Art and nature in harmony
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Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.
Open seven days a week
Summer Hours (April–September) 10 am–6 pm | Winter Hours (October–March) 10 am–5 pm
Wheelchairs may be used throughout our barrier-free property and are available upon request.
Image: Elyn Zimmerman’s Mississippi Meanders bridge is illuminated at dusk.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden occupies approximately eleven acres in City Park adjacent to the museum. Atypical of most sculpture gardens, this garden is located within a mature existing landscape of pines, magnolias, and live oaks surrounding two lagoons. The garden design creates outdoor viewing spaces within this picturesque landscape. Originally conceived in 2003, the Sculpture Garden doubled in size in 2019 and has grown to include more than 90 sculptures. READ MORE
Sydney and Walda Besthoff are the namesake visionary founders behind a world-renowned sculpture garden for New Orleans.
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Architects, landscape architects, lighting designers, and arborists were among the contractors who made it all possible.
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See highlights of the Sculpture Garden in a virtual tour produced in partnership with the Google Arts & Culture Initiative.
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You can play a role in the historic expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden by making a gift to support the project.
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Relive the excitement of the grand opening of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden expansion in May 2019.
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Pablo Casals’s Obelisk, a towering accumulation of welded bronze cellos, dominates the waters of a lagoon in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Standing over twenty feet tall, the Obelisk, built in homage to the world-renowned Spanish-Puerto Rican cellist and human rights activist Pablo Casals, is an imposing example of monumental sculpture by French-born artist Arman.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art offers detailed entries on 64 artworks in the original 2003 garden, as well as a bibliography and overview of the garden’s founding. 192 pages, hardcover. Edited by Miranda Lash. $49.95
Artists ages 13-18 in the Greater New Orleans Area: this could be YOU if you apply to @neworleansmuseumofart`s Teen Art Council today 💫🧑🎨🩵
The Teen Art Council (TAC) is a group of creative high school students and teen leaders passionate about art and community engagement. Participants meet at the museum every week, gaining behind-the-scenes access to museum collections, exhibitions, and programming.
TAC participants will:
🤝 Develop workplace and team-building skills
👷 Assist with planning the annual Teen Takeover Night
📈 Explore career options through interactions with NOMA staff
Applications for the 2026-2027 Teen Art Council are open NOW through next Monday, 8/24. Applicants must be currently-enrolled high school students within the Greater New Orleans area.
🔗 Learn more and apply today at the link in our bio
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📸: River Viguerie-Luna
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Have A Very Laufey Day at @neworleansmuseumofart 🎶🐇🏛️
This Sunday, 8/23, come experience this year’s A Very Laufey Day (AVLD) at NOMA! With this year’s theme being “A Celebration of the Arts,” we’re proud to invite fans of Laufey (@laufey) for this annual day of curiosity, exploration, and celebration inspired by her music.
This Sunday only, we’re offering complimentary admission and AVLD tote bags with one NOMA catalogue (in the NOMA Museum Shop) to the first 10 visitors who say they’ve arrived to celebrate A Very Laufey Day.
Additionally, 100 AVLD Museum Guides will be available at the admissions desk on a first-come, first served based. A limited number of AVLD-exclusive tote bags will also be available for purchase in the NOMA Museum Shop all day long.
In the comments, tag a fellow Lauver you’d love to take a trip to NOMA with this Sunday 🩵
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Time to shake up your autumn plans 🍂✨️🥃 LOVE in the Garden Presented by Frischhertz (@frischhertzelectric) returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Friday, 11/6, from 7 to 11 PM.
Join us under the stars for this annual celebration of the best of New Orleans` culinary culture, featuring live music, local cuisine, and the highly-anticipated LOVE Cocktail Challenge 🍸️
🏛️ Funds raised during LOVE in the Garden provide critical support to @neworleansmuseumofart`s exhibitions, programs, and educational initiatives all year round.
💡 Come light up the night with us: tickets and sponsorships for LOVE are available now at the link in our bio.
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📸: Angelo Joseph (@angelo._)
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Curious about getting involved with Art Thrives? 🤔💭🎨
Our next 8-week workshop series for adults 55 and above starts on Thursday, 9/10, and runs through Thursday, 11/5.
In this photography workshop led by local artist and photographer biseat yawkal, participants will:
🖼️ Take inspiration from works in @neworleansmuseumofart’s permanent collection, the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and the upcoming exhibition “Confluence: The Tina Freeman Collection of Photographs”
📸 Learn how to operate a camera
🗣️ Use peer review to gain more skills in photography
⚒️ Develop the skills to mat and frame their own photographs
📝 The cost for the entire workshop series is $55 for members and $65 for all other participants
🔗 Register today and learn more at the link in our bio
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Art Thrives was launched in 2022 with the support of E.A. Michelson Philanthropy’s Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums. Additional support provided by Bank of America Charitable Foundation (Empowering Communities Grant).
📽️: Comfy Stone (@comfystonefilms)
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NOMA Members: did you hear that you now have access to a digital membership card, just in time for Museum Month? 🪪🏛️📱
Your digital membership card can be used exactly like a physical membership card at @neworleansmuseumofart and at reciprocal institutions across the country.
To access your digital membership card:
1️⃣ From your phone or mobile device, visit the link in our bio to access the digital membership card download link.
2️⃣ When prompted, enter your membership number and last name. Your membership number can be found on your previous NOMA member card, or by logging in to your my.noma.org account.
📝 To access your membership number from your my.noma.org account, click the “Memberships” tab and use the number listed under “Constituent Number.”
3️⃣ Follow the instructions on your screen to add your digital membership card to your Apple or Google Wallet
Adding your digital card to your Apple or Google wallet makes accessing your membership benefits easier than ever.
Plus, all members who download their digital membership card through August 31, 2026 will receive an additional FREE month of membership.
🔗 Click the link in our bio to access your digital membership card and learn more.
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📸: Wayan Barre (@wayanbarre)
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In her 1979 sculpture "Brindaban Pink," on view at @neworleansmuseumofart, the Lake Charles-born artist Lynda Benglis shaped a piece of pierced aluminum into a fanlike form, evoking the spread tail of a peacock.
Holes in the aluminum were used to add plastic, feathered, glass and enamel elements to the work, all these materials referencing traditional crafts created by women, as well as the bright patterns of a peacock’s plumage.
The work is one of many examples of Benglis` engagement with themes of gender, the body, and power throughout her art.
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🎨: Lynda Benglis, "Brindaban Pink," 1979. Aluminium wire, copper, plastic, glass, enamel, 60 x 70 x 8 inches. Museum purchase, George S. Frierson, Jr. Fund, 2018.83.
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We’re making continual changes to bring all of our engaging digital offerings to the forefront of our website. We invite you to keep coming back for new content and exciting updates!
Discover artworks, collections, and stories in a digital format from NOMA like never before.
