My apologies for the late response as we did not see the message until now. Since the museum is self paced, it is hard to say, but most people spend about 2 hours. There are exhibitions on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor of the main building and there are smaller exhibitions in the Arsenal on two floors. All of this is contained in the one entrance fee for the museum.

Hi, Thank you so much for your interest in the Cabildo. While the Cabildo does not have a gift shop, the 1850 House Museum does! The 1850 House museum is in the Lower Pontalba building on Jackson Square only steps away from the Cabildo and it does sell books for children. The gift store is operated by the Friends of the Cabildo.

I think you could spend 3 hours and really take your time or just move quickly through and not read every little thing for about an hour.