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Rex: The 150th Anniversary of the School of Design

Now open at the Presbytère in Jackson Square!

"Creole New Orleans, Honey!" The Art of Andrew LaMar Hopkins

Exhibition now on view at the Cabildo

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Carnival in the Nation’s Capital: The Washington Mardi Gras Ball

Exhibition now open at Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge!

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Exhibitions

Back Roads to Back Yards: The Flora and Fauna of South Louisiana

Back Roads to Back Yards: The Flora and Fauna of South Louisiana

Bayou Vista native and Patterson resident LeeAnn Hepler is an amateur photographer who captures vibrant portraits of south Louisiana wildlife and landscapes. A long-time employee of the St. Mary Parish school board, Hepler schedules her photography around her full-time work schedule. She drives...

Creole New Orleans, Honey! The Art of Andrew LaMar Hopkins

Creole New Orleans, Honey! The Art of Andrew LaMar Hopkins

Mobile native and long-time New Orleans resident Andrew LaMar Hopkins is a self-taught artist who brings nineteenth-century Creole culture in New Orleans to life with his stunningly detailed and colorful paintings. An antiquarian, collector, and enthusiast of southern Creole history, Hopkins...

Carnival in the Nation’s Capital: The Washington Mardi Gras Ball

Carnival in the Nation’s Capital: The Washington Mardi Gras Ball

The exhibition Carnival in the Nation’s Capital: The Washington Mardi Gras Ball showcases the story of Louisiana’s not-to-be-missed annual celebration. Begun in 1944 by homesick Louisianians eager to introduce fellow Washingtonians to their favorite holiday, Washington Mardi Gras has...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans with Kevin McQueeney

A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans with Kevin McQueeney

Join us for an evening with Kevin McQueeney as he discusses his new book, A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans (UNC Press, 2023...

Fiddlin’ with the Finest! A Celebration of Louisiana Folk Fiddling"

Fiddlin’ with the Finest! A Celebration of Louisiana Folk Fiddling"

Please join us from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. as we celebrate the continuing legacy of Louisiana folk fiddling. The program will include a discussion with three past Louisiana State Fiddle Champions on the...

The Fading Line: A Commemoration of the 1953 Bus Boycott

The Fading Line: A Commemoration of the 1953 Bus Boycott

Mark your calendars for June 22 at 5:00 p.m. to join us at Capitol Park Museum for a special event, "The Fading Line: A Commemoration of the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott." This event is a tribute to...

Lunchtime Lagniappe: Before They're Gone: Snapshots and Memories of At-risk Queer Spaces Through Virtual Tours and Oral Histories with Dr. Catherine Cooper

Lunchtime Lagniappe: Before They're Gone: Snapshots and Memories of At-risk Queer Spaces Through Virtual Tours and Oral Histories with Dr. Catherine Cooper

Join us from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. for a Pride Month discussion about at-risk queer spaces with Dr Catherine Cooper.

LGBTQ+ sites—including homes, bars, bookstores, and meeting places—are at risk...

Happy 10th Anniversary Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Happy 10th Anniversary Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum

Come check out our updated exhibits, play games in the courtyard, and see our latest exhibit “Soul of the South”. Free admission, food, and drinks.

"Soul of the South" an exhibition of self-...

In the Shadow of the Big House: Twenty-First-Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism in Louisiana with Dr. Stephen Small

In the Shadow of the Big House: Twenty-First-Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism in Louisiana with Dr. Stephen Small

Join us for the Second Thursday Lecture Series on July 13, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. (CDT) on Zoom, presented by Friends of the Cabildo. We will be joined by Dr. Stephen Small as he discusses his new book, ...

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