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Mobile Carnival Museum
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Learn everything Mardi Gras at this beautiful Mobile Museum! Not only will you learn that Mobile is the home of Mardi Gras, but you will learn how American Culture has adopted Mardi Gras as a tradition celebrated in several locations throughout The United States.
Learn all about the origins of Mardi Gras when it came to Mobile before New Orleans! It is so much more than a party and you cannot help but come away from the $10.00 tour in downtown Mobile with a new outlook on the culture of the Mardi Gras!
Mobile - The Mobile Carnival Museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. (Pre-dating New Orleans for Mardi Gras). The museum is housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion on Government Street in downtown Mobile. It is located next to beloved Malaga Inn. Features 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. The Queen's Gallery houses gowns, trains, and jewels worn by the queens of Carnival. Also on display is the attire of a 1920s flapper queen, as well as costumes of several jesters of well-known parading societies. The collections also include original Mardi Gras art and posters by various area artists, doubloons, tableau designs, and ball invitations.[4] The mansion's former carriage house contains interactive exhibits, including one that allows visitors to "ride" and throw doubloons from a Carnival float.[3]
Mobile - The Mobile Carnival Museum is a history museum that chronicles over 300 years of Carnival and Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. (Pre-dating New Orleans for Mardi Gras). The museum is housed in the historic Bernstein-Bush mansion on Government Street in downtown Mobile. It is located next to b…
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355 Government St
Mobile, AL
Central Business District