An immersive, touch-everything art experience on Frenchmen Street celebrating New Orleans culture — second lines, jazz, Mardi Gras Indians, and po'boys. 📍 940 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA · ⭐ 4.7 (2219 reviews)
Short for Joy, Art, and Music New Orleans, this immersive art experience turns the city's culture, second lines, jazz funerals, Mardi Gras Indians, po'boys, into walk-through installations built specifically for interaction and photos. Every room is designed to be touched, climbed on, or photographed rather than viewed from behind a rope, making it one of the more genuinely fun, kid-friendly quest stops in the city and a sharp contrast to the more solemn museums nearby. It sits right on Frenchmen Street, New Orleans' locally favored live-music strip that draws far fewer tourists than Bourbon Street despite arguably better music. Visit in the late afternoon, then stay on Frenchmen for dinner and live jazz once the galleries and shops open for the evening. A colorful, interactive stop that most first-time visitors to New Orleans never hear about.
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