It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

In New Orleans we often take pains to point out what makes us different from other places. It s pretty common to hear comments like, "We re not like the rest of the country" and "We re not like the rest of the South." So it s ironic that two of New Orleans newest icons are representative of The South, and the rest of the country. And they re just a few blocks away from each other The World War II Museum and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The World War 2 Museum was declared America s official national World War 2 Museum by an act of Congress. In 2014 Traveler s Choice named it as the 11th best museum in the world. And by 2017 its economic impact on the city is projected to reach a billion dollars. By any standards the World War 2 museum is a big deal. The museum s Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Stephen Watson, joins Peter on this edition of Out to Lunch. Locally, we refer to The Ogden Museum of Southern Art as "The Ogden." The museum takes the abbreviation a step further, referring to itself as