New Orleans Mosaic
Get to know New Orleans’s oldest neighborhood in this 35-minute tour of HNOC’s French Quarter Galleries.
Join us for a 35-minute guided tour of our French Quarter Galleries, featuring historic objects and images from that explore more than 300 years of French Quarter history. From fascinating stories about immigrant communities, artists, and musicians, to explorations of the complex legacies of slavery and civil rights activism, this tour is a great way to learn about one of America’s most iconic neighborhoods.
Tour Details
Available Friday–Sunday, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes
Location: 520 Royal Street
$15 general admission, free for HNOC members and children 17 and under.
Advance registration is encouraged. Reservations are available 60 days in advance.
This tour is available in French upon advance request. To reserve, contact tours@hnoc.org.
For groups larger than 10, book the Group Experiences version of this tour or contact tours@hnoc.org.
HNOC members: Your HNOC member discount will automatically apply after adding tickets to your cart and logging in.
Plan Your Visit
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 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.
Museum: (504) 523-4662
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Tours & Daily Programs
Get more out of your museum visit with a guided tour, Shortcut Talk, or daily program.
Shortcut Talks
Enjoy free, daily talks that explore Gulf South history and culture through the lens of our exhibitions.
Group Experiences
Discover the rich history and culture of New Orleans with a private group outing from the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Related Exhibitions
Related Stories
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.
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.
Related Collection Highlights
Fortier Embroidery Sampler
A 200-year-old piece of needlework by a young student at the Ursuline Convent sheds light on the lives of Catholic Creole girls in early 19th-century Louisiana.
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
Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735–1835
by Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot, and Cybèle T. Gontar, with Brian J. Costello and Francis J. Puig
edited by Jessica Dorman and Sarah R. Doerries
Creole World: Photographs of New Orleans and the Latin Caribbean Sphere
by Richard Sexton
with essays by Jay D. Edwards and John H. Lawrence
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