Calendar | Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Events

  • Free tours are available for New Orleans Museum Month
    New Orleans Museum Month
    August 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019
  • We are a Blue Star Museum
    Blue Star Museums
    May 19, 2019 to September 1, 2019

    Present 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

    Self-portrait (detail); 1977; watercolor by Leo Meiersdorff; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Elizabeth Himel Killeen, 2006.0154.6
    Music of the City: Contemporary Piano Music from New Orleans
    August 14, 2019

    Pianist 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

    Cityscape; 1987; gouache on paper by Krista Jurisich; The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Judith L. Jurisich, 2017.0021
    Art of the City: Postmodern to Post-Katrina, presented by The Helis Foundation
    April 6, 2019 to October 6, 2019

    History 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.

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    Education Galleries

    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.

  • Aerial view of Jackson Square

    Jackson Square; ca. 1965; photograph by Ralph Lincks; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1974.25.14.177
    French Quarter Galleries

    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

    A Plantation Burial; 1860; oil on canvas by John Antrobus; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1960.46
    Louisiana History Galleries

    This permanent exhibition presents a narrative of the state’s history using art and artifacts that date from precolonial history through Hurricane Katrina.

  • 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.