Event Series Fall Docent Training

Fall Docent Training Help Visitors to "See the South"

An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to See the South. Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations of...

Event Series Baby Artsplay!

Baby Artsplay!

Young Audiences Baby Artsplay! Presented by The Helis Foundation is the perfect opportunity for young children and their caregivers to enjoy an educational, yet fun-filled trip to the Museum. Six 30-minute workshops allow children to explore, observe and investigate their world through song, dance and movement experiences. For ages 4 months to 3 years with...

Teacher Night At Ogden After Hours

This FREE evening for area educators will include a guided tour and art activity, plus lesson plans, resources and ideas to help incorporate works of art into your curriculum. Did you know the Ogden Museum is always FREE to Orleans and Jefferson Parish Public Schools and is FREE to Louisiana residents on Thursdays? Teacher Night is...

Mike Doussan at Ogden After Hours

New Orleans native Mike Doussan started playing in clubs around New Orleans in 2004 as a sit in musician. He quickly became a regular at The Apple Barrel playing blues with Mike Hood and the Frenchmen St. Delegation, at Banks St. Bar playing funk with New Orleans Juice and anywhere Eric Lindell was taking stage with...

Doris Ulmann Gallery Talk

Join us for a gallery talk on the Doris Ulmann: From the Highlands to the Lowlands exhibition with Joshua Mann Pailet, Founder/President of A Gallery for Fine Photography in New Orleans and Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Image Credit: Doris Ulmann, Boys with Squash (detail), 1928, Platinum-Palladium Print,...

Event Series Fall Docent Training

Fall Docent Training Help Visitors to "See the South"

An Ogden Museum of Southern Art Docent is a volunteer who leads tours, helping visitors to See the South. Prospective docents should have an interest in art and Southern culture and a desire to interact with adults and children. The training process will cover museum techniques and education strategies for engaging visitors in meaningful explorations of...

Joe Lastie’s New Orleans Sound at Ogden After Hours

Master drummer Joe Lastie, Jr., spent 27 years on the road with Preservation Hall Jazz Band and is a member of the Preservation Hall Foundation, which is dedicated to the education of music and outreach at schools all over the world. Lastie is a member of one of New Orleans’ beloved musical families, the Lasties,...

Museum Day 2018

Museum day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. The Museum Day ticket provides free admission for two people on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 and is available on their website. This year, Museum Day...

Docent-Led Tour

A Docent-led tour is available today at 2 p.m. and is free with regular Museum admission.