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"Mystery in Motion" Now Open at the Presbytère

In collaboration with guest curators Kim Vaz-Deville and Ron Bechet, Louisiana State Museum examines the direct influence of multicultural spirituality within the carnival traditions of Black New Orleanians.

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A Colorful World in Black & White: Fonville Winans’ Photographs of Louisiana

New exhibition opens July 14 at Capitol Park Museum!

DRUMSVILLE: Evolution of the New Orleans Beat

Get a behind-the-scenes peek with music curator David Kunian and master drummer Luther Gray!

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Exhibitions

The Mardi Gras Shipwreck

The Mardi Gras Shipwreck

The Louisiana Division of Archaeology and the Capitol Park Museum announce the opening of a new exhibit – The Mardi Gras Shipwreck. In 2007, a team of archaeologists and researchers mapped, recovered, and analyzed more than 1,000 artifacts from an underwater archaeological site in the...

Lens to the Past: The Photographs of George Francois Mugnier

Lens to the Past: The Photographs of George Francois 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.

Mystery in Motion: African American Masking and Spirituality in Mardi Gras

Mystery in Motion: African American Masking and Spirituality in Mardi Gras

Color, sound, and energy fill the streets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. While this pageantry might seem random and frivolous to the casual observer, many carnival parades, songs, activities, costumes, and masking traditions reflect diverse cultures and even sacred creeds. This is especially true...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Voodoo and Spirituality in Black Masking Traditions

Voodoo and Spirituality in Black Masking Traditions

Join us for an evening exploring the spiritual connections and influence of Voodoo in Black Masking Traditions, moderated by curator Kim Vaz-Deville. Hosted in connection with the current exhibition...

Becoming American in Creole New Orleans 1896–1949 with Darryl Barthe Jr.

Becoming American in Creole New Orleans 1896–1949 with Darryl Barthe Jr.

Join us from 6:00 to 7:30 CDT for an evening with Dr. Darryl Barthé Jr. as he discusses his new book Becoming American in Creole New Orleans, 1896–1949 (LSU Press, 2021). This program is...

Our Mammy’s Perseverance Wagon: The first program in a three-part series

Our Mammy’s Perseverance Wagon: The first program in a three-part series

Join us from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum as Gaynell Brady, founder/educator of Our Mammy’s, shares the stories of African Americans in...

The Negro Motorist Green Exhibition Opening

The Negro Motorist Green Exhibition Opening

In conjunction with the opening of the Smithsonian exhibition The Negro Motorist Green Book at the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge on Saturday, August 21, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, the...

Baton Rouge “Downtown East” Historical Bicycle Tour

Baton Rouge “Downtown East” Historical Bicycle Tour

Baton Rouge was founded on the banks of the Mississippi River and has changed dramatically from its days as a sleepy river town to its now seat as the state’s capital. Today, historic markers note...

Green Book Architecture and History Presentation by Kiwana McClung

Green Book Architecture and History Presentation by Kiwana McClung

Join us from 5 to 7 p.m. for an evening presentation by Kiwana McClung, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Green Book research...

Traveling while Black Film Series and Dialogue

Traveling while Black Film Series and Dialogue

Join us from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for a screening of the Smithsonian film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom followed by a discussion with local speaker and citizen historian, Wilkin Jones of...

"Green Book" Book Club featuring "Ruth and the Green Book" by Calvin Ramsey

"Green Book" Book Club featuring "Ruth and the Green Book" by Calvin Ramsey

Join us from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. as Councilwoman Erika Green leads this monthly book club in association with the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition The Negro Motorist Green Book. The...

Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana with Sophie White

Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana with Sophie White

Join us for an evening with Dr. Sophie White as she discusses her recent book, Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana (Omohundro Institute and the University of...

Mammy and the Underground Railroad: The second program in a three-part series

Mammy and the Underground Railroad: The second program in a three-part series

Join us from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. as Gaynell Brady, founder/educator of Our Mammy’s, shares the stories of African Americans in Louisiana through the lens of her ancestors. Mammy and the Underground...

Genealogy Sleuthing with Our Mammy’s: The third program in a three-part series

Genealogy Sleuthing with Our Mammy’s: The third program in a three-part series

Join us from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum as Gaynell Brady, founder/educator of Our Mammy’s, shares the stories of African Americans in...

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