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April 2024 by Dorenie Montoya
It is very small and the entire second floor exhibition was closed
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April 2024 by Gary Fujino
We went here primarily to see a jazz singer that we found online before heading to NOLA. Her name is Quiana Lynell and what a great job her and her band did in entertaining us all. The concert was free and is run by the National Park Service. The stage, sound system and room were all top notch and I can see why the artists like to perform there. Come early for the best seats!
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March 2024 by Natalie Pinnoi
A pretty disappointing museum. There’s not a lot of content to see and most of it is photographs but not a lot of history about jazz or anything about famous jazz musicians and how they came to be. I would save the $8 and skip this museum.
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March 2024 by Darren Walker
The Danny Barker Jazz Festival was FABULOUS! The highlight of our New Orleans visit.
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March 2024 by Sergio Sanchez
Came for one of their 2pm concert series events. The music was incredible given the small venue setting (150 people or so) on the third floor. The experience was intimate and memorable. After the event, we explored the rest of the museum. While it is a simple museum, the pictures on display are beautifully done. I particularly enjoyed and learned a lot from the drumming exhibit. The Fats Domino exhibit was also very interesting. And it is all free of charge so make sure you hear over there for one of those early afternoon concerts and then hit an early evening show a couple of blocks away at one of the Frenchmen St. music clubs.
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March 2024 by Adrián Alejandro Becerril Ureña
You can visit the old coin press and some Jazz greats.Pros+ It has good order and the staff was friendly.+ Has a museum about currency, some black history and also jazz history+ The museum is not that extensive, which makes it easy to navigate.+ It wasn't very busy so you can see everything easily.Cons.- If you are not a person who knows anything about jazz, you will find it somewhat boring since it has great moments of jazz. It does not cover all the great artists and it does not extract much from the origins and qualities of jazz.
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March 2024 by Doug Bonar
The exhibits aren't much. They do have performances sometimes though and those seem to be quality. So arrange your visit to catch one.
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March 2024 by Hywel Maslen
Enjoyed this on my first day in NOLA.No tickets needed in advance.Has a section on the mint it used to be.Some lovely posters around the venue.The drumming section was my favourite section.The Fats Domino area has some of his stage suits which look great.Staff were very friendly.Concerts on regular and free sometimes.Worth a visit.
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February 2024 by Louis and Elaine
If you really like New Orleans Jazz artists, this is definitely the place to be. On display are many of the instruments from Jazz greats, some of their clothing as well as countless mementoes. The museum is located within the old New Orleans Mint building, which in itself is worth seeing. On the first floor there are displays of things from the Mint days. For us the New Orleans Jazz Museum is definitely worth the time.
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February 2024 by Robert DuBoff
READ THIS BEFORE GOING TO THE JAZZ MUSEUM! This is an embarrassingly bad museum. I know most of the reviews are for the performance space - but the museum itself is absolutely not worth the visit. Save your money. There is a cornet that Louis Armstrong MAY HAVE played while in reform school and that's the only memorabilia they have from Armstrong. And, only a passing reference to King Oliver. ZERO about Buddy Bolden, Wynton, Branford and Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Louis Prima, Sidney Bechet, Edmond Hall, Barney Bigard...the list goes on. All jazz musicians from New Orleans. Waste of time. I gave it two stars since they spent a lot of time putting together an exhibit on Fats Domino (that great jazz musician/singer - LOL) that was somewhat interesting. But, he has almost nothing to do with jazz! Might as well have an exhibit on classical composer Louis Gottschalk who was also from New Orleans or Huey Long for that matter.
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February 2024 by Louis Perzia
It’s where the U.S. Mint used to be. This is a nice museum and venue. It’s worth checking out if you’re visiting the city. It’s a great attraction in New Orleans.
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February 2024 by Mohammad Shikh-Khalil
The jazz history all in one place
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February 2024 by Amy Barber
This was a fun & educational experience. We loved learning about the history of Jazz in our beloved New Orleans. The only thing we found disappointing was the lack of information past the mid century. There have to be some current Jazz musicians that the museum curators would recommend on their playlists (scannable link on the second floor in the Fats Domino area).
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February 2024 by Lee Richerson
Earl Palmer creator of the Rock and Roll drumbeat
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January 2024 by PF
Interesting museum, a little smaller some parts were closed.
