NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – No matter where you’re headed this summer, the WWII Museum is one destination that’s worth visiting.
“It’s really important for locals to remember us, to know that we’re here and to come in and experience the museum first-hand, and August is the perfect time to try that,” says Michelle Moore with the WWII Museum.
The WWII Museum has something for everyone, whether you’re a history buff or one in the making. Your trip begins with a “dog tag profile.” Visitors can literally follow a service member’s journey through history.
The most popular exhibit is the Road to Tokyo, which includes 10 immersive galleries leading you from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by way of New Guinea and Southeast Asia, The Himalayas, Burma, The islands of the Pacific, China, India and Alaska.
This exhibit, and others produced with the same attention to detail, is just a glimpse into the vast array of what the WWII Museum has to offer.
Tom Lea: LIFE and WWII is one temporary exhibition that’s up through August.
It’s unique to this museum’s traditional style in that this exhibit focuses solely on art – paintings and illustrations from war correspondent Tom Lea who was hired by Life Magazine to document the war first-hand.
“So this was a man of extreme courage and bravery, who was on the front lines in Asia and the Pacific painting what he saw,” says Moore.
Add to that exhibition Beyond All Boundaries, a film that sets the tone for the museum, produced by Tom Hanks and offering a 4-D experience unlike any other.
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