A product of New Orleans, Simmons sweated his way to spotlight.
Explore interesting connections hidden in the painter's portraits of the wealthy elite in Spanish New Orleans.
Before stereos and Spotify were commonplace, much of people’s musical lives happened at home. Music boxes, soirées musicales, and more in this survey of homemade music before the broadcast era.
In a substantial new acquisition, the archive of artist Bunny Matthews comes to The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Wondering why Baton Rouge's Old State Capitol is a castle? It's because of the Gothic Revival craze that took Louisiana by storm.
Is there any instrument more American than the banjo? In art, music, and even clocks, the legacy of the banjo abides.
The singular showgirl left behind a trove of furnishings and memorabilia, and THNOC has acquired a select group to preserve this spicy slice of French Quarter history.
Two THNOC staffers share their work to rehouse the fragile glass-disc masters of 1940s jazz recordings produced by Bill Russell.
Music educators are working to ensure that New Orleans’s marching band tradition continues for generations to come.
The Historic New Orleans Collection is your destination for all things Carnival in 2023!
