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The National WWII Museum, formerly known as The National D-Day Museum, is a military history museum located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Andrew Higgins Drive between Camp Street and Magazine Street. The museum focuses on the contribution made by the United States to Allied victory in World War II.
Two years after the renowned historian began planning a war museum with his University of New Orleans colleague, Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, and eight years before The National D-Day Museum opened, Ambrose delivered a lecture, “New Orleans in the Second World War.”. The talk came during the Jan. 15, 1992 opening of an exhibition at the ...
Jun 6, 2022 · New Orleans played a pivotal role in World War II's D-Day, and that involvement inspired the creation of the National World War II Museum, which opened 22 years ago today in New Orleans. It's...
Mar 28, 2019 · Today, the series continues with the idea that would become the National World War II Museum. THEN: The year was 1990, and noted University of New Orleans historian Stephen Ambrose, a...
Oct 27, 2023 · National WWII Museum officials will open the Liberation Pavilion, the $7 million exhibition that focuses on the end of the war, the Holocaust and the conflict’s continued legacy. The pavilion...
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May 22, 2019 · The National World War II Museum opened its doors as the National D-Day Museum on June 6, 2000, a pioneering force in the revitalization of the city’s Warehouse district. The reason for the museum’s location might not at first seem obvious, but its landing in New Orleans is natural for two reasons.