Events
May 19, 2019 to September 1, 2019Present either a Geneva Conventions CAC ID or a DD Form 1173 ID card to receive free admission.
Self-portrait (detail); 1977; watercolor by Leo Meiersdorff; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Elizabeth Himel Killeen, 2006.0154.6
August 14, 2019Pianist Peter Collins performs work by local composers including Ellis Marsalis, Roger Dickerson, Jay Weigel, Steven Danker, and others.
Exhibitions
Cityscape; 1987; gouache on paper by Krista Jurisich; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Judith L. Jurisich, 2017.0021
April 6, 2019 to October 6, 2019History and contemporary art will interact to refresh perceptions of the city in the inaugural exhibition at The Historic New Orleans Collection’s new Seignouret-Brulatour Building.
The Education Galleries provide the The Historic New Orleans Collection’s first dedicated space for people of all ages to touch, see, smell, and hear the awe-inspiring culture of the city.
Jackson Square; ca. 1965; photograph by Ralph Lincks; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1974.25.14.177
The French Quarter Galleries explore how and why the neighborhood developed, how life has been lived here by various populations in different times, and how the legacies that remain shape our lives.
A Plantation Burial; 1860; oil on canvas by John Antrobus; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1960.46
This permanent exhibition presents a narrative of the state’s history using art and artifacts that date from precolonial history through Hurricane Katrina.
