The John C Freeman Weather Museum

We decided to make a quick trip to museum district and decided to visit The Weather museum because it is free from noon till 4 on Thursdays. The building itself looks more or less like a house. The exhibits were decent. Alot of historical photographs related to hurricanes and The Gulf Coast are prevalent on the walls. The most interesting exhibit was the one on Hurricane Ike. Definitely watch the video in the mini theater it has alot of footage probably no one has seen from the hurricane. Other than that the tour itself was very short. It did seem they have plans for a new museum but no information was available as to when that is going to happen. If you come definitely go on a Thursday you will save $ 5.

Doesn’t qualify as a museum. The «tornado chamber» is not much more than a box with some fans. One of the exhibits was a broken window, because, you know, bad weather and stuff. Wtf? Exhibits did not have any decent explanation, and guests were left to their own devices to figure out what the hell is going on with any given artifact. We spent all of 15 minutes in this place.

Oh Unilocal,why did I doubt you?! This was pretty awful. It didn’t even qualify as campy. Basically a house full of old weather-​related instruments and crap, with little explanation and no real themes. Some old hurricane maps, a few posters.

This is a very small specialized museum in what used to be a residential home, that therefore caters to the interest of a very specific person. If you’re a regular museum goer because you love things that are both visually beautiful and interesting, don’t be a fool this is not that kind of museum.
If you terribly and painfully bored by weather or historical events related to weather, then why are you here? It catered to kids for the most part. You can make a DVD of yourself green screen the weather forecast for $ 5. There are bottles that are tied together so you can shake them and create a «tornado,» clearly David N.‘s science project!
What I found most interesting was the exhibits on Hurricane Ike and the old weather predicting technology. I lost most everything in Ike so it has a certain novelty in seeing the destruction of it. The old tech that fills the second half of the house intrigues that history nerd part of me that wonders who used these items and how successful they were.
The gift shop is nearly non-​existent. It’s two bookshelves. Their are a few DVDs, mostly books for children, a few nick-​nacks and of course umbrellas! They have plans for expansion into the rest of the lot the museum is currently located on. I asked when the new building was expected to begin, but there is no time frame as of yet. Apparently they haven’t raised the needed funds.
Admission is $ 5 for adults and $ 3 for students/​seniors. If this is crazy money for you to spend, check it out on Thursdays it’s free after 12 pm.

Seriously?
Waste of my time. 5 dollars for admission.
Tiny little museum. They claim it is the only weather museum in the nation, I wonder why? Because it’s boring and all the artifacts looked like something a kid put together at a 5^th grade science fair.
FAIL!