New Orleans Jazz Museum
Cause Area
- Arts & Culture
- Children & Youth
- Community
Location
400 Esplanade AvenueNew Orleans, LA 70116 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
The mission of The New Orleans Jazz Museum is to celebrate the history of jazz, in all its forms, through dynamic interactive exhibits, multigenerational educational programming, research facilities and engaging musical performances. The New Orleans Jazz Museum enhances New Orleans’ ongoing cultural renaissance by providing diverse resources for musicians and music lovers of all languages and nationalities. The museum seeks to explore America’s quintessential musical art form, in the city where jazz was born.
Description
The New Orleans Jazz Museum celebrates jazz in the city where it was born.
Through dynamic interactive exhibits, multigenerational educational programming, research facilities and engaging musical performances, the music New Orleans made famous is explored in all its forms.
Housed in the historic Old U.S. Mint, strategically located at the intersection of the French Quarter and the Frenchmen Street live music corridor, the New Orleans Jazz Museum is in the heart of the city’s vibrant music scene.
Through partnerships with local, national and international educational institutions, the New Orleans Jazz Museum promotes the global understanding of jazz as one of the most innovative, historically pivotal musical art forms in world history.