It did not take long to visit this free exhibit but it was quite enjoyable and memorable. Of course there are old coins here, but there is a room where you can see the original brick bowels of the structure, very cool. Upstairs is another free exhibit in the same building, where you can see Louis Armstrong's first cornet, and... More

Walking along the streets you hear musicians and appreciate the raw talent. The mint has free organized concerts. More great music and the show ended with everyone dancing NOLA style!

The Old U.S. Mint is a large building but limited exhibit space. The Jazz exhibit upstairs was very professional looking and interactive. The mint exhibit is limited as others have commented on here. I spoke with a employee who said when the building was converted into a prison and some of the equipment for the mint was dumped so that... More

The mint exhibit was informative but somewhat scanty and did not draw me in. Good for a casual trip, if just stopping by. I would have been disappointed if we'd made a special trip to see the mint museum. The jazz exhibit was a wonderful bonus. We learned about Preservation Hall and I was inspired that the dreams and hard... More

The building and brickwork on the first floor are beautiful. There are some archives from the old mint. I found them interesting for a few minutes. My 8 year old was bored almost immediately. It took us less than 10 minutes to look through. From what I am reading here there was another museum section upstairs but we completely missed... More

somehow, Tripadvisor has not updated its info. The museums here are not only alive and well, but kicking. Great visit, right at the end of the French market, you can hardly miss it. But the jazz history resources here are the real story. The park rangers include musicians, singers and performers who are beyond belief, and who have state of... More

We didn't see any of the exhibits at the Mint. We had been at the jazz museum earlier in the day, and the park ranger there told us about an event that afternoon that was a part of their free weekly jazz concerts. I'm glad we went because the music was amazing! All of the park services staff that we... More

We stumbled upon the Old U.S. Mint on our recent trip to New Orleans. It has been converted to a jazz museum and is quite interesting. We happened to be there when a jazz duo was playing--both U.S. Park workers--and they were wonderful. The gift shop has some great CDs of jazz and blues artists. This is a wonderful new... More

Well, we really didn't go inside but admired the building at the end of the Riverwalk. The outside is very interesting since it is stucco that was scored to look like big bricks.