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Welcome to the New Orleans Confederate Museum. The Confederate Memorial Hall of New Orleans opened its doors on January 8, 1891, to the pomp and ceremony comparable to the more recent openings of the National World War II Museum.
It is historically also known as "Memorial Hall". It houses the second-largest collection of Confederate Civil War items in the world, behind the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia. The museum has been advertised as Louisiana's Civil War Museum and as Louisiana's Oldest Museum.
- Sully, Thomas O.
- Romanesque Revival
- less than one acre
Confederate Memorial Hall is a museum located in New Orleans, Louisiana containing historical artifacts related to the Confederate States of America and the American Civil War. It is historically also known as “Memorial Hall”. It houses the second largest collection of Confederate Civil War items in the world.
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The museum operates three sites: The White House of the Confederacy, the American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox. It maintains a comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts, Confederate books and pamphlets , and photographs.
- May 3, 1866
- 51,000
- Museum of the Confederacy, American Civil War Center
1201 East Clay Street. Richmond, VA 23219. United States. Get Directions. Website. http://www.acwm.org. Built in 1818, this National Historic Landmark served as the Confederate Executive Mansion during the war.
May 2, 2019 · May 2, 2019. Colorized photographs bring a 21st-century approach to the 19th-century technology that changed how Americans understood war. Penelope M. Carrington/The American Civil War...
Oldest museum in Louisiana, second largest Confederate collection in the nation. Civil War memorabilia on exhibit includes flags, uniforms, weapons, medical instruments and personal effects of President Jefferson Davis, Generals Beauregard, Lee, Bragg and other Southern leaders.
