“Making it Home” Community Day
Tricentennial Wing
520 Royal Street
Free and open to the public, no registration required
Community members of all ages are invited to celebrate the opening of HNOC’s new exhibition Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans, with a day of family-friendly activities exploring Vietnamese migration to the Crescent City. Admission is free and open to the public and no registration is required.
- 10:30 a.m. - Story Time
- 11:00 a.m. - Organ demonstration
- 11:30 a.m. - YALA presents Zohar and the Free Spirit Stilt Walkers
- 12:30 p.m. - Making It Home gallery talk
- 1:30 p.m. - Story Time
- 1:45 p.m. - NOLA Nite Market presents Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team
The Shop at the Collection will have items featuring traditional Vietnamese iconography, local art created by Vietnamese makers, and a pop-up “vending machine” with mini prints depicting Vietnamese cultural elements.
The Caféwill feature menu items from Dough Nguyener’s throughout the month of April, including specials made with groceries from Veggi Farmers Cooperative in New Orleans East, a Vietnamese-run farm.
Related Content & Programs
Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans
Elders of the Vietnamese community describe their journey to a new country 50 years ago.
2025 Student Writing Contest: “Making It Home”
Students respond to themes inspired by HNOC’s exhibition Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Viet Chronicle
An oral history project that documents New Orleans’s Vietnamese American community, which continues to profoundly influence the city and its culture.
‘We Survived’: A Secret Escape From Vietnam
Coproduced with New Orleans Public Radio, WWNO 89.9 FM, listen to HNOC's New Orleans Life Story project interview with Kiem Do, former Deputy Chief of Staff for the Republic of Vietnam Navy, who led a massive—and secret—evacuation effort to bring members of the navy and their families to safety.
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