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.
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Join NOMA Creative Assembly member Andy Young and 2021-2023 Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy for a conversation in connection with the new anthology "Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: An Anthology of Louisiana Poetry with Art."
NOMA and the Congo Square Preservation Society present the Elders Sacred Talk Series, celebrating elder New Orleanians through conversations about their art, lives, and work.
Join us for an animation workshop co-facilitated by Creative Assembly resident LaVonna Varnado Brown and fellow artist Emily Denlinger. Participants will also explore ways to develop a character through a collage-based practice and create a stop-motion animation.
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.
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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This free, downloadable Educator's Guide to the exhibition "Dawoud Bey: Elegy" features resources that can be used during visits to the exhibition, itself, as well as in post-visit lessons and activities in the K-12 classroom.
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