Celebrate Carnival with HNOC

For as long as dogs have been domesticated, there have been dog lovers. The evidence runs throughout HNOC’s holdings.

Every year, New Orleans kicks off Carnival season with a parade in honor of Joan of Arc. But what is her historical connection to Louisiana?

Disney Imagineers visited HNOC to research a new attraction based on The Princess and the Frog, set to open summer 2024.

South Louisiana is full of references to the Roman Empire.

Music educators are working to ensure that New Orleans’s marching band tradition continues for generations to come.

HNOC introduces a guide to preserving and displaying Black Masking Indian suits.

Eight Mardi Gras fashion designs inspired by history, pop culture, and even architecture

Bruce Sunpie Barnes, big chief of the North Side Skull and Bone Gang, describes a Mardi Gras Black masking tradition.

The debutante circuit was once the province of whites only, until Black New Orleanians found their own way to hold court.