Old Ursuline Convent Museum

Interesting New Orleans history.
Mar 6th, 2024

Very nice church/museum to visit the guild is super knowledgeable. Make sure to go to their website for hours and days open.
Mar 6th, 2024

Such a lovely tour guide. The oldest building in the Mississippi River valley with a miraculous history. A must see while in New Orleans!
Feb 6th, 2024

Tour guide was very knowledgeable. Tour started nearly a half hour late, though.
Feb 2nd, 2024

Our guide was so fun and knowledgeable (there are no vampires in our attic!) Haha! If you know, you know! I loved hearing the stories and looking at the artifacts and being amazed at the journey of these nuns coming across the ocean after being sent by King Louis; I felt my own faith being reconfirmed! But definitely dont think you need to be a Catholic to thoroughly enjoy this building, the last vestige of French Colonial architecture since the rest of the city burned. Why did the wind shift after a nun put her holy candle in the window? Was it a miracle? Come take the tour and decide for yourself! You will also see a relic; a piece of a bone from a saint. For all the ghost and vampire tours in this city, seeing real pieces of bone from a saint is more out of the ordinary bang for your buck imo. Youll also learn about the iconography of tombstone symbols, the day a swimming pool was built over one of the oldest graveyards, and a clock that survived the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and is still in perfect working order. I filled my days with all sorts of tours during my trip to NOLA, and this one was definitely a highlight!
Feb 1st, 2024