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Historic New Orleans Collection Announces $35 Million Project to Reimagine Original Royal Street Campus

October 29, 2026
The transformative project will restore seven buildings and five courtyards anchored at 533 Royal Street.
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533 Royal St. Renovation

Renovation Report: Repointing the Masonry of HNOC’s Historic Buildings

October 16, 2026
Curator Lydia Blackmore provides a behind-the-scenes dispatch from the renovation of our 533 Royal Street campus.
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533 Royal St. Renovation

Renovation Report: Archaeological Finds from HNOC’s 714 Toulouse Street Courtyard

October 16, 2026
Curator Lydia Blackmore shares details about about artifacts found during the renovation of our 533 Royal Street campus.
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Letter from the President: 533 Royal Renovation and Closure

December 1, 2022
Read a letter from Daniel Hammer, HNOC President and CEO, about the 533 Royal Street renovation project.
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A rendering of the Engagement Gallery at HNOC's 533 Royal Street museum campus, showing interactive displays and high ceilings with historic beams.

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