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New Orleans Museum of Art

Tuesday–Sunday, 10 am–5 pm; Wednesdays, 12–7 pm

Explore art from around the world—dating from ancient times to present day. The museum’s permanent collection and exhibitions span three floors.

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Admission is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday, courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

Free and open to all, seven days a week, 10 am–6 pm

Where art meets nature—experience 100 works of art set in a unique Louisiana landscape.

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Including over forty black-and-white photographs and two film installations, the exhibition elucidates the deeply profound historical memory still embedded in geography at historically significant sites in Virginia, Louisiana and Ohio.

Dawoud Bey: Elegy

Including over forty black-and-white photographs and two film installations, the exhibition elucidates the deeply profound historical memory still embedded in geography at historically significant sites in Virginia, Louisiana and Ohio.

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This collection of 17th- and 18th-century paintings illuminate the Indigenous Catholic religious practices and adaptations of European visual sources developed by Indigenous and Mestizo artists in Viceregal Peru and Bolivia.

Hanaq Pachap: Art of the Indigenous Guilds of Viceregal Peru

This collection of 17th- and 18th-century paintings illuminate the Indigenous Catholic religious practices and adaptations of European visual sources developed by Indigenous and Mestizo artists in Viceregal Peru and Bolivia.

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Floc'h's underwater and landscape photographs of the Mississippi River watershed reveal the river's hidden vibrancy along with the impacts of human activity on its composition.

Nicholas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed at NOMA

Floc'h's underwater and landscape photographs of the Mississippi River watershed reveal the river's hidden vibrancy along with the impacts of human activity on its composition.

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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.

Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA

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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The photographs included in this exhibition—all from NOMA’s permanent collection—illustrate some of the exceptional diversity of landscape photographs made by women artists working in the United States since 1900.

The View From Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape

The photographs included in this exhibition—all from NOMA’s permanent collection—illustrate some of the exceptional diversity of landscape photographs made by women artists working in the United States since 1900.

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Paintings of richly dressed statues of the Virgin Mary were among the preferred themes in Spanish and Peruvian 17th- and 18th-century painting.

Our Lady of Loreto and Peruvian Viceregal Statue Paintings

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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Upcoming Programs and EventsShow All

Studio KIDS!: Haiku and Origami (Ages 6-10)

Sat, October 25th at 10:30 AM

Join us for the next edition of Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. Register today for the Ages 6-10 or Ages 11-14 version of the "Haiku and Origami" workshop.

Studio KIDS!: Haiku and Origami (Ages 11-14)

Sat, October 25th at 12:30 PM

Join us for the next edition of Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. Register today for the Ages 6-10 or Ages 11-14 version of the "Haiku and Origami" workshop.

During Your Visit

NOMA Museum Shop

Open during regular museum hours and programs

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.

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Café NOMA by Ralph Brennan

Tuesday–Sunday, 10 am–4 pm; Wednesdays: 11 am–7 pm

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.

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Stop by Café NOMA for happy hour on Wednesdays, 3–6 pm, for drink specials and shareable small plates.

The Latest from NOMA

Dawoud Bey: Elegy Explores Early African American Experiences as Imagined through Historical Landscapes

This month, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) opens the highly anticipated exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy, on view at the museum September 26, 2025—January 4, 2026. A profound exploration of early experiences of African Americans in the United States, the groundbreaking survey, organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, marks the comprehensive exhibition of three photographic series and two film installations by renowned contemporary artist Dawoud Bey.
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