The New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is recognizable by the weathered, uneven white stucco facade and the narrow, arched doorway cluttered with strands of beads and charms. Inside, the space operates as a shrine to local folk history, tracing how West African spiritual practices fused with Catholicism in Louisiana. Charles Gandolfo opened these rooms in nineteen seventy-two to preserve artifacts like gris-gris bags and altars. A persistent local legend claims the spirit of Marie Laveau herself remains tethered to the collection.
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
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