Art
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Special Events
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Thursday evening "Ogden After Hours" weekly music series with a live musical performance by Southern Musicians and interviews by Southern music historians. This program offers Museum visitors a weekly opportunity to celebrate the music of the South in an intimate and unique way, surrounded by the Museum's diverse Collection and in the Museum's architecturally-distinct atrium setting.
Beginning in October 2003, the Museum has welcomed a diverse line-up of Southern musicians, including:
Theresa Andersson, brothers James and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Sunpie Barnes, the Basin Street Sheiks, Henry Butler, Grayson Capps, Kim Carson, Leah Chase, Lyn Drury, John Fohl, Jonathan Freilich and Glen Hartman, the Hackberry Ramblers, Jeff and Vida, Little Freddie King, Joe Krown, Steve Riley, David Greely, Julia LaShae, Ingrid Lucia, Jeremy Lyons, Jim McCormick, Anders Osborne, Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum), the Red Stick Ramblers, A. J. Roach, Coco Robicheaux, Amanda Shaw, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, David Egan, Stanton Moore (of Galatic), Jon Cleary, Ivan Neville, and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
just to name a few.
For more information on museum hours, exhibits and upcoming After Hours performances please visit their web site at
Art Museums
New Orleans Museum of Art
Scheduled to re-open March 3, 2006
Founded in 1910, this is the City's oldest fine arts organization with a permanent collection of more than 40,000 paintings, drawings, prints and other objects from ancient to modern times. The collection is noted for it's extraordinary strengths in French and American art, photography, glass, and African and Japanese works.
Located in City Park. Adults $6, Seniors $5, Children $3 504-488-2631
Contemporary Art Center
Re-opening January 7, 2006
This Center for the visual and performing arts is known for housing temporary exhibits of both local and regional artists as well as live performances.
504-523-1216
Ogden Museum of Southern Art - UNO
Re-opened October 27, 2005
A
comprehensive and compelling Southern art collection.
504-539-9600
River Road African American Museum
Dedicated
to the preservation, allocation and interpretation of art and artifacts
as they relate to the history of African people in plantation country.
504-644-7955
Madame John's Legacy
Not presently open
A colonial
plantation-style home in the French Quarter housing the Louisiana State
Museum's Folk Art exhibit. This 150 piece collection includes Southern
Folk artists such as Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Clementine Hunter,
Bill Taylor, Sister Gertrude Morgan and others.
504-568-6968
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Historic Museums
Historic New Orleans Collection
An exhibit
of authentic documents and artifacts that shaped Louisiana's history.
504-523-4662
Cabildo Museum
Now open
Displays on
the early history of Louisiana and growth of European settlements
along the Mississippi River.
504-568-6968
Presbytere
Scheduled to re-open January 2006
The Louisiana
State Museum's new and extensive exhibit on Mardi Gras both past and present.
504-568-6968
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
Now open
Pharmaceutical
artifacts, hand-blown bottles, and rare patent medicines.
504-565-8027
Pitot House Museum
Now open
This authentically
restored and furnished home was built in the 1700's and captures the flavor
of early 19th century life in New Orleans.
504-482-0312
Museum of Architecture and Neighborhoods
Now open
Houses both
permanent and changing exhibits of each National Historic District in
New Orleans and provides information on what to do and see in each neighborhood.
504-581-7032
Old U.S. Mint
Not presently open
Part of the Louisiana State Museum where exhibits focus on New Orleans
Jazz, Newcomb pottery, and the former U.S. Mint.
504-568-6968
National D-Day Museum
Re-opens January 7, 2006
Honors the
Veterans of World War II as well as citizens on the home front through
exhibits containing personal stories, photographs, artifacts, maps, letters,
reproductions, and other documents pertaining to this pivotal event in
history.
504-527-6012
Civil War Museum
Now open
Established
in 1891 this museum is the oldest in the State and was originally constructed
as a meeting place to convey Civil War stories and to preserve an assortment
of "homespun" artifacts. Now home to one of the largest
collections of Civil War artifacts in the nation, the exhibit contains
over 100 Confederate battle flags, a large array of uniforms, numerous
rare Louisiana made swords, personal items of Jefferson Davis, Robert
E Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard, and Franklin Gardner.
504-523-4522
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The
following venues offer a wide range of performing arts including
live theater, dance, and music. Please call the individual
theaters for their current and future schedules of events.
Contemporary Arts Center 504-523-1216
Mahalia Jackson Theater 504-565-7490
Southern
Rep Theater 504-522-6545
Little Theater 504-522-2081
Orphium Theater 504-524-3285
Municipal Auditorium 504-565-7470
New Orleans Opera Association 504-529-3000
Saenger Theater 504-524-2490
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Galleries
The City of New Orleans boasts an abundance of galleries with styles
that range from Traditional to Contemporary and encompass nearly every
medium imaginable. There are three main areas of town that provide
especially easy access to these venues:
The French Quarter
Most galleries can be found on Chartres and Royal Streets and some on intersecting streets within one block to the north or south.
The Warehouse/Arts District
Centered
primarily on Julia Street with some spilling over onto the intersecting
streets of Camp,
Saint Charles, Baronne and Carondelet.
Uptown on Magazine Street
Whether
you browse the funky antique shops on lower Magazine street or the elegant
fine art galleries farther Uptown you're in for a treat, but be sure
to take a private car or buy a day pass for the streetcar because these
shops are found in clusters that are spread out over a several
miles of the street.
Detailed
maps of these areas can be found on line and in the visitor's bureau
on Jackson Square.
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