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Shuttered Children’s Museum used as a New Orleans school

Category: Education & Interpretation
Exterior image of the Louisiana Children's Museum with a lake in front.

The Louisiana Children’s Museum found a way to serve it’s biggest audience in spite of the coronavirus closure in August.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A children's museum in New Orleans that was shuttered in August over slow ticket sales in the face of the coronavirus is now subbing as a school for some local students. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported that the Louisiana Children's Museum closed in August as parents concerned about the coronavirus kept kids at home.

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