For all you hardcore Carnival fanatics, join the Louisiana State Museum for two nights as they open the museum's impressive Carnival Collection for an exclusive behind-the-scenes viewing of historic costumes and other rarely seen artifacts. Wayne Phillips, curator of Costumes and Textiles for the Louisiana State Museum, will guide visitors through an in-depth, firsthand look at Carnivals of years past through a tour of the storage rooms of the State Museum—usually off limits to the general public.

Hidden Treasures of the Louisiana State Museum: Carnival Edition takes place Tuesday and Thursday with tours at 6 pm and 7 pm at the Louisiana State Museum’s Collection Storage Facility, 1000 Chartres Street in the French Quarter. $25. $20 for members of the Friends of the Cabildo, Louisiana Museum Foundation, and Louisiana State Museum Friends in Baton Rouge. Reservations are required, and space is extremely limited. To reserve your space contact Kaydee Nenninger at the FOC at (504) 523-3939. friendsofthecabildo.org.