Explore art from around the world—dating from ancient times to present day. The museum’s permanent collection and exhibitions span three floors.
Admission is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday, courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.
Where art meets nature—experience 100 works of art set in a unique Louisiana landscape.
The museum and NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden are currently open with regular hours. We continue to work diligently to safely welcome visitors to NOMA. If you have a question about an upcoming visit, please call 504.658.4100 or email info@noma.org.
Paintings of richly dressed statues of the Virgin Mary were among the preferred themes in Spanish and Peruvian 17th- and 18th-century painting.
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Hodges’s work is currently on view in front of the museum’s entrance on Collins C. Diboll Circle.
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Explore the unique methods in which the South dealt with the passage of the 18th Amendment, which banned alcohol in the United States.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, photographers have routinely found reasons to add a few more words in the mix.
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This exhibition highlights some of the most pioneering African artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the museum’s collection.
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Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops.
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond.
Discover a rotating selection of artful books, gifts, jewelry, and more inspired by what’s on view at NOMA. Take home catalogues for your favorite exhibitions, special collaborations with local artists, and creative activities for all ages.
Enjoy pastries, coffee, lunch, cocktails, and more daily—set against the dramatic backdrop of over 90 objects from NOMA’s permanent collection highlighting global food and dining culture.
Stop by Café NOMA for happy hour on Wednesdays, 3–6 pm, for drink specials and shareable small plates.
Ilse Bing, one of the twentieth century’s greatest photographers, had a special relationship with the New Orleans Museum of Art and its staff. In 1976, NOMA acquired its first photograph by Bing, an act that began a chain of correspondence between the artist and then Curator of Photography Tina Freeman.
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Today, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and LCMC Health announced a new partnership in support of the museum’s Art Thrives creative aging initiative for ages 55 and older.
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NOMA has announced the appointment of Orlando Hernández Ying as the museum’s Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas. This is the first permanent curatorial role at the museum dedicated to an expanded look at the arts of North, Central, and South America.
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