Beyond the Frame addresses photography of Native Americans
When photography arrived in the United States in 1839, populations of indigenous people in the East had been largely decimated by disease and forced removal to the West. Excluded from… Read More
Members Only sale in Museum Shop to be held Monday, October 16
Start your holiday shopping early this year. The annual Members Only sale in the NOMA Museum Shop will take place on Monday, October 16, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m…. Read More
Technology and Storytelling Symposium features virtual and augmented reality designers and demonstrations
NOMA visitors will have the opportunity to interact with cutting-edge technology in the realms of virtual and augmented reality, animation, digital gaming, and other immersive, artistic technology—and meet the creative minds behind such 21st-century innovations—at a first-ever symposium between Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement and the museum. Read More
Landscape on Film Series complements East of the Mississippi exhibition
In conjunction with East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography three films that highlight landscape will be screened on select Friday Nights at NOMA: O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Days of Heaven, and There Will Be Blood. Read More
East of the Mississippi bears witness to a nation undergoing rapid change in the earliest decades of photography
When photography arrived in the United States in 1839, it landed first in a few east coast cities and New Orleans, and then spread north and west into the American interior. The proliferation of photography studios and photographers coincided with the beginnings of massive cultural, commercial, and transportation projects that would reshape the nation. Read More
East of the Mississippi exhibition features numerous special events and programming
East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Photography marks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view more than one hundred images of the eastern United States in the earliest decades of photography’s invention. The exhibition will be accompanied by numerous lectures, gallery talks, noontime tours, and a movie series highlighting landscape in film. Read More