The 1850 House is furnished with furniture, art and décor typical of that era, including Old Paris porcelain, New Orleans silver and other antebellum antiques designed to transport visitors back ...

Between 1850 and 1870, there were more Italians in New Orleans than any other city in the U.S., according to the museum. The museum shares the stories of the immigrants and Italian-Americans who ...

in 1850, 100 acres, which were formerly part of the Allard Plantation, were willed to the city by McDonogh. Four years later, it was pronounced a public park. New Orleans Historical reports that ...