Studio KIDS!

Get Creative with Studio KIDS This fall, Studio KIDS presents “Text and Textures” art classes for kids on select Saturday mornings from 10 am to noon. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art-making techniques. Studio KIDS explore art in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden as inspiration for...

Tina Freeman: Lamentations book signing

Photographer Tina Freeman will visit the Museum Shop to sign copies of her book that accompanies the exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations. The book includes pairings of photographs by Freeman of Louisiana's wetlands and the ice caps of the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Christmas Eve Holiday Hours

The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on December 24 from 10 am to 3 pm.

Closed for Christmas

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

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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.

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Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour

Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Sited on eleven acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon.

Gallery Talk: Tina Freeman: Lamentations with Curator Russell Lord

Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photography, for a discussion about the exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic by photographer Tina Freeman.