Upcoming Events

January 16, 2009
World War II Quiz Nite
Teams of four will compete for WWII knowledge supremacy and great prizes. If you don’t have a team, we will make one for you.

January 7, 2009
General Raymond E. Mason Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II Featured Speaker Alex Kershaw
The Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series on World War II is made possible through the generosity of Major General and Mrs. Raymond E. Mason, Jr. and the Raymond E. Mason Foundation.

January 7, 2009
Lunchbox Lecture Mush Morton and the Wahoo by John McGuckin
Join the National World War II Museum the first and third Wednesday of every month for our Lunchbox Lecture series.
Image Gallery

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On view September 27, 2008 - January 11, 2009

Special Exhibition
Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Small Town in Poland 1897-1939

All photographs by Zalman Kaplan 

 

 

 

The Air and Sea Armada exhibit displays the greatest invsaion force in history with models of Allied attack boats and planes.

Museum founder Stephen E. Ambrose talks with World War II Reenactors at the June 6, 2000, opening events.

Air and Sea
The Air and Sea Armada exhibit displays the greatest invsaion force in history with models of Allied attack boats and planes.		 Ambrose
Museum founder Stephen E. Ambrose talks with World War II Reenactors at the June 6, 2000, opening events.

 

The Museum’s C-47, which flies aloft over the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, took part in the Normandy invasion, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity.

C-47
The Museum’s C-47, which flies aloft over the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, took part in the Normandy invasion, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity.

The exterior of The National World War II Museum The National World War II Museum at Night
Exterior
View of the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion of The National World War II Museum on Andrew Higgins Drive in New Orleans		 Exterior Night
The Museum's Louisiana Memorial Pavilion on Andrew Higgins Drive
The recreation of the hedgerows that covered Western Normandy illustrates difficult fighting terrain for the Allies.
Hedgerows
The recreation of the hedgerows that covered Western Normandy illustrates difficult fighting terrain for the Allies.
A reproduction LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) or Higgins Boat, built from original WWII plans by former Higgins employees is displayed at the museum.
Higgins Boat
A reproduction LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel) or Higgins Boat, built from original WWII plans by former Higgins employees is displayed at the museum.

 

Museum exhibits featuring Higgins Industry artifacts reveal an important connection between New Orleans and the beaches of Normandy.

Higgins Industries
Museum exhibits featuring Higgins Industries artifacts reveal the important connection between New Orleans and the beaches of Normandy.

 

The Home Front exhibition explores wartime shortages, Rosie Riveters, draft boards and the art of the propaganda poster.

Home Front
The Home Front exhibition explores wartime shortages, Rosie Riveters, draft boards, boot camp and the art of the propaganda poster.

 

American soldiers landing on the coast of France during the D-Day invasions.

Normandy
American soldiers landing on the coast of France during the D-Day invasions.

A wounded glider in the fields of France represents a very dangerous and little-known aspect of the history of World War II.

Normandy - Glider
A wounded glider in the fields of France represents a very dangerous and little-known aspect of the history of World War II.


 

US Marine Raiders on Cape Totkins on Bougainville Soloman Islands.

 Marine dashes through Death Valley on Okinawa.
Marines
US Marine Raiders on Cape Totkins on Bougainville Soloman Islands.		 Okinawa
A Marine dashes through Death Valley on Okinawa.

Artifacts, posters, videos and interactive touch screens help audiences learn about race issues and warfare in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Pacific Theater
Visitors are surrounded by photographs of life in the Pacific Theater of World War II. On display in the Museum's Pacific exhibit.		 Pavilion
The Louisiana Memorial Pavilion makes a spectacular location for Museum-sponsored and private functions.

A giant high-definition map summarizes battles that took place throughout the Pacific Theater.

 Artifacts, posters, videos and interactive touch screens help audiences learn about race issues and warfare in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Pacific Theater – Animated  Map
A giant high-definition map summarizes battles that took place throughout the Pacific Theater.
 Race & War
Artifacts, posters, videos and interactive touch screens help audiences learn about race issues and warfare in the Pacific Theater of World War II.

The typical uniform and weapons of a German Infantryman and an American Assualt Infantryman in 1944 on display at the Museum.

 The War Clouds exhibit illustrates the imbalance of power between Germany, Japan and the United States in 1939.
Uniforms
The typical uniform and weapons of a German Infantryman and an American Assualt Infantryman in 1944 on display at the Museum.		 War Clouds
The War Clouds exhibit illustrates the imbalance of power between Germany, Japan and the United States in 1939.
A photograph of women war workers assembling fuselage sections is displayed in The D-Day National Museum.
Women
A photograph of women war workers assembling fuselage sections is displayed in The Home Front Exhibition.

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