New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

The Baseline: For a national park/monument visitor’s center the facility must be informative, have great exhibits, and have a park rangers that are knowledgeable of one of the United States’ greatest ideas ever implemented that is the National Parks of America. Facility: The New Orleans Jazz/Jean Lafitte French Quarter Visitors Center is a clean, well presented center with great displays and a well organized gift store. Personnel: The park rangers were friendly and informative about the activities in the park. We were given several suggestions of visiting the preserve and the local battlefield as well as information on those locations. The rangers have to be public relations and gift shop customer service at the same time so be kind to your National Park Ranger. They also run programs to educate on the parks and monuments. Stamps: You can get your passport stamps next to the gift shop and Ranger’s info station. Special note: If you have young kids or want to be a kid yourself make sure to take advantage of the Junior Rangers program. You will learn and enjoy the National Park more that way.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park - A Great Introduction to the City's Musical Heart! I thought the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park was a fantastic starting point for visitors wanting to experience the city's legendary jazz scene. They offer free jazz performances, which I think is a wonderful way to get a taste of this amazing music. In addition to the music, they also have a small display that you can take a look at to learn a bit about the history of jazz in New Orleans. Established in 1994, the park aims to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz. Located in the Tremé neighborhood, near the French Quarter, it serves as a place to learn about and experience this unique American art form. With its visitor center offering exhibits, ranger programs, and those great live music performances, it's a worthwhile stop for anyone interested in the cultural heritage of New Orleans.

The singer and the guitarist were really good and fun on Friday afternoon and Leslie Martin was an excellent pianist on Thursday afternoon, today this afternoon new Orleans rag festival have 2 old couples dancing with the music of Matt lennler +mark masakowski at 1420

If you have a National Parks passport, come here to get your stamp and then explore all the fascinating exhibits explaining the history, cuisine, and music of Louisiana. There is a significant audio component to many of the exhibits, which I enjoyed. They do also offer FREE live music performances every day, just ask what the day’s schedule is.

Right in the heart of French Quarter, this place has live perfomances, informative exhibits, and engaging programs that celebrate this incredible and unique American musical art form. A must for all jazz lovers, or anyone curious about jazz.

Stoped by because we like to see all the national historic landmarks listed in our passport book. The building has two rooms. A gift shop and a very small auditorium. The auditorium has about 40 seats. They have a ranger talk at at 10:00 am and a live Jazz performance at 2:00 pm. We missed the ranger talk at 10:00am but made the 2:00 pm jazz performance. Wow. It was great. We listened to Wendell and Caroline Brunious perform and It was amazing. They mixed New Orleans music history with a great Jazz performance. I don’t normally listen to jazz but for the hour they performed I was completely entertained. Their performance was 5 stars but the rest of the landmark was very average. However the show is a must when in New Orleans and it is free.

Who knew we have a wonderful national park dedicated to Jazz. This is the only NP dedicated to music and all rangers are musicians. They do an excellent job of education on Jazz to the public. There is an active schedule of programs. We happened to see Richard "Piano" Scott spend an hour talking and demonstrating the differences in types of music. He was a crowd please and we all learned something. Make sure you check their event calendar.

Just a few brochures, small gift shop, and a room with seats and a stage. Not much else. If you like Jazz, or if you just want to get your passport stamp like me, stop in. Otherwise not really worth a visit