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.
Gallery Talk: Decorative Arts Collection with Curator Mel Buchanan
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about NOMA's decorative arts collection.
Independence Day – Special Holiday Hours
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Independence Day for special holiday hours from noon to 5 pm.
Book Club Curatorial Program
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan will discuss NOMA's collection of furniture, in conjunction with the July book selection, Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair, A Natural History by Witold Rybczynski.
French Fête – CANCELLED
Due to the threat of severe weather from Tropical Storm Barry, French Fête has been cancelled. NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will remain closed through Saturday, July 13. Please visit our Visitor Information page for updates.
Yoga in the Sculpture Garden – CANCELLED
Due to the threat of severe weather from Tropical Storm Barry, Yoga in the Garden has been cancelled.
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3) – CANCELLED
Due to the threat of severe weather from Tropical Storm Barry, Baby Artsplay! is cancelled.
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4) – CANCELLED
Due to the threat of severe weather from Tropical Storm Barry, Baby Artsplay! is cancelled.
Artist’s Choice Film Series – CANCELLED
Due to the threat of severe weather from Tropical Storm Barry, the screening of Sidewalk Stories is cancelled. The film may be rescheduled for a future date.
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 twelve acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned international sculptors.
Gallery Activation for 168:01 with artist Wafaa Bilal
Artist Wafaa Bilal will visit NOMA to interpret his interactive installation 168:01 in the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. The work comprises a large bookshelf filled with blank, white books which symbolizes the burning and looting of libraries in Baghdad during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq. Museum visitors are invited to transform the shelves from austere white to color by donating a book (for sale in the Museum Shop) that will be shipped to the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad at the closing of the exhibition.
Safar musical performance with Mahmoud Chouki and Steve Lands
Throughout the run of Bodies of Knowledge, Mahmoud Chouki will create a new musical composition and series of site-specific performances for the exhibition, collectively titled Safar, that explore how music can speak across cultural divides to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West. Chouki will be joined by New Orleans-based trumpeter Steve Lands.