New Orleans Museum of Art

05/25/2026

Looking for alternatives to a pool party this Memorial Day?

NOMA is open with special hours today, Monday, May 25, 10 am–3 pm.
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05/11/2026

"Together, art and nature create a cultural cornerstone, both indoors and out. The museum houses more than 50,000 works spanning painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, and global artifacts—from Japanese ceramics to Egyptian relics. In a city so devoted to artistic expression, this feels fitting. As jazz musician Ellis Marsalis once said, 'In New Orleans, culture doesn't come down from on high, it bubbles up from the streets.'"
—Jenny Adams for Travel + Leisure

Set in sprawling City Park, NOMA blends world-class art with one of the country’s top sculpture gardens.

04/29/2026

A few clips from our most recent Music in the Garden performances, featuring Sierra Carvalho and Trombone Charlotte ✨🌸🎶

Want to check out more events happening at and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden? View our full events calendar at the link in our bio.

04/18/2026

THIS SUMMER: NOMA TEEN BOOK CLUB 📚️☀️🏛️⁠
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On select Fridays this summer, readers ages 13 to 18 are invited to NOMA’s new Teen Book Club, a space to build literary engagement and connect with other teens through storytelling, culture, and community at .⁠
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The four dates and book selections for Teen Book Club are:⁠
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📕 5/8, 1-2 pm: “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon⁠
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📗 6/12, 1-2 pm: “Felix Ever After” by Kacen Callender ⁠
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📘 7/24, 1-2 pm: “Shadowshaper” by Daniel Jose Older⁠
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📙 8/7, 1-2 pm: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde, which is also on the required reading list for Louisiana English Language Arts⁠
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Participants can join us either via Zoom or in-person in the museum’s second-floor art studio⁠
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Book club selections will also be available in the NOMA Museum Shop, where members receive a 10% discount on their purchase. ⁠
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📝 This program is free for all participants. You must be between the ages of 13 and 18 to participate. Participants must bring their own copy of each month’s book.⁠
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🔗 Learn more about these selections and sign up at the link in our bio

04/13/2026

A little Besthoff Sculptute Garden ambiance for your Monday evening scroll 🪴☀️🦆

(Did you know: the Besthoff Sculpture Garden at is open from 10 am until 6 pm through spring and summer?)

03/20/2026

NOW ON BLOOM: Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank at 🌸🌺🌷

From now through this Sunday, 3/22, experience dozens of stunning floral displays across all three floors of the museum.

You can also view and digitally bid on works featured in the Art in Bloom Silent Auction Sponsored by New Orleans Auction () in NOMA’s Coleman Courtyard and the Dutch Golden Age galleries on the first floor.

🔗Get your tickets at the link in our bio

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03/20/2026

Art is truly in bloom at 🌺🍃🌞

Watch Urban Earth Studio’s () Great Hall installation for Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon Bank () come to life just before last night’s Patron & Preview Party.

🔗 Art in Bloom is now open to the public from now through Sunday, 3/22. Get your tickets now at the link in our bio.

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03/11/2026

Did you know there’s a connection between Roberto Lugo’s (’s) “‘Stunting’ Garniture Set’” (2019) in ’s permanent collection and the current exhibition “Sèvres Magnifique: French Porcelain from the Collection of Thomas B. Lemann?” 🤔💭✨

In Lugo’s Artist Statement for “‘Stunting,’” he describes how “[the works reference] influential members of the Black New Orleans community in American society, highlighting the visual connection between hip-hop ‘bling’ and Sèvres porcelain in NOMA’s collection.”

By highlighting Louis Armstrong, No Limits Records, and Lil Wayne through meticulously-crafted porcelain vases and sculpture, “‘Stunting’” brings Black New Orleanians’ contributions to global arts and culture to the forefront through artistic references to French porcelain designed to signify wealth, power, and opulence in 18th-century France.

Learn more about “Stunting” (2019) at two events happening at NOMA today:

➡️ Gallery Talk with Creative Assembly alum Kr3wcial (): 12:30 pm, second floor decorative arts galleries

➡️ Lecture with artist Roberto Lugo: 6:00 pm, NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

📝 And remember: both programs are free with museum admission, which is free every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All Initiative

Learn more and register for Lugo’s evening lecture at NOMA.org/events

03/06/2026

It’s all in the ✨details✨ in “Sèvres Magnifique: French Porcelain from the Collection of Thomas B. Lemann,” the latest exhibition on view at

For nearly 300 years, France’s royal porcelain factory at Sèvres has produced both decorative and useful ceramic objects of exemplary craft. The exhibition “Sèvres Magnifique” celebrates the bequest of an incredible group of Sèvres porcelain from New Orleans collector Thomas B. Lemann.

Come take a close look at these marvels of French porcelain now through January 3, 2027.

🔗 Learn more about the exhibition at the link in our bio

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🎨, in order of appearance:

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France, founded 1740), Painted by Charles-Louis Méreaud (French, active 1756–80), “Tray (plateau carré à jour),” 1766. Porcelain, enameled and gilt; 5 ⅞ x 5 ⅞ x 1 in. New Orleans Museum of Art, Bequest of Thomas B. Lemann, 2002.360.12

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France, founded 1740), Painted by Denis Levé (French, active 1754–1805), Gilded by Etienne-Henry Le Guay (French, active 1748–97), “Water jug (pot a l’eau),” 1780. Porcelain, enameled and gilt; 6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. New Orleans Museum of Art, Bequest of Thomas B. Lemann, 2002.360.20

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France, founded 1740), Louis-Jean Thévenet (French, 1707–c. 1778), “Cup and Tray,” 1762. Porcelain, enameled and gilt; tray 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ x ⅞ in. New Orleans Museum of Art, Bequest of Thomas B. Lemann, 2002.360.52a,b

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France, founded 1740), Vincent Taillandier (French, active 1753-90), “Tray,” c. 1755. Porcelain, enameled and gilt; 5 7/8 in square. New Orleans Museum of Art, Bequest of Thomas B. Lemann, 2002.360.63

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France, founded 1740), Painted by François-Joseph Aloncle (French, 1734–81), “Tray with birds based on George Edwards’s ‘A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743–51),’” 1765, Porcelain, enameled and gilt, 6 x 6 x 1 in., New Orleans Museum of Art, Bequest of Thomas B. Lemann

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03/04/2026

All the colors of the Mississippi 🌈🌊🩵

Last year, the preparation team at installed Nicolas Floc’h’s “The Color of Water, Water Columns: Mississippi River Delta, from Empire, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico.”

While the exhibition “Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed” has left NOMA’s Templemann Galleries, the work featured in this video will be on view through April 12.

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🎨: Nicolas Floc’h, “The Color of Water, Water Columns: Mississippi River Delta, from Empire, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico,” 2022, 288 pigmented ink prints, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Maubert, Paris, France
📍: Second floor, New Orleans Museum of Art