Calendar | January 2021
Events
Photographers Charles H. Traub (left) and Douglas Baz (right) are pictured in 1973 or '74.
Cajun soldiers, such as these members of Louisiana National Guard, were invaluable as French-language interpreters during World War II. (Image courtesy of Jason Theriot)
Exhibitions
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, Breaux Bridge; 1974; © Douglas Baz and Charles H. Traub; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2019.0362.107
September 8, 2020 to January 8, 2021Never before exhibited in such a large group, the images in Cajun Document illuminate the cultural threads woven through southern Louisiana at a liminal time in its history.
September 8, 2020 to March 7, 2021A 1,500-square-foot multimedia art installation by artist Susan Gisleson, "Land of Dreams" is “a love letter to a New Orleans summer.”
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.