Carnival Museum

The Mobile Carnival Museum highlights the history of Mardi Gras in the true birthplace- Mobile, Alabama. 14 galleries, 5 video presentations, and a gift shop

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The Mobile Carnival Museum misses our visitors from near and afar. The Museum's staff remains busy and looks forward to welcoming you back soon. Check out some virtual tours of special exhibits. #mobilecarnivalmuseum #somobile #mardigras

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What’s happened in downtown Mobile with power out and fire trucks blaring???!

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"Emily Staples Hearin: Grand Dame of Mobile & Carnival" not only showcases the life and legacy of a prominent personage in Port City and Mardi Gras history, but also celebrates the artworks and actions of a... https://t.co/61xQ1zvBS4

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Featuring art, video, and lots of shiny objects, "Bubbly, Bladders, & a Jester: Raising a Glass to the Knights of Revelry (KOR)" is up and running. Much the fifth installment of the Mystique of the Mystic, a... https://t.co/Bvu3f0Bwq0

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Wonderful exhibit opening today-KOR, Knights of Revelry. Curator, Cart Blackwell, with the official introduction.

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Carnival is an art form. Among the highlights of "A Knight, a Cat, and Elephant: A Celebration of the Infant Mystics" is the painting pictured in this posting. Executed by famed Mobile artist Kathy Whitinger, the... https://t.co/mrXtGR9eBB

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In addition to conceiving and designing floats for over fifty years of parades, Edmond deCelle painted numerous vistas that define Mobile. From an atmospheric capturing of the Port, to a realization of an oak... https://t.co/a8hXpgLSLR

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As with so many museums, the Mobile Carnival Museum grows its collections by gifts and donations. Just this afternoon, the Museum benefitted from an acquisition of that sort. A painting of the emblem of the... https://t.co/MmOAa6pjdG

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Busy Saturday. The museum welcomed Jag Gals Southern Brunch and Bingo, then turned the Den to celebrate the wedding of Laurel and James. One unique venue, two diverse functions, over 500 people experiencing the museum.

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The Mobile Carnival Museum officially opened "The Tout Ensemble: Edmond deCelle and the Studio deCelle" yesterday evening. The third in the Museum's series of thematic exhibits, this show features over seventy... https://t.co/p3x8BkOZEg

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The City of Mobile will be hosting an Open House regarding the Gulf Coast Passenger Rail Station project. The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 28 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at the Mobile Convention Center. The... https://t.co/mTII8Vr4sd

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Happy Mardi Gras! Here's to the Knights of Revelry (KORs), Comic Cowboys, King Felix III, and last, but in no way least, the Order of Myths (OOMs). Let the Good Times Roll! #borntocelebrate #mardigras #parading

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Happy Lundi Gras! Among the grandest and most anticipated events of this day, a high point of the Carnival season, is the annual parade of the Infant Mystics (IMs). In 1881, the IMs chose the theme of the... https://t.co/Vvs3bcXf9H

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The Mobile Carnival Museum has an unrivaled collection of 19th-Century parade lithographs. Among the most admired and unique is the 1881 parade sequence for the Infant Mystics (IMs). In the aforementioned year,... https://t.co/unp6i4u5Rr

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Got the dress? The Mobile Carnival Museum is known for its collection of textiles. These three gowns are recent additions to the Museum's growing collections. Showstoppers from the 1965 Carnival Season, period... https://t.co/52xULB7n4e

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Wonderful evening of great food and wine amid carnival decor. A good time rolled. https://t.co/ynQfRIzZTz

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Just in time for the height of the Carnival Season, Garden & Gun, a Southern lifestyle publication, recognizes the Carnival Museum's John Augustus Walker exhibit as a must see in their February-March edition. If... https://t.co/GK74qZ9lEm

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Artistic patronage, economic development, and a jolly good time, Carnival has defined by themes. Family is what makes Carnival in Mobile so very special. Today, the Mobile Carnival Museum had the pleasure of... https://t.co/bNXrK8KbJb

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In addition to Carnival season (and of course Summer), Mobile knows and relishes growing and hunting seasons. While there are no fresh warm weather veggies from Baldwin County to be had of late, a drive across... https://t.co/xzMED6uFQ6