HNOC is excited to present a rare solo recital featuring visiting scholar and organist Dr. Joyce Wei-Jo Chen, who will perform on HNOC’s restored Aeolian residence organ located in the Barbara S. Beckman Music Room at 520 Royal Street. Dr. Chen will perform works by French composers—including François Couperin, Louis Vierne, and others—that showcase the …
Join us at the Shop at the Collection for a book signing with Betsy Golden Kellem, author of Jumping Through Hoops: Performing Gender in the 19th Century Circus. Kellem’s book explores the unusual performing women of the nineteenth century—wire-walkers, bearded ladies, strongwomen, conjoined twins, and more—and how these extraordinary outliers used their variable bodies to shape …
Join the Historic New Orleans Collection at the Shop at the Collection for a book signing with Howard Philips Smith, author of George Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans. This new publication from University Press of Mississippi features a forward by HNOC President and CEO Daniel Hammer, and is based on research made …
In celebration of Earth Day, join us at the Shop at the Collection for a book signing with Ben Depp, author of Tide Lines: A Photographic Record of Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast. The book explores the beauty and fragility of Louisiana’s endangered wetlands through Depp’s breathtaking aerial photography, as featured in HNOC’s current exhibition Edge of Tomorrow: Aerial …
Community members of all ages are invited to join us for a day of fun and exploration, in celebration of HNOC’s new exhibition “Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans.” Join us for a family-friendly day including story time, live performances, and tours of the new exhibition, which tells the story of Vietnamese migration …
