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Portrait of Humanity is a new global initiative by 1854 Media, publisher of British Journal of Photography. Portrait of Humanity serves as a timely reminder, that despite our many differences, we are able to unite as a global community through the power of photography, to...
Photographer Aníbal Martel and researcher Thenesoya V. Martín De la Nuez are the Canarian co-creators of CISLANDERUS, a four-year long cultural and artistic project dedicated to the Canary Islanders community in Louisiana, the living legacy of the 18-Century Canarian immigration to New Orleans....
The Capitol Park Museum is honored to present the 1966 Cadillac Superior Coach hearse that transported the body of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. after his assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968. The hearse carried King’s body from the hospital to the funeral home and then...
Soul of the South: Selections from the Gitter-Yelen Collection includes more than eighty paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works of art created by forty-eight self-taught artists from across the American South. Dr. Kurt Gitter and his wife, Alice Rae Yelen, former Assistant...
Soul of the South: Selections from the Gitter-Yelen Collection includes more than eighty paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works of art created by forty-eight self-taught artists from across the American South.
Dr. Kurt Gitter and his wife, Alice Rae Yelen, former Assistant...
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...
2018 is both the New Orleans Tricentennial and the Centennial of the birth of the most beloved and influential pianist in New Orleans history: Henry Roland Byrd aka Professor Longhair. This exhibit will celebrate all things Fess starting with his origins and development to his early hits such...
The Louisiana State Museum is proud to announce the first-of-its-kind comprehensive exhibition on the history of gay carnival at the Presbytère in Jackson Square. Grand Illusions: The History and Artistry of Gay Carnival in New Orleans brings together more than two hundred artifacts...
Maps shown in this exhibition represent the evolution of New Orleans over three centuries. The Mississippi River’s influence is always apparent, its curve bestowing the nickname Crescent City. Geographical constraints are evident, with cypress swamps dominating the landscape until engineers...
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...
The Plantation Photographs of Robert Tebbs opens with a reception Friday, April 26, at 5:00 p.m. Special guest and author of Robert W. Tebbs, Photographer to Architects: Louisiana Plantations in 1926, Dr. Richard Anthony Lewis, will present an enlightening lecture at 5:30 p.m...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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...
Museum Curator, Joey David has added new and exciting stops to our Capitol Park tour! Join the Capitol Park Museum as we take a step back in time, and explore the greater Capitol Park area....
Museum Curator, Joey David has added new and exciting stops to our Capitol Park tour!
Join the Capitol Park Museum as we take a step back in time, and explore the greater Capitol Park area....
Join us from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for an evening celebrating the current exhibition, Louisiana From Above: An Aerial Photography Exhibition, on display in the Arsenal 2 at the Cabildo. Fine art...
Rachel Breunlin and Bruce Sunpie Barnes host a conversation about the history of the communities created by people who escaped slavery in Louisiana from the 1700s until emancipation. Bryan Wagner (...
A period costume ball opening Chasing the Butterfly Man, the exquisite exhibition in the Cabildo with an aura of mystery... The Louisiana Museum Foundation, the Louisiana State Museum,...
A period costume ball opening Chasing the Butterfly Man, the exquisite exhibition in the Cabildo with an aura of mystery...
The Louisiana Museum Foundation, the Louisiana State Museum,...
Come to Capitol Park Museum as we partner with Louisiana Division of Archaeology to celebrate Archaeology Month. Make clay pots using ancient techniques, test your skills using an ancient spear-thrower...
Cultural anthropologist and curator Rachel Breunlin will lead a conversation with Bruce Sunpie Barnes (photographer), Francis X. Pavy (lithophane maker and oil painter) and Charles Gillam (wood carver...
Bruce Sunpie Barnes, Big Chief of the Northside Skull and Bone Gang, will host a conversation with his second chief, Zohar Israel, and two chiefs of downtown Mardi Gras Indian tribes: Clarence Dalcour...
