Art and nature in harmony
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Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.
Open seven days a week
Summer Hours (April–September) 10 am–6 pm | Winter Hours (October–March) 10 am–5 pm
Wheelchairs may be used throughout our barrier-free property and are available upon request.
Image: Elyn Zimmerman’s Mississippi Meanders bridge is illuminated at dusk.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden occupies approximately eleven acres in City Park adjacent to the museum. Atypical of most sculpture gardens, this garden is located within a mature existing landscape of pines, magnolias, and live oaks surrounding two lagoons. The garden design creates outdoor viewing spaces within this picturesque landscape. Originally conceived in 2003, the Sculpture Garden doubled in size in 2019 and has grown to include more than 90 sculptures. READ MORE
Sydney and Walda Besthoff are the namesake visionary founders behind a world-renowned sculpture garden for New Orleans.
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Architects, landscape architects, lighting designers, and arborists were among the contractors who made it all possible.
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See highlights of the Sculpture Garden in a virtual tour produced in partnership with the Google Arts & Culture Initiative.
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You can play a role in the historic expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden by making a gift to support the project.
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Relive the excitement of the grand opening of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden expansion in May 2019.
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Bronze
Pablo Casals’s Obelisk, a towering accumulation of welded bronze cellos, dominates the waters of a lagoon in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Standing over twenty feet tall, the Obelisk, built in homage to the world-renowned Spanish-Puerto Rican cellist and human rights activist Pablo Casals, is an imposing example of monumental sculpture by French-born artist Arman.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art offers detailed entries on 64 artworks in the original 2003 garden, as well as a bibliography and overview of the garden’s founding. 192 pages, hardcover. Edited by Miranda Lash. $49.95
Coming up this Wednesday ➡️ NOMA and the Congo Square Preservation Society present the Elders Sacred Talk Series featuring Tribal Queen Bee and Carol Bebelle in conversation with Denise Graves
Each program in this special series honors prolific elder New Orleanians, celebrating the lives they lead while providing the opportunity for visitors to learn firsthand about the impact they’ve had on our city.
Queen Bee is the Tribal Queen of the Creole Wild West tribe and is the oldest actively masking Queen in the Black Masking Indian tradition. Queen Bee is 90 years old and started masking in 1973.
Carol Bebelle, known affectionately as Mama Carol, is a steady voice for the influence of culture on the quality of our lives. Bebelle is the co-founder of Efforts of Grace and Ashé Cultural Arts Center, where for two decades her ground-breaking leadership promoted the intersection of culture, community, and art.
Free with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation`s Art for All initiative.
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@congosquaredrumcircle @cbebelle
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Explore the museum and get creative during our Studio KIDS! workshop tomorrow, Saturday, November 16, at 10 am! 🎨
During this program, designed for ages 6–12, we`ll take inspiration from art on view and then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist.
Registration includes all art-making materials. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to sign up now.
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We’re excited to welcome @storycorps and @wwno_fm to NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden as they record, preserve, and share the stories of New Orleans.
Through December 13, participants are invited to tell their stories during a session at the StoryCorps MobileBooth at NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden or virtually.
StoryCorps is committed to the idea that everyone has an important story to tell and that everyone’s story matters. Each year, the StoryCorps MobileBooth visits cities and towns to record conversations between people who live there.
Those recordings are collected in the U.S. Library of Congress and an online archive—and some are broadcast weekly on WWNO and NPR affiliates across the country.
🔗 Learn more and sign up at the link in @neworleansmuseumofart’s bio.
Financial support for StoryCorps in New Orleans is made possible by Hancock Whitney and Christwood Senior Living Community. Additional support comes from Pugh Accardo, LLC and partnership with the New Orleans Museum of Art. StoryCorps is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
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Celebrating 20 years of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden under the stars at the Visionaries Gala Presented by @first_horizon! ✨
Thank you to all of the sponsors, patrons, event chairs, and attendees for honoring this landmark destination that is so special to New Orleanians and visitors from around the world.
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📸: @shanedrummondphoto for @bfa
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Cheers to 20 years of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the Visionaries Gala Presented by @first_horizon! 🌟
Thank you to all of the sponsors, patrons, event chairs, and attendees for honoring this landmark destination that is so special to New Orleanians and visitors from around the world.
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📸: @shanedrummondphoto for @bfa
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At last night’s Visionaries Gala Presented by @first_horizon, the museum welcomed guests in celebration of 20 years of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden! 🌟
Thank you to all of the sponsors, patrons, event chairs, and attendees for honoring this landmark destination that is so special to New Orleanians and visitors from around the world.
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📸: @shanedrummondphoto for @bfa
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We’re making continual changes to bring all of our engaging digital offerings to the forefront of our website. We invite you to keep coming back for new content and exciting updates!
Discover artworks, collections, and stories in a digital format from NOMA like never before.
