesting. You found out all of the background of Mardi Gras and how it got started here in New Orleans. The Costumes are beautiful. It was fun to see what the old "throws" were like.
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While in New Orleans, you will probably see a lot of advertisements for the rather pricy Mardi Gras World, which is a warehouse of parade floats out near the port. Which is a shame, because upstairs in Arnaud's restaurant in the French Quarter is a small, free museum of Ms. Well's costumes from about 30 years of Queen of the...
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Very interesting and educational about the origons and growth of the celebration. Costumes and items from past and present parades and balls well displayed. On the first floor of the museum is a very good collection of pictures and videos about hurricane Katrina and history of the growth of New Orleans that caused it to be below water and hence...
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Located at Arnaud's Restaurant and right in the center of the French Quarter. Try the Sunday jazz brunch and take in the upstairs free museum.
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