Join us for a decadent evening of art and edibles. A private curator-led gallery tour of The Orléans Collection will be followed by a champagne reception, featuring delicacies from New Orleans’s leading pastry chefs. During the reception, Susan Pinkard, culinary scholar and author of A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800, will discuss the history of...

The Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open Christmas Eve from 10 am to 5 pm. The museum will be closed.

In observance of the Christmas holiday, NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on December 25.

The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Frick Collection's Center for the History of Collecting will host a two-day symposium, January 11-12, 2019, in conjunction with The Orleans Collection, an exhibition dedicated to the collecting and collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674–1723) and on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019. In slightly more than...

The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Frick Collection's Center for the History of Collecting will host a two-day symposium, January 11-12, 2019, in conjunction with The Orleans Collection, an exhibition dedicated to the collecting and collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674–1723) and on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019. In slightly more than...

NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open from noon to 5 pm on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Saturday, March 2, as City Park and the surrounding Mid-City neighborhood plays host to the Endymion parade for Carnival season. Join us on March 3 for regular Sunday hours from 11 am to 5 pm.

NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Tuesday, March 5, in observance of Mardi Gras.

One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by over 100 exhibitors that remain on display at NOMA for four days, from March 28-31. With a focus on light, transformation and discovery as New Orleans enters its fourth century, Art in Bloom’s 2019 event theme is Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond.

One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by over 100 exhibitors that remain on display at NOMA for four days, from March 28-31. With a focus on light, transformation and discovery as New Orleans enters its fourth century, Art in Bloom’s 2019 event theme is Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond.

Horticulture lovers and gardening enthusiasts are invited to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival, presented by NOMA and the Greater New Orleans Iris Society (GNOIS). Come view the newly-bloomed Louisiana irises in the lush sculpture garden. Visitors will have the opportunity to ask on-site iris experts any...