CANCELED — LOVE in the Garden 2021 Presented by Hancock Whitney

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA

NOMA’s annual fall soirée in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden features dining and dancing beneath the stars and moss-draped oaks in a spectacular outdoor setting.

Members Sale at the NOMA Museum Shop

Start your holiday shopping early! NOMA members save 20% off all regular-priced items and get first access to 70% markdowns in the NOMA Museum Shop.

Day With(out) Art 2021: Enduring Care

The New Orleans Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2021 by presenting ENDURING CARE, a video program highlighting strategies of community care within the ongoing HIV epidemic. The program features newly commissioned work by Katherine Cheairs, Cristóbal Guerra, Danny Kilbride, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad and Uriah Bussey, Beto Pérez, Steed Taylor, and J Triangular and the Women’s Video Support Project. 

Opera on Tap

The New Orleans Opera presents a special holiday edition of Opera on Tap. Visit the museum after hours for a musical treat in the Lapis Center for the Arts. The Opera on Tap holiday concert will include both sacred and secular music of the season, with familiar carols and songs from many lands.

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Common Purpose: Support Local Organizations at NOMA

All museum admission from Saturday, January 15, and Thursday, January 20, will be donated directly to these nonprofits: 826 New Orleans, Birthmark Doulas, Children’s Hospital New Orleans, Familias Unidas en Acción, House of Tulip, Innocence Project New Orleans, Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Our Voice Nuestra Voz.

Self-Guided Tour for Teens | Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds

NOMA’s Teen Art Council invites you to experience Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds through their eyes. Visit NOMA on Saturday, January 22, and pick up a free zine from the TAC featuring original artwork, and activities to make the most of your visit. TAC members will be on hand from 12 pm to 3 pm to share their experiences learning about DeDeaux’s work and creating their own art in response.

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Member Magic Hours: Queen Nefertari’s Egypt

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Experience Queen Nefertari’s Egypt during our exclusive members-only hours. These special Member Magic Hours offer the opportunity to see this monumental exhibition outside of NOMA’s standard open hours. We’re offering these timeslots so that our biggest supporters have additional chances to see this once-in-a-lifetime presentation.

Member Evening Celebrating Queen Nefertari’s Egypt

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Join us for a special member evening to celebrate the opening of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt.

This exhibition brings to life the role of Nefertari and other powerful women in ancient Egypt through 230 exceptional objects drawn from the collection of the Museo Egizio in Turin. These include statues, jewelry, vases, papyrus, steles, wooden coffins, and stone sarcophagi, as well as tools and various items of daily life from the artisan village of Deir-el-Medina, home to those who created the royal tombs.

Be among the first to see this once-in-a-lifetime presentation.

Art in Bloom 2022: In Full Bloom Presented by First Horizon

One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond. This year’s theme, In Full Bloom, celebrates, through floral expression, the joy of returning to our pre-pandemic way of life.  In addition to fabulous floral installations on view for for five days at NOMA, Queen Nefertari’s Egypt will also be on display during Art in Bloom. Nefertari, the royal wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, is linked to some of the most magnificent monuments of ancient Egypt.