Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
JR X TIME: “The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America”
This timely one-night-only installation in NOMA's Great Hall is a collaboration between project between JR Artist and TIME Magazine that seeks to facilitate an unbiased and honest conversation about gun control....
Noontime Talk: Louisiana Furniture with Philippe Halbert of Yale University
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Philippe Halbert as he discusses NOMA's collection of Louisiana-made...
Small Talk: Venus Mourning the Death of Adonis with Docent Regina Shujaa
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Russell Welch Hot Quartet | Create Late workshop | Keynote Lecture about The Orléans Collection
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there...
Create Late
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and an art lesson! Unwind with a teaching artist-led art project while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming....
ZaZen in the Sculpture Garden
Join Richard Collins, an abbot in the New Orleans Zen Temple, for a meditative ZaZen session in the serene setting of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The precise meaning and method of zazen varies from school to school in the Buddhist tradition, but in general it can be regarded as a means of insight into the...
Seeing Blue: A Cyanotype Workshop with Photographer Robert A. Schaefer
Join us for an exploration of the history and methods of the cyanotype process. This workshop begins with an overview of the camera-less photographic process, also known as the blueprint process, from its roots in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Participants then move into NOMA’s art studio for a hands-on lesson in creating their...
StoryQuest
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration. Saturday, November 3: Music Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission. Find the full...
Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Saturdays and Mondays in October and November at noon. Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than sixty works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped...
French Connections Film Series: A Little Chaos
Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orleans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December. Saturday, November 3, 2 pm: A Little Chaos (Rated R, 2015) Saturday, November 17, 2 pm: The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV) (Not...
Small Talk: John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer with Docent Naomi Kornman
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Join Docent Naomi Kornman for a discussion about...