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Higgins stands at center with his sons Ed, Andrew Jr., Frank, and Roland." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2008.280.025_1.jpg?h=1991bac3" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2008.280.025_1.jpg?h=1991bac3" alt="Andrew Higgins’s oldest sons were heavily involved in Higgins Industries from the beginning. Higgins stands at center with his sons Ed, Andrew Jr., Frank, and Roland."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>Andrew Higgins’s oldest sons were heavily involved in Higgins Industries from the beginning. Higgins stands at center with his sons Ed, Andrew Jr., Frank, and Roland.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="Andrew Higgins receives the Army-Navy "E" Flag Award." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2009.428.010_1.jpg?h=a9c7a614" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2009.428.010_1.jpg?h=a9c7a614" alt="Andrew Higgins receives the Army-Navy &quot;E&quot; Flag Award."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>Andrew Higgins receives the Army-Navy "E" Flag Award.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="This May 1940 aerial photograph shows City Park Plant in the final stages of construction. When completed, City Park had one PT boat and two landing craft production lines. Higgins, without permission, built nearly 40 percent of the facility on property owned by Holt Cemetery. This property use was not resolved until after the end of World War II." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/1999.016.008_1.jpg?h=19f4247f" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/1999.016.008_1.jpg?h=19f4247f" alt="This May 1940 aerial photograph shows City Park Plant in the final stages of construction. When completed, City Park had one PT boat and two landing craft production lines. Higgins, without permission, built nearly 40 percent of the facility on property owned by Holt Cemetery. This property use was not resolved until after the end of World War II."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>This May 1940 aerial photograph shows City Park Plant in the final stages of construction. When completed, City Park had one PT boat and two landing craft production lines. Higgins, without permission, built nearly 40 percent of the facility on property owned by Holt Cemetery. This property use was not resolved until after the end of World War II.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2000.325.030_1_1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2000.325.030_1_1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="One hundred FP, later designated FS (Freight, Supply) ships, were built at Industrial Canal on a moving assembly line. As each ship reached the end of the line it was launched, stern first, into the Industrial Canal for final testing. In this image, FP-146 is nearing completion and launch." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2008.280.023_1_1.jpg?h=5ef85a15" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2008.280.023_1_1.jpg?h=5ef85a15" alt="One hundred FP, later designated FS (Freight, Supply) ships, were built at Industrial Canal on a moving assembly line. As each ship reached the end of the line it was launched, stern first, into the Industrial Canal for final testing. In this image, FP-146 is nearing completion and launch."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>One hundred FP, later designated FS (Freight, Supply) ships, were built at Industrial Canal on a moving assembly line. As each ship reached the end of the line it was launched, stern first, into the Industrial Canal for final testing. In this image, FP-146 is nearing completion and launch.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/LCM_1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/LCM_1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2019.002.001_1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/2019.002.001_1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="paragraph body-paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--textarea row-outside--md cf"> <div class="body-styles l-container--sm cf"> <p>Located next to the Museum’s “Higgins boat” replica in Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, the exhibit shows how the Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP)—adapted from Higgins’s shallow-draft swamp boat called the Eureka—revolutionized amphibious warfare by enabling the landing of troops and supplies over an open beach. In addition, the exhibit celebrates the large, diverse New Orleans workforce that not only built the more than 20,000 combat watercraft essential to the success of the Normandy invasion on D-Day, as well as all other major amphibious landings of the war, but also patrol-torpedo boats, supply ships, marine radios, torpedo tubes, aircraft components, and even precision parts for the Manhattan Project.</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p--bundle-inline-carousel row-outside--md l-container--sm-alt cf"> <div class="bundle--heading text-align--center"> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Exhibit Artifacts</h2> </div> <ul class="carousel-basic cf" class="field field--name-field-images field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="A builder’s plaque for a Higgins A-1 airborne lifeboat. The A-1 was a 27-foot lifeboat that was parachuted from heavy bombers to aviators downed at sea." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1179.jpeg?h=15f6638e" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1179.jpeg?h=15f6638e" alt="A builder’s plaque for a Higgins A-1 airborne lifeboat. The A-1 was a 27-foot lifeboat that was parachuted from heavy bombers to aviators downed at sea."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>A builder’s plaque for a Higgins A-1 airborne lifeboat. The A-1 was a 27-foot lifeboat that was parachuted from heavy bombers to aviators downed at sea.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="A wheel from a Higgins LCP(L)." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1186.jpeg?h=0522d3bd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1186.jpeg?h=0522d3bd" alt="A wheel from a Higgins LCP(L)."