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The National WWII Museum

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The National WWII Museum in New Orleans explores the US role in World War II across battlefronts and the home front.

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What's on here

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Why go

  • The simulated train recreates soldiers’ departure for war.
  • Beyond All Boundaries, a 4-D film about the war, screens in the Solomon Victory Theater.
  • B-17E My Gal Sal, recovered from Greenland 53 years after it was lost, is displayed in the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center.
  • Stage Door Canteen presents live music in the style of World War II-era USO shows.

Opening hours

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Monday09:00 – 17:00
Tuesday09:00 – 17:00
Wednesday09:00 – 17:00
Thursday09:00 – 17:00
Friday09:00 – 17:00
Saturday09:00 – 17:00
Sunday09:00 – 17:00

Don't miss

  • Spitfire and C-47 SkytrainA Supermarine Spitfire and Douglas C-47 hang from the atrium ceiling.Louisiana Memorial Pavilion
  • Higgins boatA Higgins boat, named after Andrew Jackson Higgins, is usually displayed here; the museum’s displays include a partial replica.Louisiana Memorial Pavilion
  • Normandy beach sectors modelA large model depicts the Normandy beach sectors.
  • Messerschmitt Bf 109A Bf 109 hangs inside the pavilion.Campaigns of Courage Pavilion
  • European amphibious landingsExhibits cover the European amphibious landings.

What's inside

  • The Louisiana Memorial Pavilion galleries cover the Home Front, D-Day planning and the D-Day beaches.
  • The US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center displays several wartime aircraft.
  • Campaigns of Courage covers the European and Pacific theaters through Road to Berlin and Road to Tokyo.
  • The Liberation Pavilion explores liberation, freedom and World War II’s effects today.
  • The exhibitions combine original objects, partial replicas, information panels and films.

Tips for your visit

  • Follow the exhibits chronologically, starting on the upper floor and continuing down to the ground floor.
  • Tap a dog tag at exhibit screens to follow the story of the person named on it.

Interesting facts3

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  1. The museum is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution through its outreach program.

    The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia

  2. Nick Mueller and Stephen Ambrose developed the museum idea; Peter Kalikow provided $50,000 in startup funds.

    The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia
  3. 4 million

    Congress appropriated $4 million for the museum.

    The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia

Shorts

History

The museum was established in New Orleans because important landing craft were built there to Andrew Jackson Higgins’s design.

  1. 1964Plans began after Dwight Eisenhower told Stephen Ambrose that Andrew Higgins’s boats had helped win the war.
  2. 1991Historian Stephen Ambrose started a foundation to prepare the museum’s content and organization.
  3. 1998The museum’s scope expanded to all of D-Day, encouraged by renewed interest after Saving Private Ryan.
  4. 2000The National D-Day Museum opened on June 6, the 56th anniversary of the invasion.
  5. 2003–2006Congress designated it the official national World War II Museum in 2003; Hurricane Katrina delayed the name change until 2006.
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  1. 2009The museum added the Solomon Victory Theater, Stage Door Canteen and American Sector.
  2. 2014–2015The Campaigns of Courage Pavilion opened in 2014, followed by Road to Tokyo in 2015.

How to get there

  • On footThe museum is at 945 Magazine St., alongside Andrew Higgins Drive between Magazine and Camp streets.
  • On footIt is around the corner from the Confederate and other museums on Camp Street.

Sources: The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia · New Orleans/Central Business District - Wikivoy… · National World War II Museum - Wikipedia · The National WWII Museum - Wikipedia · checked 26 Sep 2026

Where
945 Magazine Street, LA, New Orleans

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Questions and answers

Is there somewhere to eat at The National WWII Museum?

The museum has a restaurant.

Why were Higgins boats useful for beach landings?

They were suited to long, shallow beaches.

Who manufactured Higgins boats?

Higgins Industries built the boats or licensed their production.

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