Country Roads Magazine: HNOC’s 2026 Antiques Forum Explores the Gulf South’s Objects, Rituals, and Traditions

“For the Historic New Orleans Collection, the forum is about much more than examining the material culture of artifacts and religious traditions; it is an intersection between the past and the present, and a reminder of the generations of beliefs, rituals, and craftsmanship that have helped shaped the soul of the Gulf South and the city that New Orleans is today.‘What’s great about antiques is that anybody can own something historic and anybody can own a piece of the past,’ said Duggan. ‘There is history in your backyard, in your community.’”