New Year’s Day – Special Hours
NOMA welcomes the new year and visitors on Monday, January 1, from noon to 5 p.m. Enjoy a day in our galleries and sculpture garden as the holiday season comes to a close.
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!
Noontime Talk: Personalities in Clay with Curator Mel Buchanan
Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a noontime talk in the decorative arts galleries for an insightful walkthrough of the exhibition Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection. The exhibition features more than seventy ceramics made between 1940 to the end of the twentieth century.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Gallery Talk for Personalities in Clay | Music by Shawn Williams | Drawings in Clay Workshop
Friday Nights at NOMA kicks off 2018 with music by alt-country/rockabilly singer Shawn Williams, a tour of the Personalities in Clay American Studio ceramics exhibition, and a workshop on the sgraffito technique in clay. All galleries and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.
Drawings in Clay: Sgraffito Technique
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin artist Rachael DePauw in a hands-on workshop exploring the sgraffito technique.
Noontime Talk: East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with Curator Russell Lord
Join Curator Russell Lord on a tour of East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with an emphasis on landscape. East of the Mississippi marks the first exhibition of nineteenth-century photography from the eastern half of the United States. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the galleries given by...
Collect-O-Mania Film Series: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Join us on select Fridays and Saturdays in January and February to explore the on-screen stories of passionate collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape. Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s Wish...
Tai Chi/Chi Kung
NOMA, in collaboration with the East Jefferson Wellness Center, offers wellness classes every Saturday morning and Monday evening. On Monday at 6 p.m., East Jefferson Wellness Center instructor Terry Rappold leads relaxing Tai Chi exercises in various art galleries at NOMA. Then at 8 a.m. on Saturday, join us for yoga surrounded by NOMA’s outstanding...
NOMA Book Club Field Trip to Antoine’s Restaurant and Presbytere Museum
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. The Book Club will take a field trip to the French Quarter for lunch at the legendary Antoine's restaurant followed by a tour of the Mardi Gras exhibition at the Presbytere, a unit of the Louisiana State Museum.
Noontime Talk: Personalities in Clay with Director Emeritus E. John Bullard
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. For thirty-seven years, E. John Bullard served as the director of the New Orleans Museum of Art. Since his retirement in 2010, he has actively collected American studio pottery, a portion of which is on...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Kettle Black | Gallery Talk with E. John Bullard for Personalities in Clay | Sculpture Garden Expansion Presentation
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Adele’s Wish
As part of the Collect-O-Mania Film Fest examining the role of art collectors, NOMA will screen the 2009 documentary Adele's Wish. The film recounts the courtroom battle of 92-year-old Jewish World War II refuge Maria Altmann, a resident of Los Angeles who sued the Republic of Austria to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family in Vienna by the Nazis in 1938.