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The National World War II Museum

945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Featured Review : Like a lot of people, I wondered why a place billed as the nation’s WWII museum would be in New Orleans, instead of DC. The street name suggests that the answer is Andrew Higgins, whose Higgins Boat Company morphed from ...See Full Review

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  • 5 out of 5 stars by callen60 from Ozarks, Missouri
  • January 11, 2026
Quote: Like a lot of people, I wondered why a place billed as the nation’s WWII museum would be in New Orleans, instead of DC. The street name suggests that the answer is Andrew Higgins, whose Higgins Boat Company morphed from provider of flat bottomed,... Read the full The National World War II Museum review

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  • 5 out of 5 stars by eviet from Brooklyn, New York
  • June 15, 2025
Quote: When perusing guidebooks on New Orleans, some expected words fill your eyes: Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, po’boys, gumbo, cemetery tours, The National D-Day Museum... wait, The National what Museum? Maybe it’s just me, but shouldn’t a museum... Read the full The National World War II Museum review

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  • 3 out of 5 stars by chadk78 from Blacksburg, South Carolina
  • February 19, 2025
Quote: This World War II Museum is located in the Warehouse District and was put together by historian Stephen Ambrose. Please give yourself a full day to see it. It is huge! We planned to spend 2 hours here and ended up having to rush through. The... Read the full The National World War II Museum review

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National D-Day Museum

  • 4 out of 5 stars by lgarcia45 from McAllen, Texas
  • December 30, 2025
Quote: The National D-Day Museum represents the new style of exhibition, one of being more interactive, with multimedia presentations throughout featuring, for example, taped eyewitness testimony to the events of D-Day combined with archival footage. The... Read the full The National World War II Museum review

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National D-Day Museum

  • 3 out of 5 stars by Ishtar from Bayside, New York
  • December 5, 2025
Quote: Magazine Street is considered to be one of New Orleans’ main attractions; it is replete with shops, antiques, galleries, restaurants, souvenir shops, and the like. However, the array is not continuous and the breaks between the "interesting" spots... Read the full The National World War II Museum review

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  • 5 out of 5 stars by Dave_S from Strongsville, Ohio
  • November 16, 2025
Quote: An unbelievable, sequential walking tour of the D-Day Invasion. They take you from the beginning of WWII to the end, with special emphasis on the D-Day Invasion itself. It's a very sobering tour that makes you realize just how much we gave for the... Read the full The National World War II Museum review

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