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Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Creole Origins: Cane River Diasporas, 1770–1830

Fri, November 22, 2024 - Sun, March 15, 2026

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Cane River Reconstruction: An illustrated recreation of the Cane River and Metoyer homesite as it would have appeared during the late colonial period in the Cane River region of Natchitoches, Louisiana. This detailed rendering, created by the University College London Museum Studies Program, is based on GIS mapping and archaeological excavations of the present-day site, offering a glimpse into the landscape and architecture of this historically significant area.

Shake Your Hips: Louisiana Blues

Fri, October 18, 2024

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

Irma Thomas. Photograph by New Orleans Times Picayune

Lunkers, Specklebellies, and Cocodries: Business and Leisure on the Louisiana Bayou

Tue, October 01, 2024

Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum

Caught in Cane River Lake, 1930s. Courtesy of Chamber of Commerce Collection, Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Watson Memorial Library, Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

People and Power: Building History at the Cabildo

Tue, August 31, 2021

The Cabildo

William McKinley Making Speech from Balcony in New Orleans

Pioneer Skies from Freedom to Flight: The Story of Airship Inventor Charles F. Page

Fri, October 04, 2024

Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum

Pioneer Skies from Freedom to Flight: The Story of Airship Inventor Charles F. Page

Economy Hall - The Hidden History of A Free Black Brotherhood

Thu, February 13, 2025

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

Economy Hall was the meeting place of the Société d’Economie, a mutual aid organization created by men of African descent in 1836.

Pioneers of Women's Carnival

Fri, May 09, 2025

The Presbytere

Aminthe Nungesser, Founder of the Krewe of Iris in 1922

To Be A Star: The Carnival Costume Designs of San Nicholas

Fri, February 02, 2024

The Presbytere

Jazz themed San Nicholas' costume illustration for the Krewe of Endymion, 1988

It All Started in Jane Alley - Louis Armstrong in New Orleans

Thu, August 01, 2024

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

Louis Armstrong looking down at trumpet he is holding; Photo is signed "To my Boy Lonzo Washington From Louis Armstrong 8/23/31," Courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz Club, Louisiana State Museums 1978.118(B).00142.1

Billy Cannon: They Called Him Legend

Tue, December 17, 2024 - Sat, January 10, 2026

Capitol Park Museum

Billy Cannon image courtesy of The Advocate

Louisiana French: Preserve & Evolve

Tue, June 03, 2025 - Fri, October 31, 2025

E.D. White Historic Site

Louisiana French: Preserve & Evolve traveling exhibition at the E.D. White Historic Site.

New Orleans Stomp: The Centennial of King Oliver’s Groundbreaking 1923 Recordings

Thu, August 03, 2023

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

Joe “King” Oliver’s band, circa 1923

The Legacy of Spain in New Orleans

Tue, April 30, 2024

The Cabildo

Bernardo de Gálvez, Unidentified artist, after José de Alfaro, ca. 1900, Oil on canvas, Louisiana State Museum T0002.1967

Rodrigue: Before the Blue Dog

Sat, November 23, 2024 - Sun, September 28, 2025

The Cabildo

Eat, Drink, and Forget the Blues by George Rodrigue, 1971/1992. Courtesy of George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts.

From Dirty Shirts to Buccaneers: The Battle of New Orleans in American Culture

The Cabildo

Women looks closely at the sculpture of a head in the Dirty Shirts Exhibit

Face Value: The Illusions and Power of Money

Sun, November 07, 2021

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

“…Heads you Lose” coin - a double-headed fine silver coin for the year 2020. This coin speaks to the tools of the trade for a trickster, like a gambler’s stacked deck, this is a dishonest object for a post-truth culture. This coin illustrates how Patriarchal culture has gamed the system forever.

Bienvenue Lafayette

Thu, April 10, 2025 - Sun, January 18, 2026

The Cabildo

Marquis de Lafayette. After Jean Antoine Houdon, 1790. Bronze. Gift of Federal Hall Memorial Association, 1949. Louisiana State Museums 12922.

Botanica: Gardens, Landscapes, and Plant Medicines in South Louisiana

Thu, June 20, 2024 - Sun, May 10, 2026

The Cabildo

Botanica: Gardens, Landscapes, and Plant Medicines in South Louisiana

Mardi Gras Satire: Puncturing Pomposity

Fri, February 09, 2024

The Presbytere

The Phunny Phorty Phellows' parade bulletin illustration from the parade entitled “Who Will Wear the Breeches" ca 1896

Permanent Exhibitions

Northwest Louisiana History Exhibition

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

lash of history

Right to Assemble

Louisiana Civil Rights Museum

Woolworths Sit-In where university students demonstrated at lunch counter

E.D. White & Bayou Lafourche Exhibition

E.D. White Historic Site

Fire place and fire at Ed White Exhibit

Congo Square to the World: Early Jazz in New Orleans

Thu, April 11, 2024

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

Buddy Bolden's Band; left to right, William Warner, William Cornish, Charlie "Buddy" Bolden, James Johnson, Frank Lewis (seated), Jeff "Brock" Mumford (seated). Courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz Club Collection.

The Golden Age of Aviation

Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum

Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum

Right to Education

Louisiana Civil Rights Museum

Gail Etienne being driven to school by federal marshals in 1960.

Patterson Cypress Sawmill Exhibition

Wedell-Williams Aviation & Cypress Sawmill Museum

Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum

Louisiana Heisman Trophy Winners

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Heisman trophy winners helmet behind glass

The Louisiana Experience: Discovering the Soul of America

Capitol Park Museum

Experiencing Louisiana: Discovering the Soul of America

Sports Hall of Fame and Sportsman’s Paradise

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Sportsmans Paradise

Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation

Wed, March 01, 2023

Capitol Park Museum

Grounds for Greatness

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Digital Database

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum Database

Experience Life in New Orleans in the Mid-1800s

1850 House

A set table at the 1850 House

The Old U.S. Mint Coin Exhibition

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

Old US Mint Display

Drumsville! Evolution of the New Orleans Beat

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

Drumsville Exhibition - Baby Dodds

Mardi Gras: It's Carnival Time in Louisiana!

The Presbytere

Mardi Gras costume on display at The Presbytere

Louisiana Civil Rights Museum

Freedom House in Jonesboro.

Online Exhibitions

Evening Wear in Louisiana 1896–1996

Online Exhibitions

The Jazz Age, 1920–1930

Mardi Gras in Louisiana

Online Exhibitions

The Butterfly King float.

From Tramps to Kings: 100 Years of Zulu

Online Exhibitions

Costume from Zulu exhibit. Credit: Mark J. Sindler/Louisiana State Museum

Mystery in Motion: African American Spirituality in Mardi Gras

Online Exhibitions

Resa “Cinnamon Black” Bazile, Second Queen of the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors. Photograph by Vincent Simmons.

Louisiana and the Mighty Mississippi River

Online Exhibitions

"The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race," Currier and Ives July, 1870

Coming Soon

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame New Inductees

Sat, June 28, 2025

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame New Inductees displayed as photo's in frames

Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond

The Presbytere

A video playing as part of the Katrina exhibit at The Presbytere

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