Browse Tours (22 total)
Lake Catherine & the RigoletsThe Rigolets is an area of New Orleans East that has played a vital part in New Orleans history. Maroon communities developed in the area during the colonial period, and forts were later built to protect the city. Most of what made this area distinctive has been washed away, but there are a few… | |
City ParkThis tour unveils the park's history. Only a fraction of City Park's 1300 acres will be accessed, yet you will walk through the cultural center of the park, visit the famous dueling grounds, stand beneath a tree whose branches touch the ground, and learn about many interesting events in… | |
Battle of Liberty PlaceIn 1874, Reconstruction Era tensions led to the Battle of Liberty Place. Fought between militant conservative Democrats known as the White League and Federalist forces led by the Municipal Police, the main battle led to a 3-day period in which the White League controlled New Orleans. It also helped… | |
Newcomb College Broadway CampusExplore the present Broadway campus of Newcomb College, the last of three locations that have housed the noted school. Discover its history, characters, and legacy, and understand how it maintains its own identity in the present with its longstanding association with Tulane University. | |
Animals in the French QuarterThis tour examines the significant ways in which animals have affected the lives of New Orleanians. Within the confines of the French Quarter, rats, mules, mosquitoes, termites, and other critters cohabitate with the human residents. | |
Audubon Park: 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition siteTake an imaginative journey through a nineteenth-century World’s Fair. Only the beauty of the grounds exists today, for expositions were fleeting spectacles. Yet, photographic "ghost" images recall a time when the world’s products, accomplishments, and dreams were spread before eager… | |
"Old Newcomb": The First Two Newcomb College CampusesExplore the original DeLord and Camp Street campus, as well as the second campus of Newcomb College, located on Washington Avenue. Uncover the history, characters, and legacy that shaped Newcomb College into what it is today by following its expansion from 1887 to 1918, when the college moved to… | |
Levee Breaches during KatrinaBoth residents and visitors to New Orleans still have the desire to see where the levees failed during Katrina in August 2005. This tour allows one to virtually "visit" three major breach sites and their associated neighborhoods. The sites include the Southeast breach of the Industrial… | |
French Quarter Organized Crime, 1950-1979Organized crime operations in the French Quarter were a mainstay of New Orleans throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Brothels, gambling houses, strip clubs and seedy bars were run by small and large criminal organizations alike, quite often with the blessings of corrupt local politicians and police… | |
O-K Rail Line, Kenner to New OrleansThe Orleans-Kenner Traction Company connected downtown New Orleans to Kenner from 1915 to 1930. The only interurban rail line in New Orleans, it helped to spur residential development in rural East Jefferson Parish. | |
Heroin in Carrollton, 1971-1983In the 1970s and early 1980s, New Orleans' Carrollton neighborhood suffered through a heroin epidemic. Drug-related crime created problems throughout the neighborhood, and the Nix Methadone Clinic served as one of the nation's earliest clinical sites for treating addicts. | |
Carrollton CourthouseThe Carrollton Court House launched several interesting Louisiana Supreme Court cases that provide insight into Carrollton's history. Some cases included are: trial of two defendants convicted of murdering a 10 year-old girl; voter intimidation during the 1858 mayoral election; and a dispute… | |
Early 20th-Century Gaming in the Free State of JeffersonA brief history of illegal gaming (gambling) clubs in the areas surrounding the city of New Orleans in the early twentieth century. | |
Streetcar Integration during ReconstructionStreetcar integration during Reconstruction occurred because of acts of protest like Joseph Guillaume's. | |
Women's Labor in New OrleansA tour highlighting a variety of women and their contributions to the city from across a wide range of time periods and occupations over the course of the history of New Orleans. | |
Shadow Steeds of the Crescent CityThe Highwheel Bicycle Era in New Orleans, 1881-1891 | |
New Orleans Food HistoryHistory of many of the classic foods of New Orleans, especially its street & working class foods. Industrial food history is also included. Under development. | |
Setting the Scene: Film Production Economies Then and NowThis tour tells the stories of different “moments” in the formation of what is now called Hollywood South. The tour reviews the political economy of film from the silent era to the present, presenting themes about the role of policy and economic investment in stimulating location production and… | |
Reaching a Local Public: Independent Film and Distribution HistoryThis tour tells the stories about the changing meaning of the word "independent" in the history of local film production and distribution. It surveys the silent era to the present in what is now called Hollywood South. | |
Labor Above and Below the Line in Hollywood SouthThis tour tells the stories about the people who worked on films in what is now called Hollywood South. It surveys the silent era to the present, charting the role of labor “below the line” and the making of stars “above the line.” | |
Film History on Canal StreetThis tour looks at the importance of Canal Street in telling the story of film production, distribution, and exhibition in the city since the silent era. | |
Lakefront AirportOne of the world's most advanced airports when it opened in the 1930s, Lakefront Airport retains many of its landmark buildings and hangars. |