In the first part of THNOC's "Coming to New Orleans" series, curatorial cataloger Emily Perkins puts immigration to New Orleans in the context of American history.
Two student scholars find answers—and questions—in their search for records of Black craftspeople in New Orleans.
Would Sylvanie Williams be proud of the state of women's rights in our country today? Read the moving responses of ten students, winners of the THNOC's 2023 student essay contest.
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.
These images shed light on the lives of three Irish brothers who helped shape turn-of-the-century New Orleans.
Music educators are working to ensure that New Orleans’s marching band tradition continues for generations to come.
An enslaved woman named Sally Miller went to the Louisiana Supreme Court to sue for her freedom. She won, then she was forgotten.
