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*NOMA* New Orleans Museum of Art K–12 Visits and Field Trips

NOMA

    • Free
    • For Teachers and Families
    • art

  • 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park , New Olreans, Louisiana, 70124

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Guided Visits

Tours led by NOMA’s docents spark creativity and offer opportunities for in-depth examination of the museum’s permanent collection and/or the special exhibition on view. See current or upcoming exhibitions at the New Orleans Museum of Art to help plan your visit. Tours are interactive and conversational. Please submit your reservation request at least two weeks in advance. Reservations fill up quickly, and it is highly recommended to have a few dates in mind for your student visit. 

Please let us know on your request form what your students are working on in the classroom or any special interests your group may have. Special request tours can be designed with one-month notice. NOMA will make every effort to accommodate your group’s request if possible.

Guided Visit Themes

Each tour option is adaptable for students of all grade levels and abilities. 

  • Museum Highlights: An overview of the museum’s comprehensive collection from European paintings and decorative arts to modern and African art. Explore art history with a museum highlights tour. 

  • Special Exhibition: An overview of the special exhibition on view with a museum docent. See current or upcoming exhibitions at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

  • Museum Highlights and Special Exhibition: A combination of the museum’s permanent collection featuring over 5,000 years of art and history and the special exhibition on view.

Docent training for tours is supported in part by Laitram. 

Self-Guided Visits

Groups are welcome to explore NOMA’s collection independently or with their own lecturer. To request a self-guided visit please complete the request form with at least one week’s notice. Reservations are limited by capacity; it is strongly encouraged to submit your request at least two weeks in advance. Self-guided visits are perfect for groups to make connections with their own curriculums and move at their own pace through special exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. 

Self-guided visits are only available during NOMA’s public hours. 

Group Size

Any group larger than 60 people will be required to split into smaller groups rotating between NOMA’s galleries and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.  

Still have questions? Contact us at grouptours@noma.org or 504.658.4149.

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New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), the city’s oldest fine arts institution, opened on December 16, 1911 with only nine works of art. Today, the museum hosts an impressive permanent collection of more than 40,000 objects. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths in French and American art, photography, glass, and African and Japanese works, continues to expand and grow, making NOMA one of the top art museums in the South. The twelve-acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at NOMA is one of the most important sculpture installations in the United States, with over 90 sculptures situated on a beautifully landscaped site among meandering footpaths, reflecting lagoons, Spanish moss-laden 200-year-old live oaks, mature pines, magnolias, camellias, and pedestrian bridges.
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