THNOC's Aeolian organ harkens back to a decadent era in musical history.
A product of New Orleans, Simmons sweated his way to spotlight.
The second part of the "Coming to New Orleans" series explores immigration to the Crescent City during the 19th century.
Explore interesting connections hidden in the painter's portraits of the wealthy elite in Spanish New Orleans.
Four locations where significant events took place during a century of women’s activism in 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.
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.
