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City Park and NOMA Sculpture Garden, New Orleans

After finishing up at the World War II Museum, I still had energy to do something else. I wanted to see the New Orleans Museum of Art, but it was closing early that day. So instead I visited the recently reopened Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden that is located on the NOMA grounds inside City Park, a huge public park in New Orleans.

I wanted to visit City Park anyway and ride my hand bike around, which is exactly what I did. The park is beautiful and some of the outdoor artwork is amazing. They make great use incorporating the art into the lakes and canals present in City Park.

On my way to City Park.
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National World War II Museum, New Orleans

After getting into New Orleans fairly late, I got some rest and then woke up early to head to the National World War II Museum. The museum itself is tremendous and exceeded my expectations. It originally was the National D-Day Museum, being located in New Orleans because of the Cajun inspired PT Boats that were so designed and tested in New Orleans and proved so critical to the success of the D-Day invasion.

Over the last 15 years the museum has expanded and now takes up multiple interconnected buildings, with unique exhibits dedicated to the pre-war years (“The Arsenal of Democracy”), the European campaign (“The Road to Berlin”), and the Pacific campaign (“The Road to Tokyo”).

Exterior wall of the museum, there's a painted on WW II logo, a sign that says The National WW II Museum, a flag, and another sign that says Louisiana Memorial Pavilion.
Museum exterior.
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