New Orleans African American Museum 

Past Events

• Listen Up!: The Lives of Quincy Jones (PG-13) (Special Screenings)

  • Tue., Feb. 19 2013

• "Bambara: From Africa to New Orleans, From the Gambia River to the Mississippi" (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Sundays. Continues through Dec. 29 2012

• "The Labat Project," oral history and family archives exploring Creole culture of coastal Mississippi by Lori K. Gordon (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Dec. 26 2012

• Our Latin Thing (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Mon., Dec. 17 2012

• "The Labat Project," oral history and family archives exploring Creole culture of coastal Mississippi by Lori K. Gordon, through Dec. 26. Opening reception 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Opening)

  • Sat., Dec. 15 2012

• Christmas in Treme (Events)

  • Fri., Dec. 14 2012

• Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Forgotten Soul of the 1960s and 70s (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Mon., Dec. 10 2012

• The Gospel According to Al Green (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Mon., Dec. 3 2012

• Members Pick

  "The Power of Art as Healing," paintings by Richard C. Thomas (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Sept. 29 2012

• Members Pick

  "The Power of Art as Healing," paintings by Richard C. Thomas, through Sept. 29. Opening reception 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Opening)

  • Sat., Sept. 8 2012

• Works by Lorraine O'Grady for Prospect.2 (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Jan. 29 2012

• Rumours of War (Theater)

  • Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Oct. 30 2011

• "Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans," illustrations, photographs and maps of Congo Square from a book by Freddi Evans (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Oct. 29 2011

• "Restore the Oaks: Art Under the Overpass in Treme," paintings by artists of the murals under the 1-10 overpass (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Oct. 29 2011

• "Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom," 18th- and 19th-century documents and artifacts about slavery from the Derrick Beard Collection (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Oct. 29 2011

• "Gaillarde Land: The Art of Akinlanam," paintings, sculpture and mixed-media installations by Marcus Akinlana (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Oct. 15 2011

• Catherine Brown Memorial Lecture Community Workshop (Events)

  • Sat., Sept. 17 2011

• Mississippi Damned (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Fri., Sept. 16 2011

• One Book One New Orleans Kickoff Party (Events)

  • Wed., Sept. 7 2011

• "Dancing String Bean," paintings and drawings by Eugene Martin (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Aug. 27 2011

• "A Gumbo of Colors: Works by New Orleans Quilt Artists" (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Aug. 27 2011

• "A Gumbo of Colors: Works by New Orleans Quilt Artists," through Aug. 27. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 30. (Opening)

  • Sat., July 30 2011

• "Dancing String Bean," paintings and drawings by Eugene Martin (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through May 28 2011
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• "Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom," 18th- and 19th-century documents and artifacts about slavery from the Derrick Beard Collection, through May 28. (Museums)

• "The American Dream," the National Conference of Artists' Martin Luther King Jr. art exhibition honoring Dr. Margaret Burroughs (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through April 30 2011

• "Photography as a Healing Art," photographs by Jim Belfon, through April 2. (Museums)

• "The American Dream," the National Conference of Artists' Martin Luther King Jr. art exhibition honoring Dr. Margaret Burroughs, through March 26. (Museums)

• Baby Doll Ladies Centennial Kickoff Gala (Events)

  • Sat., Feb. 26 2011

• "Zululand," an exhibition of Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club posters, 1990-present (Museums)

  • Wednesdays-Saturdays. Continues through Jan. 29 2011

• "Zululand," an exhibition of Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club posters, 1990-present, through Jan. 29. Opening reception 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 8. (Opening)

  • Sat., Jan. 8 2011

• "Sumpt'n to See, Native Son Comes Home," paintings by Ted Ellis; "Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom," a collection of artifacts by Derrick Joshua Beard; both through November. (Museums)