Watch & Listen

Students imagine in the inner lives of unidentified portrait subjects in this series spotlighting the winners of HNOC’s 2024 Student Writing Contest.

Enjoy rarely seen archival footage from Carnivals past and explorations of our Mardi Gras-themed collections and exhibitions.

Learn about HNOC’s contributions to the 2022 exhibition Black Indians from New Orleans at the Musée du quai Branly–Jacques Chirac in Paris.

Rooted in tradition and fueled by innovation, New Orleans brass bands are the lifeblood of second line culture. This four-part series traces their history.

How much of New Orleans was destroyed in the great fire of 1788? What did a Spanish governor do to earn the nickname “Bloody” O’Reilly? We answer these questions and more in a series adapted from our exhibition Spanish New Orleans and the Caribbean.

Enjoy this brief series of videos featuring some of the fascinating objects that put HNOC on the map—literally!

A podcast that finds new angles on 300 years of New Orleans history, coproduced with New Orleans Public Radio, WWNO 89.9 FM.

This radio series features first-person perspectives of New Orleanians from all walks of life, coproduced with New Orleans Public Radio, WWNO 89.9 FM.

Watch recordings from the 2021 History Symposium “Recovered Voices: Black Activism in New Orleans from Reconstruction to the Present Day.”

Dive into interviews with New Orleanians in the midst of the global pandemic, from first responders to artists.