Calendar | Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Events

  • Birthday celebration for Josie Arlington (seated at left); February 8, 1908; gelatin silver print by John N. Teunisson, photographer; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of anonymous donor, 1993.55

    Birthday celebration for Josie Arlington (seated at left); February 8, 1908; gelatin silver print by John N. Teunisson, photographer; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of anonymous donor, 1993.55
    Second Seating: A Historic Storyville Dinner (sold out)
    October 18, 2017

    This event is sold out.

Exhibitions

  • Poster for 1988 Jazz Jamboree Festival in Warsaw, Poland; 1988; offset lithogragh by Waldemar Świerzy; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Fritz Daguillard, 2017.0003.4

    Poster for 1988 Jazz Jamboree Festival in Warsaw, Poland; 1988; offset lithogragh by Waldemar Świerzy; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Fritz Daguillard, 2017.0003.4

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    Giants of Jazz: Art Posters and Lithographs by Waldemar Świerzy from the Daguillard Collection
    April 21, 2017 to December 30, 2017

    Giants of Jazz: Art Posters by Waldemar Świerzy from the Daguillard Collection highlights THNOC’s new collection of jazz posters made by the Polish artist Waldemar Świerzy (1931–2013).

  • Postcard showing view of Storyville; New Orleans: C. B. Mason, [1904–8]; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1979.362.16

    Postcard showing view of Storyville; New Orleans: C. B. Mason, [1904–8]; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1979.362.16

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    Storyville: Madams and Music
    April 5, 2017 to December 9, 2017

    This award-winning exhibition revived the sights and sounds of New Orleans’s former red-light district a century after its closing.

  • The Spring Fiesta Art Show; 1941; oil on canvas by Clarence Millet (1897–1959); The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Laura Simon Nelson, 1996.122.1

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    A Most Significant Gift: The Laura Simon Nelson Collection
    May 2, 2017 to November 4, 2017

    The Laura Simon Nelson Galleries will once again showcase selections from the extensive collection of Louisiana art donated to THNOC by Laura Simon Nelson.

  • The Seignouret-Brulatour House: A New Chapter

    In 2017, THNOC unveiled a scale model of the forthcoming facility accompanied by a history of the 200-year-old property, as well as information about the in-progress construction.

  • The Anne and Dick Stephens Collection of Wildfowl Artifacts

    The Historic New Orleans Collection is proud to announce the donation of more than 300 hand-carved decoys and other works of art by southeastern Louisianan craftsmen.