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>A wheel from a Higgins LCP(L).</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="The Higgins Industries hard hat of Joseph R. Poche, who apprenticed in the machine shop at the Higgins City Park plant." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1191.jpeg?h=0522d3bd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1191.jpeg?h=0522d3bd" alt="The Higgins Industries hard hat of Joseph R. Poche, who apprenticed in the machine shop at the Higgins City Park plant."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>The Higgins Industries hard hat of Joseph R. Poche, who apprenticed in the machine shop at the Higgins City Park plant.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="A tank testing model, used to test hydrodynamic and seakeeping properties of prototypes." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1193.jpeg?h=29324ebd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1193.jpeg?h=29324ebd" alt="A tank testing model, used to test hydrodynamic and seakeeping properties of prototypes."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>A tank testing model, used to test hydrodynamic and seakeeping properties of prototypes.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article> <div class="img-ratio--wide bg--light-grey"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="1920" height="1400" alt="Eureka, LCP(L), and LCVP models." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1197.jpeg?h=29324ebd" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/wide_large/public/2019-05/higgins_exhibit_IMG_1197.jpeg?h=29324ebd" alt="Eureka, LCP(L), and LCVP models."/></noscript> </div> <div class="f--caption l-container--sm"> <p>Eureka, LCP(L), and LCVP models.</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="paragraph body-paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--textarea row-outside--md cf"> <div class="body-styles l-container--sm cf"> <p><i>Bayou to Battlefield: Higgins Industries during World War II </i>is made possible through a gift from Beverly and Lester Wainer, in honor of Lester Wainer’s WWII Service in the US Navy, Pacific Theater, aboard the USS <i>Clay</i> (APA-39).</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--full-width-callout bg-black"> <div class="bg-img parallax" style="background-image: url('/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large/public/2020-05/campus-page.jpg?h=27da7c5f');"></div> <span class="bg-overlay overlay--dark"></span> <div class="l-container--sm"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase">The National WWII Museum</div> <h2 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Museum Campus</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph p-bundle p-bundle--split-callout with-media"> <div class="flex-grid flex-align--center l-container--lg row-inside--md "> <div class="col--first col-flex--1"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase">Exhibit Location</div> <h1 class="f--secondary f--uppercase">Louisiana Memorial Pavilion</h1> <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/2024-08/Updated%20Campus%20Map.pdf" title="Download Campus Map" class="btn solid teal" target="_blank"><span>Download Campus Map</span></a> </div> <div class="col--second col-flex--1"> 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<ul class="carousel-group gutter--md cf" class="field field--name-field-related-items field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-593" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/louisiana-memorial-pavilion" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/louisiana-memorial-pavilion" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-louisiana_memorial_pavilion-l1.1-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-louisiana_memorial_pavilion-l1.1-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/louisiana-memorial-pavilion" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Louisiana Memorial Pavilion</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="Louisiana Memorial Pavilion" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p>The Louisiana Memorial Pavilion exhibits take visitors into the monumental efforts on the Home Front and to the beaches of Normandy—focusing on the thousands of men and women who made Allied victory in World War II possible.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-598" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/campaigns-courage-pavilion" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/campaigns-courage-pavilion" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-campaigns-of-courage-exterior-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-campaigns-of-courage-exterior-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/campaigns-courage-pavilion" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Campaigns of Courage</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="Campaigns of Courage" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>In a war where the terrain was as deadly as the enemy, this pavilion tells the story of American servicemembers abroad—and how they overcame unprecedented challenges on multiple fronts to win victory in World War II. In over 19,000 square feet of exhibit space, two extraordinary exhibitions bring visitors inside the epic story of the war in its most infamous settings, bringing to life jungles, beaches, mountains, and oceans in 19 immersive galleries.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-603" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/solomon-victory-theater" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/solomon-victory-theater" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-5_solomon_victory_theater_exterior-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-5_solomon_victory_theater_exterior-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/solomon-victory-theater" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Solomon Victory Theater</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="Solomon Victory Theater" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The Solomon Victory Theater is home to <em>Beyond All Boundaries</em>, a 4D cinematic experience produced exclusively for The National WWII Museum by Tom Hanks—who narrates the film—and Phil Hettema.