Backstreet Cultural Museum: Renovation And Addition Proposal

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The Backstreet Cultural Museum features a permanent collection of Mardi Gras Indian suits, parade costumes, photographs, and artifacts. The museum holds the largest collection of Mardi Gras Indian suits, which are gaining recognition for their aesthetic importance and artistic power. Small Center (then Tulane City Center) worked with the Backstreet Cultural Museum to reenvision a renovation of the space.

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Backstreet Cultural Museum: Renovation And Addition Proposal

Creator(s)

Camacho, Adriana
Etheridge, Dan
Huver, Whitney
Mizes, Kristian
Popper, Alison
Tate, Johnson

Corporate Creator(s)

The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design at Tulane School of Architecture (formerly Tulane City Center)

Contributor(s)

Francis, Sylvester
Waggoner, Kimberly

Description

The Backstreet Cultural Museum features a permanent collection of Mardi Gras Indian suits, parade costumes, photographs, and artifacts. The museum holds the largest collection of Mardi Gras Indian suits, which are gaining recognition for their aesthetic importance and artistic power. Small Center (then Tulane City Center) worked with the Backstreet Cultural Museum to reenvision a renovation of the space.

Topical Subject(s)

Community design centers
Sustainable architecture
Urban planning

Geographical Subject(s)

New Orleans (La.)
Treme

Publisher

Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design at Tulane University

Language

eng

File Type

pdf

Identifier (local)

SC.05.01

Extent

20 pages

Type of Resource

text

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Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design at Tulane School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Place of Publication

New Orleans (La.)

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Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design at Tulane School of Architecture, 1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113

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http://small.tulane.edu

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