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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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
Find inspiration in works on view in "New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations" during a workshop led by Creative Assembly Cohort member LaVonna Varnado-Brown (@arijino.artistry) and Brooklyn-based artist Jennella Young (@jennebella).
This hands-on program for adults ages 18 and up threads together concepts of bookbinding, using needle and raffia, and will explore how women have stitched together culture and community across time and space.
Free with advance registration. Click the link in our bio to secure your spot today.
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: Works by David Sanou in "New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations."
: @wayanbarre
: First floor, Ella West Freeman Galleries
This is your sign to stop scrolling and enjoy spring. 
—: Lin Emery, “Wave,” 1988. Polished aluminum. Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Company, 88.365.
This Wednesday, April 9, join Creative Assembly artists Carl Harrison Jr. (@carl_harrisonjr) and LaVonna Varnado-Brown (@arijino.artistry) in conversation with two residents from @arc_athens: Angelo Plessas (@angeloplessas) and Steffi Stouri (@steffi.stouri).
These artists with diverse backgrounds will share their experiences, perspectives, and creative processes.
Through an open exchange, attendees will gain insight into how art serves as a universal language, transcending geographical boundaries, and fostering connections among people from varied cultural backgrounds.
In conversation with NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members, the visiting artists will explore themes of identity, representation, and the power of artistic expression.
This program is included with with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
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NOW ON VIEW 
“New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations” highlights the work of four contemporary artists working in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Presented by @hancockwhitney is Saturday, April 12! 
Join us for one of our favorite annual traditions featuring arts & crafts, games, face painting, food, drinks, sweets, music, and more!
The festival is set within the picturesque Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and for many families, the Egg Hunt may be their first introduction to NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
The festival is 10:00 am–12:30 pm with egg hunts for ages 4 & under and ages 5 and up starting at 10:45 am.
Click the link in our bio to get your tickets today.
—: Patrick Davis
THIS FRIDAY 
Get ready for NOMA at Night on April 4, 6–9 pm, as we celebrate the opening of “New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations”!
Featuring After hours access to the exhibition and gallery talks led by artists, curators, and collaborators
Dancing to music selected by DJ Ojay of @afrobeatnola and @cestfunk
Artmaking for all ages
Specialty cocktail and happy hour menu from @cafenoma inspired by the exhibition
Click the webpage in our bio to learn more or drop a 
emoji in the comments and we’ll DM you the link to purchase tickets.
—: “Kimi” masquerade ensemble in honor of André Sanou’s “Qui Dit Mieux?,” 2022 (headpiece by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou; the maker of the body requests anonymity). Collection of the Fitchburg Art Museum. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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