Talks & Tours
Noontime Talk: Ear to the Ground with Curator Katie Pfohl
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art.
Small Talk: Madonna and Child with Saints
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
NOMA Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Gallery Talk: Bondye: Between and Beyond with Curator Nic Aziz
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Community Outreach Curator Nic Aziz for a discussion about Vodou flags on view in Bondye: Between and Beyond.
Arts & Letters Series: Zachary Lazar and Deborah Luster
NOMA’s Arts & Letters series welcomes authors, poets, journalists, playwrights, and literary scholars to the museum for public conversations that reflect on literature at the intersection of arts and culture. In partnership with One Book One New Orleans, this segment of the series features author Zachary Lazar, photographer Deborah Luster, and actor Bobby Wallace.
Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon.
Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. Sited on ten acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by internationally renowned sculptors.
Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. Sited on ten acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors from the 19th through 21st centuries.
Gallery Talk: Curator Russell Lord and Photographer Timothy Duffy discuss Blue Muse
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Photography Curator Russell Lord and photographer Timothy Duffy as they discuss Duffy's series of tintype portraits of contemporary roots musicians, on view in the exhibition Blue Muse.
Gallery Talk: Paper Revolutions with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan for a discussion about the exhibition Paper Revolutions: French Drawings from the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Gallery Talk: Paper Revolutions with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan for a discussion about the exhibition Paper Revolutions: French Drawings from the New Orleans Museum of Art.