News — Gator Museum

Attention alligator fans…. We’ve opened the doors to Alligator King’s first brick-and-mortar location inside the Great American Alligator Museum in New Orleans!  The 70 million year old tale tracks the alligator from science to art to social history, exploring the fascination with America’s most iconic reptile. The collection traces the alligator’s dominion from prehistory (with fossils up to 70 million years old!) to the rise of alligator commerce and tourism. With the dawn of the industrial era, the alligator takes a turn north as gator-itis sweeps New York with the rise of the baby alligator trade and high fashion leather...