New Orleans art museums have cool hot deal

It's sweltering in the Deep South right now but all that heat comes with a perk – at least one in New Orleans. If temperatures hit 95 degrees or higher, the Helis Foundation and FOX8 will pay for your chance to visit three cool — literally — museums in New Orleans. Called "Art and A/C," the program does have a few requirements:

1. It must be at or above 95 degrees
2. It's open only to Louisiana residents and residents of Hancock and Pearl counties in Mississippi.
3. You must prove residence of those places with an ID.
4. It's available only at the Odgen Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

To gauge the outside temperature to see if this free tickets to cool museums apply, visit the FOX8 Live weather page or visit the New Orleans Museum of Art's Facebook page.

Chere Coen is a food and travel writer who loves weird and unusual things.