Vue Orleans is a brand-new $25 million amenity at the recently opened Four Seasons Hotel at the foot of Canal Street. It’s a sort of high-tech museum that will give visitors a crash course in Crescent City culture 101. The $30 admission will include an elevator ride to what is surely the most splendid view of one of the world’s most splendid cities. More about the vista later.

When Vue Orleans opens on March 2, guests will encounter life-sized video versions of Marie Laveau, Jelly Roll Morton, and other historical figures; listen to jazz, R&B and bounce music samples broadcast by giant old-fashioned Victrola horns; learn a little about river dynamics and its effect on a low-lying city; and otherwise become familiar with the Big Easy backstory.