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-705" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/hall-democracy" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/hall-democracy" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2019-10/national-ww2-museum-hall-of-democracy-960x700-r1.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2019-10/national-ww2-museum-hall-of-democracy-960x700-r1.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/hall-democracy" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Hall of Democracy</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="Hall of Democracy" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The Hall of Democracy represents the center of the Museum’s expanding educational outreach initiatives—providing a space that will enable the institution to share its collections, oral histories, research, and expertise with audiences across the world.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-596" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/us-freedom-pavilion" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/us-freedom-pavilion" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/10_us_freedom_pavilion-the_boeing_center_ext_0-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/10_us_freedom_pavilion-the_boeing_center_ext_0-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/us-freedom-pavilion" rel="bookmark" target="_self">US Freedom Pavilion</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="US Freedom Pavilion" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Perpetua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span>In World War II—<em>the war that changed the world</em>—freedom hung in the balance. Americans answered the call to protect that freedom with 16 million men and women serving in uniform and an untold number of citizens of all ages doing their part on the Home Front. In US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, we honor their contributions.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-704" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/higgins-hotel-conference-center" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/higgins-hotel-conference-center" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-higgins-hotel-media-resources-Lobby-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/national-ww2-museum-higgins-hotel-media-resources-Lobby-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/higgins-hotel-conference-center" rel="bookmark" target="_self">The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The official Hotel of The National WWII Museum, this stunning art-deco style property offers first-class accommodations, meeting spaces, and dining options providing a sophisticated lodging experience for guests.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-601" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/john-e-kushner-restoration-pavilion" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/john-e-kushner-restoration-pavilion" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/KRP%20Exterior%20Main_0-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/KRP%20Exterior%20Main_0-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/john-e-kushner-restoration-pavilion" rel="bookmark" target="_self">John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Now open, the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion offers up-close looks at WWII macro-artifacts, including the Museum’s patrol torpedo boat, <a href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus-guide/kushner-restoration-pavilion/pt-305-returns-home-national-wwii-museum">PT-305</a>, which returned to her permanent home on campus in 2022. Museum visitors can observe the fully restored vessel from the Lester and Beverly Wainer PT-305 Viewing Terrace and learn of her wartime crew and tours of duty. The Pavilion also houses the STEM Innovation Gallery, an educational space that gives visitors the opportunity to engage in tactile learning and exploration.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-817" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/founders-plaza" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/founders-plaza" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/3Q9A2151-960x700-ar.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2020-05/3Q9A2151-960x700-ar.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/founders-plaza" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Founders Plaza</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="Founders Plaza" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>Founders Plaza creates an impressive entryway to the Museum campus, safe passage for Museum guests, and a pleasant setting for rest and reflection as part of the visitor experience.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-832" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/visit/museum-campus-guide/bollinger-canopy-peace" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/bollinger-canopy-peace" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="650" height="474" typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2022-03/national-ww2-museum-canopy-of-peace-red-white-and-blue-lights-960x700.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2022-03/national-ww2-museum-canopy-of-peace-red-white-and-blue-lights-960x700.jpg" alt=""/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"></div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/visit/museum-campus-guide/bollinger-canopy-peace" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Bollinger Canopy of Peace</a></h3> <span property="schema:name" content="Bollinger Canopy of Peace" class="hidden"></span> <div class="f--desc"> <p>The soaring Bollinger Canopy of Peace, set to stand 150 feet tall, will unify the Museum's diverse campus and establish the Museum as a fixture on the New Orleans skyline.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-701" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf 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