{"id":6121,"date":"2016-09-04T14:55:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=6121"},"modified":"2025-01-23T20:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:35:17","slug":"national-wwii-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/national-wwii-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"The National WWII Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>National WWII Museum<\/strong>, located in <strong>New Orleans<\/strong>, <strong>Louisiana<\/strong>, is dedicated to sharing the American experience during World War II\u2014exploring why it was fought, how it was won, and its significance today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The National World War II Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">945 Magazine Street, entrance on Andrew Higgins Drive<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">New Orleans<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"widget-pane-section-info-text\">Louisiana 70130<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.nationalww2museum.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@nationalww2museum.org\">info@nationalww2museum.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">+1 (504) 528-1944<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Daily 09:00 &#8211; 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"txt\">Closed Mardi Gras Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admission fee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift shop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WWIIMuseum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-922 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"wp-image-922\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWIImuseum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1512 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/twitter.png\" alt=\"twitter\" class=\"wp-image-1512\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NationalWW2Museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3562 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/youtube.png\" alt=\"youtube\" class=\"wp-image-3562\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d885067.0055696478!2d-90.61852796636236!3d29.942250000000012!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x855a6fd37bed266a!2sThe+National+WWII+Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1472993318856\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/national-wwii-museum\/messerschmitt-bf-109\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Messerschmitt-BF-109.bmp\" alt=\"Messerschmitt BF-109, National World War II Museum\" class=\"wp-image-6122\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>41-9032<p><\/p>\n<p>41-23908<\/p>\n<p>O-17<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>06508\/41<\/p>\n<p>42-93096<\/p>\n<p>N9650C\/O-17<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>44-29812<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>BL370\/SH-J<\/p>\n<p>833<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p><\/td><td>Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress<p><\/p>\n<p>Consolidated B-24 Liberator (cockpit)<\/p>\n<p>Consolidated OY-1 Sentinel<\/p>\n<p>Curtiss P-40E Warhawk<\/p>\n<p>Douglas SBD Dauntless<\/p>\n<p>Douglas C-47A Skytrain<\/p>\n<p>Grumman TBM-3E Avenger<\/p>\n<p>Messerschmitt BF-109<\/p>\n<p>North American TB-25N Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>North American P-51D Mustang<\/p>\n<p>Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb<\/p>\n<p>Vought F4U Corsair<\/p>\n<p>Waco CG-4A<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unique <strong>National World War II Museum<\/strong> was founded in 2000 by historian and author Dr Stephen Ambrose and has become regarded as a highlight of any New Orleans sightseeing tour. Situated in New Orleans&#8217; Warehouse District it depicts the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy, the Home Front during World War II, and the D-Day Invasions in the Pacific. Exhibit galleries include text panels, artifacts, and personal account stations where visitors can listen to the stories of war veterans. A panorama exhibit recreates a Normandy beach landing; there are also regular film shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National WWII Museum, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, is dedicated to sharing the American experience during World War II\u2014exploring why it was fought, how&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6121"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32323,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6121\/revisions\/32323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}