French-Language Tour of the French Quarter Galleries
Learn about the history and culture of New Orleans’s oldest neighborhood in this French-language tour of our French Quarter Galleries.
Explore our French Quarter Galleries on a one-hour guided tour in French, featuring historic objects and images that span over 300 years of Vieux Carré history. Discover the city’s francophone heritage through colonial maps, literary works, and paintings, and hear stories about the diverse communities that have shaped New Orleans. Whether you’re visiting from a francophone country or just looking to brush up your French, this is a great way to learn about one of America’s most iconic neighborhoods. Available Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Visite guidée des Galeries du Quartier français
Participez à une visite guidée en français et découvrez des objets et des images historiques retraçant plus de 300 ans d’histoire du Vieux Carré. Cette visite d’une heure présente les diverses communautés qui ont façonné la Nouvelle-Orléans tout en explorant le patrimoine francophone de la ville à travers des cartes coloniales, des œuvres littéraires et des peintures. Que vous veniez d’un pays francophone ou que vous souhaitiez rafraîchir votre français, c’est une excellente introduction à l’un des quartiers les plus emblématiques des États-Unis. Chaque samedi à 14:00h.
Tour Details
Available Saturdays at 2 p.m.
Duration: One hour
Location: 520 Royal Street
$15 general admission
Free for HNOC members and children 17 and under.
Advance registration is encouraged. Reservations available 60 days in advance.
HNOC members: Your HNOC member discount will automatically apply after adding tickets to your cart and logging in.
Plan Your Visit
Hours & Location
520 Royal Street
Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m
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Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Admission
Admission is free but tickets are required. Stop by the front desk or reserve tickets online. Ticket includes admission to all exhibitions and regular daily programs.
Contact Us
Museum: (504) 523-4662
Email: info@hnoc.orgOpens in new tab
Tours & Daily Programs
Get more out of your museum visit with a guided tour, Shortcut Talk, or daily program.
Related Exhibitions
Related Stories
In Rolland Golden’s Sketchbook, a Changing, Timeless French Quarter
The New Orleans artist’s midcentury sketches of the Vieux Carré form a charming time capsule, showing how much has changed—and how much has stayed the same.
The French Quarter That Made Cosimo Matassa
Before his recording studio changed the course of American popular music, Cosimo Matassa grew up in a teeming French Quarter community that no longer exists.
Related Collection Highlights
Historic Maps from “Cartographic Legacies”
Maps are more than visual representations of landscapes and geographic features; they’re also storytellers.
Ursuline Music Manuscript
This nearly-300-year-old songbook is the oldest known music manuscript in Louisiana history.
Related Books
Garden Legacy
by Mary Louise Mossy Christovich and Roulhac Bunkley Toledano
with a foreword by S. Frederick Starr
Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere
by Richard Sexton
with essays by Jay D. Edwards and John H. Lawrence
French Baroque Music of New Orleans
edited by Alfred E. Lemmon
with essays in English by Jennifer Gipson, Andrew Justice, Alfred E. Lemmon, and Mark McKnight, and in French by Jean Duron
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