Current Exhibitions

Exhibitions | Thursday, December 12, 2019

  • Fishing in the flooded Bonnet Carré Spillway with moored tankers in background, near Norco (detail); 2015; © Richard Sexton; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2015.0364.51

    Fishing in the flooded Bonnet Carré Spillway with moored tankers in background, near Norco (detail); 2015; © Richard Sexton; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2015.0364.51

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    Enigmatic Stream: Industrial Landscapes of the Lower Mississippi River
    September 17, 2019 to April 5, 2020

    "Enigmatic Stream," opening September 2019, features more than one hundred black-and-white photographs by Richard Sexton, accented by other materials drawn from and inspired by the Mississippi River.

  • Sugar Bowl trophy; 1825 or 1826; sterling silver by Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard (London); courtesy of the Sugar Bowl, LI-000138

    Sugar Bowl trophy; 1825 or 1826; sterling silver by Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard (London); courtesy of the Sugar Bowl, LI-000138

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    Crescent City Sport: Stories of Courage and Change
    November 22, 2019 to March 8, 2020

    Drawing upon THNOC’s rich sports-related holdings and enhanced by loans from local collections, Crescent City Sport tells 20 tales of sporting life and civic communion in New Orleans.

  • Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, and Presbytère; between October 1848 and February 1849; pencil and watercolor on paper; by Gaston de Pontalba; courtesy of Baron de Pontalba

    Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, and Presbytère; between October 1848 and February 1849; pencil and watercolor on paper; by Gaston de Pontalba; courtesy of Baron de Pontalba

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    The New Orleans Drawings of Gaston de Pontalba, 1848–1851
    October 29, 2019 to February 2, 2020

    Gaston de Pontalba’s drawings capture the family’s voyage from France, the houses in which they lived, the nearby plantations they visited, and their summer travels.

  • Island on Lake Shinji; 2019; collotype print from wet-collodion glass negative; © Everett Kennedy Brown 

    Seeking an Open Life: Photographs of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan
    October 10, 2019 to January 5, 2020
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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.