Recurring

Public Tour of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt

Join a docent-led tour of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt every Wednesday and Saturday at 1 pm. These tours are free with your admission to this special exhibition, but do have capacity restrictions. How to Sign Up Purchase a ticket to Queen Nefertari’s Egypt for 1 pm on the Wednesday or Saturday you’re planning to visit. A timed...

Gallery Talk with Mel Buchanan

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Gallery Talk with Joseph Darensbourg

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Gallery Talk

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Gallery Talk with Melinda Nelson-Hurst

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Gallery Talk: Pedro Reyes and Carol Bove

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Lecture with Kara Cooney: Women and Power in Ancient Egypt

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In this lecture, Dr. Kara Cooney, author of When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, addresses questions of ancient social inequalities and how women negotiated their limited leadership roles. How was their power expressed when regularly cloaked by a man’s dominance? Were they able to rule “behind the throne”? How much of this ancient reality still touches us today?

Gallery Talk: Beauford Delaney

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Gallery Talk with Casey Delmont

Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.

Ancient Egypt in New Orleans: A Community Conversation

In conjunction with the exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, museologist Erika Witt leads a community conversation to explore how ancient Egypt is recognized in different aspects of New Orleans’s culture. Featured panelists are experts in history, spiritualism, and iconography, and the group will discuss how resonances of ancient Egypt can be found in the daily life, work, and cultural activities of New Orleanians.