Backstreet Cultural Museum

"Since 1999, when the Backstreet Cultural Museum opened its doors, it has become a focal point of Mardi Gras Indian, parade, and second-line culture in the city." Full review

"This is the place to see one facet of this town's distinctive customs – its African American side – and how they're expressed in daily life." Full review

"For anyone visiting New Orleans this is an amazing museum to visit, and it will show you there is much more to this city that Mardis Gras and Bourbon Street." Full review

"Located in a former funeral parlor, this offbeat museum seeks “to keep jazz funerals alive” with memorabilia from famous send-offs, in addition to archival items and photos from second-line parades." Full review

"The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.  " Full review

"Inside what looks like an otherwise residential home is a comprehensive archive of the area's African American traditions and community movements." Full review

"One of the best places to get a feel for the city's unique identity is at the Backstreet Cultural Museum." Full review

"Elsewhere, the city continues to heal from a period of hardship that included not only the pandemic, but Hurricane Ida, the Category 4 storm that slammed into Louisiana in August. New..."

"This small cultural gem in the heart of the Faubourg Tremé is dedicated to certain wholly unique New Orleans cultural traditions, mostly of the African-American community" Full review