NOMA’s final tribute to the New Orleans Tricentennial—an epic exhibition titled The Orleans Collection that reunites portions of the eighteenth-century collection of the city’s namesake, Philippe II, the Duke of Orléans—is receiving widespread coverage from the national and local media. Read More
A photograph by Clarence John Laughlin was added to NOMA’s permanent collection thanks to a donation from Abry Brothers, Inc., a New Orleans-based shoring contractor in business since 1840 that shares a special relationship with this image made in 1946. Read More
Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orléans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December. The movies are included with standard admission to the museum. Read More
Purchase tickets now for the Odyssey Ball, in partnership with IBERIABANK, an evening of unparalleled elegance on Saturday, November 10. Critically important to our treasured museum and the wide community it serves, Odyssey raises the funds necessary to support NOMA’s nationally-recognized exhibitions and educational programs, which bring more than 290,000 annual visitors to the museum and sculpture garden. Raffle tickets for a gold and diamond-bejeweled bracelet are also for sale. Read More
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. Contact NOMA Librarian Sheila Cork for more information. Read More