New Orleans Storyville Museum

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"There are many angles that you can take into the exploration of New Orleans’ past—social, architectural, culinary—but this museum, opened in 2024, looks through a lens of vice. In the 19th and early 20th century, the infamous Storyville neighborhood (adjacent to the modern day French Quarter) flourished as a thriving red light district. The approach is far from lurid, and what owner (and long-time French Quarter resident) Claus Sadlier has assembled is a place that explores the city’s social, cultural and even musical history through a once-controversial, but nevertheless important part of its everyday life. Whether you’re interested in the origins of jazz, or the personal stories of the people that worked there at the time, it’s a new and refreshing addition to the historical interpretation of the Crescent City." - Paul Oswell