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Museum of Death

Museum of Death from directly overhead

Museum of Death is a museum in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Musical Legends Park, a park 0.1 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.95587, -90.06972

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Musical Legends Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bienville Place: 0.3 mi
  • Louis Armstrong Park: 0.4 mi
  • Duncan Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Oscar Dunn Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Allen Toussaint: 0.1 mi
  • Louis Prima: 0.1 mi
  • Ronnie Kole: 0.1 mi
  • Irma Thomas: 0.1 mi
  • Antoine "Fats" Domino: 0.1 mi
Attractions: 47
Artworks: 42
  • Angela King Gallery: 0.1 mi
  • Edward Douglass White: 0.2 mi
  • Simón Bolívar: 0.2 mi
  • Stone Head: 0.3 mi
  • Kako Gallery: 0.3 mi
Museums: 41
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Laborde Mountain: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Death. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laborde MountainNNW 337°13 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:4119:12
June solstice06:0119:3020:05
September equinox06:4918:2718:58
December solstice06:5316:2917:06

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763707782848481726256
Precip in5.84.05.25.24.76.97.36.86.83.74.15.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terrytown 3S, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/3716152084

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