11 New Orleans museums grant free admission tomorrow

More than 1,500 museums nationwide will waive admission fees on Saturday, September 22 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s annual Museum Day event. Twenty-nine of those museums are in Louisiana, and 11 of them, listed below, are in New Orleans.

• Audubon Insectarium
• Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses
• The Historic New Orleans Collection
• Longue Vue House and Gardens
• The Presbytere
• The Cabildo
• National World War II Museum
• New Orleans Museum of Art
• Ogden Museum of Southern Art
• The New Orleans Jazz Museum
• The Southern Food and Beverage Museum

This year’s theme is “Women Making History.” Participants must visit the Smithsonian website and download a pass to receive free entry. Passes are limited to one per person, and each pass admits two.