Explore our content

Architecture & Urban Development Black History & Culture Slavery & Its Legacies Environment & Ecology Local Life & Culture Government, Policy, & Politics War & Military Conflict New Orleans Arts & Media Commerce & Trade Gulf South Identities

Topic

New Orleans Arts & Media

Filter

Bunny Matthews painting the set of Da Vic and Nat’ly Show, April 1985, photograph by Andrew Boyd.

HNOC in the News

WWNO’s “The Reading Life” Features Authors of HNOC’s Upcoming Bunny Matthews Book

August 27, 2026

Host Susan Larson interviews authors Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand about the legendary artist and their book “Bunny Mathews: His Life, Art, and Obsessions.”

Image of a fantastic creature with bat wings, a fly-like face, and pointed devil tail flying over a stylized skyline of New Orleans. Visible are the Superdome, St. Louis Cathedral, skyscrapers, the Mississippi River and bridges, and vessels on the river.

Events

Performing the Devil’s Music: Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band

October 23, 2026, 5–7 p.m.

Break out your devil horns and don your dancing shoes for Courtyard Sessions, featuring Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band.

Learn More

A black and white double exposure image featuring a landscape with trees and a person standing on a path, pointing. The overlay includes a classical building with columns. Moss hangs from the trees, creating an atmospheric effect.

HNOC in the News

Country Roads Magazine Examines the Clarence John Laughlin Archive at HNOC

August 26, 2026

The article explores the surrealist photographer’s archive as viewed as an architectural survey of the Gothic south.

A musician plays an Aeolian Organ at the Historic New Orleans Collection.

HNOC in the News

WVUE Feature Explores HNOC’s Restored Aeolian Pipe Organ

August 25, 2026

In its “Heart of Louisiana” segment, Fox 8’s Dave McNamara examines what makes the cutting-edge piece of 1920s technology so special.

Pen and ink drawing of three adult egrets hovering over a nest of young egrets. The nest and adults are standing on a bed of broken limbs and branches. The word "Egrets" is formed from broken branches.

Collection highlights

Louisiana Alphabet

Lexical illustrations from the godfather of the Historic New Orleans Collection

Learn More

Colored copperplate engraved view of the burning of Cap Français on August 23, 1791, during the Haitian Revolution. Buildings are burning in the background beyond a body of water filled with ships. In the foreground soldiers run towards a village, a few have already fallen.

Events

Remaking Revolution: History in Popular Culture

October 10, 2026, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

In this mini symposium, explore how film, music, video games, and media continually reshape our modern understanding of revolutionary ideas.

Learn More

HNOC in the News

New Orleans CityBusiness: Historic New Orleans Collection Opens Bunny Matthews Retrospective

August 6, 2026

The exhibition “Bunny Matthews: His Art, Life, and Obsessions” and its companion book will debut on September 18, 2026.

HNOC Manger of Programs Amy Williams speaks on Fox 8 New Orleans.

HNOC in the News

WVUE: HNOC Presents 18th Annual New Orleans Antiques Forum this Weekend

August 5, 2026

Manager of Programs Amy Williams explores the objects and themes featured at this year’s forum, taking place August 7–9.

Three people sit at a panel discussion. The man closest to the camera wears a cap and glasses, smiling while speaking. The middle person is smiling and wearing glasses. Nameplates in front of them read Levi Frazier, Jr. and Kerstin Schmidt.

HNOC in the News

Afar Media: HNOC’s Williams Research Center Named as New Orleans Literary Destination

July 30, 2026

HNOC’s partnership with the annual Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival received a top mention.

1 2

...