I always find it interesting how people tend to view museums...like a hit and run accident. Most will run into the museum, make sure that they have a photos taken of them with a famous works of art, and read the title, and then leave. This is not the museum for that. It's a really small place, mostly run by volunteers, and to pay $7 should be an honor to any visitor. You will never, ever visit a museum that provides such a rich history of the African American experience in New Orleans. I was there last summer and there were three fabulous exhibits. One was slave owners and how they thought the slaves had a disease if they didn't want to accept the life of a slave. The second exhibit was about the black Mardi Gras Indians. The third exhibit was about the bridge near the museum that once was a really green park like area with tremendous oak trees. It was destroyed when a bridge was constructed to bypass the Treme area for visitors to go straight downtown into the French quarter. The bridge destroyed a community. It was really fascinating to drive to the bridge after we left the museum to see that street artists had painted murals of famous African Americans on the pillars of the bridge but had also painted oak trees there as well. The staff was extremely helpful and even allowed my husband who is blind to touch the Mardi Gras Indian costume. This museum is about the history of a black community, not about taking a photo next to a work of art. If taking photos are the type of experience you crave, I recommend that you go to the New Orleans Museum of Art, another wonderful museum. This little museum of African American history is one of my favorites...and I've been to a lot of different museums in the world!

Wanted to love this museum, I didn't. Very sparse, lacked depth & artifacts. The exhibits were comprised of a few books, documents & furniture spread Btwn 4 rms. There was a 2nd building that were the old slave quarters, some genius decided it should be used as the employee break room so it was not open to tour. There was a third building with artwork. The volunteer neglected to advise us that one of the exhibit buildings was closed, due to the late hour of the day. She also misled us when she advised we could complete the tour in "35-45" minutes. Hate to say it, not worth the $7 when there are so many other things to do in NOLA.