@celestialjenna's Review of New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum - New Orleans, LA

Voodoo is not the horror story Hollywood made it out to be. Inside of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum, the story is older, deeper, and more human. Opened on Dumaine Street in 1972, the two rooms hold objects connected to religion, folklore, art, and spiritual practice. Louisiana Voodoo grew from West and Central African traditions shaped by Catholicism, Caribbean influences, and the experiences of black communities in Louisiana. Many objects reflect relationships with spirits and ancestors, protection, healing, and devotion. No museum can explain a religion in one visit, but this one asks you to slow down and question what you thought you knew. Look beyond the myths, and you may wonder how much of New Orleans has carried this history all along.