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Museum Day is really a celebration that's held every year around or on 18th May. Every year, the Advisory Committee from the Worldwide Council of Museums (ICOM) defines a particular theme for Museum Day.

The Voodoo Museum is not scary at all it just like any other souvenir place.

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My favorite things:

The best po boy sandwich is Domilise's a little family owned place outside of the quarter and is cash only. Love this place the family is super nice and remember my mother by first name from when she used to go in after school during high school. This is a best kept secret.

My favorite drinks is the Planters Punch at Pat O's, Pimms Cup at the Napolean House, and bloody mary at the avenue pub uptown.

Check out what festivals are happening.

Things to do: ( If i can remember anything else i will let you know)

Attractions: Jackson Square, St Louis Cathedral, Cafe Du Monde, Steamboat Natchez Riverboat Cruise(don't eat there the food is terrible),Moonwalk on the Mississippi, Audubon Zoo, Aquarium, Zoo/Aquarium Cruise, Imax, Audubon Insectarium, Royal St. Antiques, Magazine Street Shopping and Julia St Art Galleries, Check out the Architecture in the Garden District, Airboat Swamp tour, Mardi Gras World, Ride the Streetcar, New Orleans School of Cooking, Carriage Ride, City Park has rides for the kids, Preservation Hall in Quarter serves no alcohol and is no smoking so it a jazz hall for all ages it is great for everyone to enjoy.

Plantations- Oak Alley, Madewood Plantation, Nottoway Plantation, Beauregard House at Chalmette Battlefield, Destrehan & Ormond Plantations

Museum- Historic New Orleans Collection, Ogden, Dday, the cabildo, Pharmacy, Confederate Museum, US Mint, Conti Wax Museum, Historic New Orleans Collection, Childrens Museum

Haunted Places;Le Petit Theater, The Pontalba, Pirates Alley, The Lalaurie House, Lanaux Mansion, St. Louis Cathedral, Lafittes Blacksmith shop, The Pharmacy.Go see the ghost table at muriels, LaLaurie House, St. Louis Cemetery Number 1, Voodoo Cemetery Gates Of Guinee -- The Voodoo Gates to Hell on Earth, Columns Hotel, Place de Armes Hotel, Yo mamas bar and grill, Pat O's, O'Flaherty's Irish Channel Pub, Octoroon's House - 734 Royal Street, Hotel Monteleone, Brennans, Le Pavilion Hotel, Arnaud's Restaurant, Canal Street at City Park Avenue, Cafe Lafite in Exile, The Sultans Palace, Gardette-LePrete Haunted House, The Beauregard-Keyes House, Marie Laveau's House at 1020 St. Ann Street, The Creole Lady of Faubourg-Marigny at 734 Royal St, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 and 2, Greenwood Cemetery, St. Roch Cemetery,

My favorite Restaurants:

Jaquimos( Best Alligator Cheesecake and blackened red fish),

Rio Mar

Commanders Palace(MY FAV), Muriels(Turtle Soup, Goat Cheese Crepes, and Pecan crusted drum),

Coffee Pot (FAVORITE RED BEANS and breakfast),

Upperline( TURTLE SOUP and FISH PIQUANTE USA todays best dish)

Lilette

Irenes,

Galatoise- Very famous and very good

Dick and Jennys- EVERYTHING IS GREAT!

Napolean House( Great. LUNCH SPOT),

One on Hampson( BEST DUCK GUMBO

Brennans

Crepe Nanou,( Love their crepes and grilled AMBERJACK)

Tommys Restaurant,

Brigtsens ( Everything is AWESOME),

Yo Mamas Bar and Grill- Best Hamburgers and Boil Crawfish during the season.

Palace Cafe( PECAN CRUSTED FISH AND BLUE CRAB LEGS),

Domileses(awesome poboys),

Cochon( BEst cochon du lait)

Favorite coffee- Cafe du monde

Favorite dessert- Commanders

Drink in the Quarter! Pat O's, Lafittes Blacksmith shop, Absinthe House, Carousel Bar at the Monteleone hotel, bombay club

favorite FQ BAR- Lafittes and Pat o's,

Goldmine- place to dance in the quarter

Bars not in the quarter- Victorian Lounge at the Columns, Bridge Lounge, Delachaise, fat harrys, Bull Dog, Balcony bar, rendezvous, Lucys retired surfers bar(warehouse district)... After 1am bars, F and M's and grits(more of college and upper 20's crowd), St. Joes.

Music-

Frenchman street has a lot of music clubs!!(snug Harbour, DBA, Spotted Cat)

Tipitinas has cajun dancing every sunday night as long as there is no special events going on

Maple Leaf Bar- Rebirth plays every Tuesday night and it right next door to the local favorite restaurant jaquimos!!!!Great music plays here!

Le bon temps rouler- Soul rebels every Thursday

Rock n Bowl- …

House of Blues-

Vaughns- Kermit Ruffins plays here a lot.

Howlin Wolf-

HiHo Lounge-

ChickieWahWah-

Preservation Hall- Serves no Alcohol so all ages are allowed to go in.

Are shops/museums open on Easter day in London (city centre)?

On Easter Day, large shops are legally obliged to stay closed (this is the law throughout England and Wales). So although small boutiques can open, the landmark stores in central London will all be closed.

However, all the big museums are open. (They are actually open every day of the year except for Christmas, 24-26 Dec).

So at the very least, you can visit the Natural History, Science and V&A museums in South Kensington, plus and the British Museum, National Maritime Museum/Royal Observatory and the historic royal palaces.

EDIT:

Because you have an answer here that says the exact opposite of this, I've double-checked all this info (I was planning to go museum-ing over the Easter weekend with friends anyway, so it was time well-spent!)

Confirmation about the law re Easter Sunday shop closures:

Opening hours for (some of) the museums - they all follow pretty similar lines.

(the research library is closed over Easter but everything else - Cutty Sark, Royal Observatory, Maritime Museum etc - is open)

When is the best time of the day to visit a museum?

Avoid going to a museum on a weekend or holiday.

Museums are usually crowded due to teachers going there with their students on a class trip. Therefore---

When school is in session, the best time to visit a museum is in the month of September when hardly any teachers plan class trips.

At other times during the school year, go after 2PM when the kids have to get back to school for dismissal.

If you have to go on a weekend, go when the museum opens first thing in the morning.

Museums can also be crowded due to tourists so avoid museums Christmas week, Thanksgiving week, Easter/Passover week, Presidents Day week, and July and August.

Bottom line----depending on the month, day, and time of year, it can be better to go in the AM or wait until after 2PM