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Beauregard-Keyes Historic House & Garden
New Orleans, Louisiana
504-523-7257
www.bkhouse.org
Built in 1826 for local auctioneer Joseph Le Carpentier, the Beauregard-Keyes House encompasses a complex of 19th and 20th Century buildings and gardens. American born architect Francois Correjolles designed the house, and the raised center-hall cottage in Federal Style features both Creole and American architectural influences making the House a unique aspect of the French Quarter Landscape. Notable residents and namesakes of the House are Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard and the late author Frances Parkinson Keyes.
Iowa Quilt Museum
Winterset, Iowa
515-462-5988
www.IowaQuiltMuseum.org
Promoting appreciation of the American quilt and the art of quilting through rotating displays of both historic and modern quilts.
New Orleans Jazz Museum
New Orleans, Louisiana
504-568-6993
www.nolajazzmuseum.org
The New Orleans Jazz Museum is strategically located in the Old U.S. Mint–built in 1838–at the juncture of the French Quarter and Frenchmen Streets where Esplanade Avenue meets the river, an epicenter of live music in the city. The Museum celebrates the origins, evolution, and continuing relevance of New Orleans Jazz.
The 3rd Floor Performing Arts Center of the New Orleans Jazz Museum incorporates production, recording, and web broadcasting of live music and theatrical performances, lectures, symposia, oral histories, video interviews, and curatorial panels. The Performing Arts Center provides the opportunity to link the artifacts and exhibits with the living musical and cultural traditions of the region through a variety of avenues, including live musical and theatrical performances, web streaming, lectures, symposia, conferences, and curatorial presentations.