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15+ Students |
$4.00 per
student
- fall
$5.00 per
student
- spring |
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Additional Adults |
$8.00 per adult
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One teacher or chaperone
(21+ years of age)
per 10 students is
required - Free |
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Please make your reservations
at least two weeks
in advance and allow
approximately 2 hours
to visit the museum.
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Touring the
National World War II Museum
The National World War
II Museum
offers docent-led tours of the exhibit for school
groups. Reservations are required at least two weeks
in advance and are subject to availability. In order
to ensure that your tour has been scheduled, verbal
confirmation is required. Please read the following
information before making your reservation.
YOUR STUDENTS WILL
TOUR THE MUSEUM IN
ONE OF TWO WAYS:
The Docent-Led Tour
The National World War
II Museum
offers a limited number of docent-led tours of the
Museum, Tuesday through Saturday. These tours are offered
to groups of no more than 60 students and must be
arranged at least two weeks in advance. Your students
will tour one of two wings of the Museum.
A two-hour tour of the Invasion of Normandy exhibit
includes:
- The beginning of WWII
- Efforts on the Home Front
- Andrew Higgins and the Higgins Boats
- The Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944
- From Normandy to Berlin
A two-hour tour of the new D-Day Invasions in the
Pacific wing includes:
- The beginning of WWII
- Efforts on the Home Front
- Andrew Higgins and the Higgins Boats
- D-Days in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor
to the Atomic Bomb
Due to graphic content, we do not offer docent-led
tours of the D-Day Invasions in the Pacific for
younger groups. Volunteer docents will give your
group a brief Museum orientation. They will meet
your group at the Magazine St. entrance to the Museum.
Docents will lead students in small groups on an
interpretive tour of the Museum’s exhibits.
The Self-Guided Visit
Because The
National World War II Museum is unable
to provide a docent-led tour of the
exhibits for all schools who wish to
visit the Museum, the Education Department
makes available an activity that will
help your students explore the Museum’s
many galleries.
The National World War II Museum’s
Facts About Artifacts Hunt should be
assigned to your class in order to provide
structure to their visit. Letting your
students know that they will be graded
on their work will encourage them to
complete this activity.
When you arrive at the Museum, you will
be greeted by a Museum representative
and escorted into the Louisiana Memorial
Pavilion. While your group leader visits
our ticket desk to finalize payment,
the students and chaperones will be
given a 4-6 minute orientation to help
them get the most out of their visit.
During this orientation, we will separate
students into the groups of ten you
established prior to your arrival. Once
everything is in place, the students
will enter the Museum’s exhibits
by group.
Please assign each group a WWII-related
name. Make sure students know their
group names and have a list of these
names available.
Museum
Policies, Reminders and Suggestions
Parking:
School buses should
drop students off on Magazine Street in the bus
zone next to the Museum (because of the traffic
flow, it is not safe to drop students off
directly in front of the Museum on Andrew
Higgins Boulevard). Once the students are
dropped off the buses will be required to park
elsewhere as the bus zone is for drop off and
pick up only. There is free bus parking under
the bridge two blocks from the Museum. Cars and
vans may also drop students and at least one
chaperone off in this bus zone, but cannot park
there. Paid parking lots are located nearby. For
security reasons, please leave all large bags,
backpacks and lunches on the buses.
Length of Visit:
Your visit to The National
World War II Museum should last approximately 2 hours,
depending on class size, not including visiting
the Museum Store. Please plan your visit accordingly.
RESTROOMS: All restrooms are located on the first
floor in two locations. Students who need to use
the restrooms should do so immediately after arriving
at the Museum.
Accessibility:
The National World War
II Museum
is fully accessible to people with disabilities.
Please inform the Museum before your arrival about
any students, teachers or chaperones with special
needs. Elevators are available, but time consuming.
We encourage their use only for those who have difficulty
using stairs.
Admission Cost:
Your total cost of admission
is required before your tour begins. Cash, checks,
money orders, Visa, Master Card, American Express,
and Discover are accepted. Make checks out to The
National World War II Museum. Admission is $4.00 per student
for the Fall 2004, and $5.00 per student for the
Spring 2005.One teacher or chaperone per 10 students
is required. To prevent overcrowding, please bring
no more than 1 chaperone for every 5 students. (Example:
A group of 50 students would need at least 5 chaperones,
but may not be accompanied by more than 10). Chaperones
(up to one per every 5 students) are admitted free
of charge. Additional chaperones will be charged
$8.00.
Lunch:
There are no facilities
in the Museum in which your students can eat lunch.
In good weather, students may enjoy a picnic in
nearby Lafayette Square, Lee Circle or Woldenberg
Park.
Photography:
Photography is allowed
in the Museum, but with three limitations. Flash
photography is not allowed in the exhibit .Tripods
are not allowed in the exhibit. Video cameras are
not allowed in the exhibit.
Graphic Content Warning
The National World War
II Museum’s
D-Day Invasions in the Pacific exhibit presents
graphic images of war. These include photographs
of wounded and dead soldiers, civilian casualties
of aerial bombardments, and prisoners of war. The
National World War II Museum does not offer docent-led
tours of this exhibit for students under 7th grade,
and we strongly recommend that teachers and chaperones
of self-escorted visits to the Museum closely accompany
your students through the Museum.
If you would like to preview the Museum’s exhibits
before your field trip, please contact the Education
Department at (504) 527-6012 x 225, and we will
provide you with a free ticket.
Films at The National
World War II Museum
The Museum shows two films
alternately in the Malcolm Forbes Theater.
D-Day Remembered,
a 48-minute film, provides an excellent background
on D-Day and can help prepare your students for
their exploration through the Museum, but we do
not recommend including it in your visit, due to
its length.
Price for
Peace, a 45-minute
film, presents an overview of the Allied campaigns
in the Pacific Theater and the heavy toll this laid
on the soldiers who fought there. This film shows
the graphic side of war, and is not recommended
for younger viewers. We do not recommend including
it in your visit, due to its length.
If you wish to purchase a copy of either film to
show to your class in advance of your visit, please
contact The National World War II Museum Store, at (504)
527-6012 x 244 or purchase in the
Online Store. Purchase Orders are accepted.
Museum Store
The Museum Store offers
a variety of fun and educational items for students
that range in price from 50 cents and up. Teachers
need to be aware of certain Store guidelines: All
students need to be reminded to behave appropriately
when visiting the store. All students visiting the
store must be accompanied by at least one chaperone.
Students should only visit the store while in their
groups.
Memorial Bricks
In addition to the exhibit,
The National World War II Museum is also the home to thousands
of memorial bricks purchased in honor of World War
II veterans. The Museum is happy to help a student
locate a specific brick. Please make your students
aware that they will need to know the last name
of the person who commissioned the brick.
To Make a
Reservation:
Please call Group
Sales at (504) 527-6012 ext. 222, or ext. 291, between
9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Be prepared to provide
the following information:
- Date and Time you wish to bring your class
- Number and Grade of your students
- Number of Adults
- Method of payment
- Phone number
- Additional contact information
The Museum must be notified as soon as possible
of any changes in your reservation (time, number
of students, cancellation). We may not be able to
accommodate significant last minute changes in reservations.
Once you have made your reservation, The National
World War II Museum will send you a pre-visit package of
information and activities to prepare your students
for their Museum visit.
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Normandy" recreates the aftermath of the
crash of a CG-4A WACO glider in Normandy
during the early morning hours of June 6,
1944. |
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