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
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For Election Day, Louisiana residents receive free museum admission to NOMA today, Tuesday, November 5, when you show your “I Voted” sticker at the admissions desk.
See you at the polls and at the museum!
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Are you ready for back-to-back nights celebrating 20 years of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden?
🌟 Thursday, November 7: Visionaries Gala Presented by @first_horizon featuring an elegant seated dinner under the stars, live music from the Grammy Award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet (@deedeebridgewater), and surprise performances!
🌟 Friday, November 8: Visionaries Garden Party Presented by @first_horizon featuring @therumble.official, dancing, drinks from @sazeraccompanyofficial, bites from @cafenoma, and more!
Learn more about both events at noma.org/visionaries.
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THIS WEEK 🌟 Don’t miss the Visionaries Garden Party Presented by First Horizon on Friday, November 8!
Celebrate 20 years of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden under the stars with drinks, dancing, music from @therumble.official, performances by @jaleoflamenconola, and tunes from @cestfunk.
🎟️ Tickets are available at noma.org/visionaries.
All funds raised support the future of the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
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Bid now on seven works to celebrate NOMA’s rich history of championing artists! 🌟 The silent auction for this week’s Visionaries Gala and Garden Party presented by @first_horizon is now open.
Featuring a selection of works in two and three dimensions, the silent auction offers a unique opportunity to purchase work by artists who have a special place in NOMA’s exhibition history and permanent collection.
Click the link in our bio or visit noma.org/visionariesauction to bid on works by:
Sharif Bey
Dawn DeDeaux
George Dunbar
Wayne Gonzales
Deborah Luster
Robert Mapplethorpe
Wangechi Mutu
Special thanks to @albertzbenda, @arthurrogergallery, @sharifceramics, @dawndedeaux, Wayne Gonzales, @jackshainman, Deborah Luster, @phaidonpress and @artspace, and the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
Bidding closes at 12 pm CST on Monday, November 11.
All funds raised during the Visionaries Gala and Garden Party support the future of NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
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When the art comes to life for Halloween… 👻
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🎨: John Singer Sargent, “Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer,” 1898. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase in honor of William H. Henderson, 78.3
🎨: Kura Shomali, “Untitled,” 2014. Collage, gouache, ink, l and watercolor on paper. Gift of Diane and Charles L. Frankel, 2023.55
🎨: Joan Miró, “The Red Disk,” 1960. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Victor K. Kiam, 77.296.
🎨: Giovanni Boldini,”Woman in Red,” c. 1885. Oil on canvas. Anonymous loan, EL.2007.7.
🎨: Odili Donald Odita, “Forever,” 2011. Acrylic paint on wall. Museum purchase, Robert P. Gordy Fund, 2011.4.
🎨: El Greco and Studio, “St. Francis,” c. 1570. Oil on canvas. Lent by the estate of William G. Helis.
🎨: Pablo Picasso, “Woman in an Armchair (Jacqueline Roque Picasso),” 1960. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Victor K. Kiam, 77.299.
🎨: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, “Whisperings of Love,” 1889. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman H. Hyams, 15.6.
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Can you identify the artists who inspired our visitor experience team’s Halloween costumes this year? 👻 Artist and artwork titles are in the comments below. ...
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