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New Exhibition Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Now at Capitol Park Museum

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Exhibitions

The Wildest: Louis Prima Comes Home

The Wildest: Louis Prima Comes Home

From Buena 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...

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...

Carrying on the Dream

Carrying on the Dream

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...

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,...

The Baroness de Pontalba & the Rise of Jackson Square

The Baroness de Pontalba & the Rise of Jackson Square

This tricentennial exhibition organized by the Louisiana State Museum and guest curator Randolph Delehanty, Ph.D. tells the city-defining story of Don Andrés Almonester and his formidable daughter, Micaela, the Baroness de Pontalba. It shows how a father’s philanthropy and a daughter’s...

Mapping the Crescent

Mapping the Crescent

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...

Me Got Fiyo: The Professor Longhair Centennial

Me Got Fiyo: The Professor Longhair Centennial

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 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...

50th Anniversary of Hurricane Betsy and 10th Anniversary of Katrina and Rita

50th Anniversary of Hurricane Betsy and 10th Anniversary of Katrina and Rita

 

An exhibition of photographs from the museums permanent collection, the images show the resilience of the people of Louisiana in the face of adversity and their enduring goodwill toward neighbors in times of disaster. Sept. 9, 2015, marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Betsy....

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...

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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The Cabildo

The Presbytère

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

1850 House

Madame John’s Legacy

Capitol Park Museum

E.D. White Historic Site

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum

Events

21st Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Spring Festival

21st Annual Easter Egg Hunt & Spring Festival

Two winners from each age group win a BICYCLE!

Saturday, March 30, 2019 from 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Kemper Williams Park, 118 Cotten Road, Patterson, LA 70392

$5 per person admission...

Clementine Hunter and a Case of Forgery presented by FBI SA Randy Deaton

Clementine Hunter and a Case of Forgery presented by FBI SA Randy Deaton

Please join us from 2 to 3 p.m. for a presentation by Special Agent Randy Deaton of the FBI’s Rapid Deployment Art Crime Team’s New Orleans Division. Deaton will discuss his investigation into the...

1970s Jazz Fest Films

1970s Jazz Fest Films

The Friends of the Cabildo Film Series will bring some of the best films and documentaries that highlight New Orleans and Louisiana people, places and culture. Join us for an educational movie-watching...

Sweet Crude presented by the Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series

Sweet Crude presented by the Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series

Louisiana bilingual pop project Sweet Crude is a young 6-piece composed of New Orleans musicians creating a sound that sets English and Louisiana's native French dialect to decidedly non-Cajun music....