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Twelfth Night Revelers pageant design; created for January 6, 1871; watercolor by Charles Briton; THNOC, 1975.117.9

Rites, Rituals, and Revelry: The History of Mardi Gras in New Orleans

January 6, 2019 to March 1, 2019

The Historic New Orleans Collection's popular Carnival-themed tour returns this year to the Louisiana History Galleries.

Original Tuxedo Jazz Band; between ca. 1925 and 1932; gelatin silver print; The William Russell Jazz Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, acquisition made possible by the Clarisse Claiborne Grima Fund, 92-48-L.218

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New Orleans Medley: Sounds of the City

January 19, 2019 to August 4, 2019

The music of New Orleans is the living product of dynamic cultural interactions played out over centuries in this diverse southern port city.
"Purchased Lives" panel exhibition

The Historic New Orleans Collection presents a panel version of "Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865" at its Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street.
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.