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Plus they have a great gift shop. Their exhibits are rotated so you should call them to find out what is currently being featured.

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The mobile carnival museum highlights the history of mardi gras in mobile.

Mardi gras carnival museum. Going into the rooms and seeing all the crowns and trains and gowns is a girls dream. Come see the pageantry fun and creativity that makes the mardi gras experience so rich. The price to get into the museum is only 5. Ladies this place is a dream come true. The mobile carnival museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years of carnival and mardi gras in mobile alabama. The concept of a museum totally dedicated to mardi gras had been a goal of numerous native mobilians for years. Wells reportedly reigned as queen of over twenty two mardi gras balls from 1937 to 1968 more than any other women in the history of carnival. The mobile carnival museum opened in 2005 to rave reviews. The museum is housed in the historic bernstein bush mansion on government street in downtown mobile. Great for the. The museum features displays that tell the story of how the local celebration evolved from its early days to the modern tradition it has become. When the opportunity to lease the historic bernstein bush house became available the mobile carnival association took the lead in securing the building lease and acquiring important and appropriate memorabilia and props. But you can channel the festivities year round with a visit to one of these mardi gras centric museums and workshops places where floats are built mardi. The magic and spectacle that is mardi gras happens every carnival season starting twelfth night jan. Join us in our costume closet make masks and experience the creativity and craftsmanship that goes into the creation of these fantastic costumes.

6 and culminating on fat tuesday the day before ash wednesday on the advent calendar. When the opportunity to lease the historic bernstein bush house became available the mobile carnival association took the lead in securing the building lease and acquiring important and appropriate memorabilia and props. In 2005 that museum moved to a larger space on royal street and it is now known as the history museum of mobile. The mobile carnival museum opened in 2005 to rave reviews. Mobile carnival museum mardi gras. He was so much fun to talk to. The collection includes costumes from carnival ball royalty mardi gras indians cajun mardi gras carnival in brazil gay carnival krewes social aid and pleasure clubs walking clubs and. He was full of knowledge. The mardi gras museum is a contemporary celebration of the vast array of grassroots traditions of mardi gras. The germaine cazenave wells mardi gras museum named for successor and daughter of count arnaud opened in the french quarter restaurant on september 15 1983. The concept of a museum totally dedicated to mardi gras had been a goal of numerous native mobilians for years. I learned so much about the culture of mardi gras and about mobile. Mobile carnival museum mardi gras. The exhibits at the mardi gras museum are from the largest personal collection of mardi gras costumes in the city of new orleans owned by founder carl mack. Event and facility guidelines.