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Rex: The 150th Anniversary of the School of Design

Now open at the Presbytère in Jackson Square!

A Century on Harmony Street: The Kohlmaier Cabinetmakers of New Orleans

Exhibition now on view at the Cabildo

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From the Fat Man to Mahalia: James Michalopoulos’ Music Paintings

Exhibition now open at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint!

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Exhibitions

From "Big Shots" to Brides: The Portraits of Fonville Winans

From "Big Shots" to Brides: The Portraits of Fonville Winans

A gifted, amiable, and inquisitive photographer, Theodore “Fonville” Winans (1911-1992) had an intuitive eye for composition and an innate ability to connect with his subjects, revealing both their personality and a sense of place.

Winans drove the backroads and navigated the bayous of...

Rex: The 150th Anniversary of the School of Design

Rex: The 150th Anniversary of the School of Design

The Louisiana State Museum creates a major exhibition in the Presbytère Museum, commemorating the milestone 150^th anniversary of the Rex Organization, the foremost New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe. Since its founding in 1872, Rex has taken on an unparalleled leadership role in Carnival,...

A Century on Harmony Street: The Kohlmaier Cabinetmakers of New Orleans

A Century on Harmony Street: The Kohlmaier Cabinetmakers of New Orleans

The youngest of eleven children, Ruppert Kohlmaier, Sr. was born in the German town of Kranzberg, outside Freising, northeast of Munich. The Kohlmaiers were successful wheat farmers who lay claim to vast acres, including Pontalusburg, a mountain later seized by the Nazis. As a youth, Ruppert...

Drumsville!: Evolution of the New Orleans Beat

Drumsville!: Evolution of the New Orleans Beat

Drumsville!: Evolution of the New Orleans Beat explores the role of percussion and rhythm in New Orleans and how the innovative drummers from the Crescent City continually changed that role and took it around the planet. The exhibit has a beautiful sampling of photographs and drums from...

Lens to the Past: The Photographs of George François Mugnier

Lens to the Past: The Photographs of George François Mugnier

The prolific work of George François Mugnier (1856–1938) is one of the Louisiana State Museum’s most treasured photography collections. Produced primarily between 1880 and 1920, it offers a glimpse of New Orleans cityscapes, southeast Louisiana landscapes, and people at home and work.

People and Power: Building History at the Cabildo

People and Power: Building History at the Cabildo

People have been making history at the Cabildo for more than two hundred years. Politicians, government officials, and members of the public who gathered at the Cabildo shaped law, politics, society, and culture in New Orleans and Louisiana. The building has witnessed important events—tragic and...

The Golden Age of Aviation

The Golden Age of Aviation

This exhibition celebrates the legacy of aviation pioneers Jimmie Wedell and Harry P. Williams, who formed an air service in Patterson in 1928 that quickly rose to the top tier of air racing. Displays include numerous replica aircraft, such as the famous Miss Patterson #44 and the Gilmore #121,...

Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation

Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation

Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation shows Louisiana’s impact on the nation and the world. From the Louisiana Purchase to the critical role Louisiana played in our nation’s wars (including the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, the Civil War and both World...

Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond

Living with Hurricanes: Katrina & Beyond

Combining eyewitness accounts, historical context, immersive environments and in-depth scientific exploration, this exhibition shows the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and how Louisiana is learning to live more safely with hurricanes. Oral histories and artifacts, such as a Coast...

Marking Pictures: the Life and Work of Clementine Hunter

Marking Pictures: the Life and Work of Clementine Hunter

This exhibition explores the life and work of Clementine Hunter, one of the most important self-taught American artists of the twentieth century. Hunter, who referred to painting as “marking,” produced thousands of images drawn from her experiences working and living on Melrose Plantation in...

John James Audubon: Highlights from Birds of America

John James Audubon: Highlights from Birds of America

Fifteen double elephant folio engravings from John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published to great acclaim between 1827 and 1838, are on exhibit at the Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum. Audubon, who painted more birds in Louisiana than anywhere else, lived for a...

We Love You, New Orleans

We Love You, New Orleans

As part of New Orleans’ tricentennial activities, the Cabildo is proud to open a brand new exhibition, We Love You, New Orleans. Celebrating the people, places and things that make New Orleans one of the nation’s most unique cities to visitors and residents alike, the exhibition plays...

The Wildest: Louis Prima Comes Home

The Wildest: Louis Prima Comes Home

From "Buona Sera" to "Just A Gigolo," that "Old Black Magic" still has the world under Louis Prima’s spell! Join us at the New Orleans Jazz Museum for the exhibit The Wildest: Louis Prima Comes Home. As a trumpeter, singer, songwriter and performer, this son of New Orleans sons swinging...

Mardi Gras: It's Carnival Time in Louisiana!

Mardi Gras: It's Carnival Time in Louisiana!

Since 1699, when Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d’Iberville, celebrated Shrove Tuesday at his encampment on the Mississippi River, Mardi Gras has been an integral part of Louisiana’s culture. Experience this extraordinary tradition through rare artifacts, scores of magnificent costumes,...

E.D. White & Bayou Lafourche Exhibition

E.D. White & Bayou Lafourche Exhibition

Exploring this National Historic Landmark will offer both a tour through a historical structure and the culture that surrounded the home throughout history. Situated on the banks of Bayou Lafourche, this was the residence of two of Louisiana’s significant political figures: Governor...

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Cabildo

The Cabildo

The Presbytère

The Presbytère

The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint

The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint

1850 House

1850 House

Madame John's Legacy

Madame John’s Legacy

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Capitol Park Museum

E.D. White Historic Site

E.D. White Historic Site

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum

Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum

Events

Lunchtime Lagniappe: Voices and Votes

Lunchtime Lagniappe: Voices and Votes

Grab your lunch and join us for our FREE Lunchtime Lagniappe series every second Wednesday of the month at noon! The Capitol Park Museum features experts on Louisiana history, culture, nature, and...

Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South with Viola Franziska Müller

Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South with Viola Franziska Müller

Join us for an evening with Viola Franziska Müller as she discusses her new book, Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South (UNC Press, 2022). This program is sponsored...

Historic Spanish Town Walking Tour

Historic Spanish Town Walking Tour

Join Capitol Park Museum on our tour of the Historic Spanish Town neighborhood. Founded by Spanish Canary Island settlers in 1805, Spanish Town is Baton Rouge’s oldest neighborhood. Hear history...

Sensory Friendly Day at the Cabildo

Sensory Friendly Day at the Cabildo

Children with autism and developmental disabilities and their families are invited to the Louisiana State Museum to explore New Orleans history and culture through museum exhibits! On Saturday,...

Teens & Adults’ Sensory Friendly Day at the Cabildo

Teens & Adults’ Sensory Friendly Day at the Cabildo

Teens and adults with autism and developmental disabilities and their families are invited to the Louisiana State Museum to explore New Orleans history and culture through museum exhibits! On Saturday...

"Moving the Chains: The Civil Rights Protest That Saved the Saints and Transformed New Orleans" with Erin Grayson Sapp

"Moving the Chains: The Civil Rights Protest That Saved the Saints and Transformed New Orleans" with Erin Grayson Sapp

Join us for an evening with Erin Grayson Sapp as she discusses her new book, Moving the Chains: The Civil Rights Protest That Saved the Saints and Transformed New Orleans (LSU Press, 2022)....

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