HNOC's diverse archive shows how restaurants preserve history and heritage through their menus.
A census of portraits tells us who is—and isn't—represented in HNOC's holdings.
A new exhibition explores the historical links between the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration in Louisiana.
A rare type of wooden mortar and pestle illuminates the history of food, culture, and labor in Louisiana.
As the national conversation stirred up by Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter has shown, Black musicians have played an important role in the evolution of country music at every stage of its development.
The rich world of Masonic emblems and aesthetics, and the history of fraternal organizations behind them.
A new acquisition highlights the life and work of a leader of the Reconstruction-era civil rights movement in New Orleans.
The "Coming to New Orleans" series explores immigration to NOLA from 1965 to Hurricane Katrina, and how it helped build the city we know today.
Civil rights activist Katie Whickam was a beautician, community leader, and national civil rights organizer who helped thousands of Black Americans access their right to vote.
The "Coming to New Orleans" series explores the grown of the city's Hispanic community in the 20th century.