The Museumgoer podcast

On view at the Cabildo in New Orleans through September 28, 2025, this exhibition collects more than 50 paintings, only a few of which feature the bright-blue, yellow-eyed apparition that by popular demand became artist George Rodrigue’s heraldic hound.

This podcast interview with curator and historian Joyce Miller is accompanied by photos on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

A visit to the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience for interviews with Kenneth Hoffman, executive director,

Photos accompanying the interviews are on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

On view at the Cabildo until May 2026, "Botanica" connects the grown world to the communities who sow, reap, etc. -- from indigenous peoples to colonizers and their descendants to the enslaved and theirs. Listen to an in-gallery interview with co-curator Rachel Breunlin, then visit themuseumgoer.com to see images that accompany the talk.

December 1 is Museum Store Sunday, and more than 2,000 shops around the world participate. Many offer discounts and in-store events while collectively raising the profile of these unique outlets for art, garments, toys, books, and the occasional shot glass. In this episode of the Museumgoer Podcast, four New Orleans museum-store managers talk about their work.

Visit the blog at themuseumgoer.com to see images of some of the items discussed in the podcast.

The singular vision of its creator, Claus Sadlier, the New Orleans Storyville Museum provides visitors an overview of the city's infamous red-light district at the turn of the 20th century. This episode of the Museumgoer Podcast enters the museum, located just a few steps from the district's historical footprint, for a walk-and-talk with Sadlier.

For images that accompany the talk, visit the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

A marquee object in the Historic New Orleans Collection exhibit "A Vanishing Bounty: Louisiana’s Coastal Environment and Culture" is a rare second edition of John James Audubon’s double-elephant folio The Birds of

In this episode of The Museumgoer Podcast, HNOC staffers discuss the folio and its accompanying interactive display. "A Vanishing Bounty" is one of the museum exhibits recommended to Taylor Swift and her fans, who will be coming to New Orleans in the coming days for a series of concerts at Caesars Superdome. Links to other recommendations are on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

The patrol torpedo boat was built in New Orleans in 1943 at the Higgins Industries City Park plant. Tested on Lake Pontchartrain, it saw combat in the Mediterranean (notching three “kills” on enemy vessels) and was

It was acquired by the National WWII Museum and returned to New Orleans for restoration to fighting trim in 2007. More than 200 volunteers donated more than 120,000 hours of labor for the task. In November 2016, PT-305 left the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion and was transported through the streets of the Warehouse District to the Mississippi River and ultimately to a

It was recently returned to Kushner where it's now on view. This episode is a conversation with the museum's Curator and Restoration Manager, Cory Graff, who oversaw the boat's re-restoration.

Photos and more on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

A podcast interview with Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts & Design and co-organizer of the exhibit “Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New

Follow along with some key images on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

Part two of a two-part podcast exploring a couple of museum offerings as New Orleans creeps toward peak bleak, or Halloween season. Thanks to Owen Ever and Grace Kennedy for this conversation about the Pharmacy Museum's "Spirited Salon" events coming in October.

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Part one of a two-part podcast exploring how a couple of French Quarter Museum Association institutions are addressing the city's creep toward peak bleak, Halloween season. This is a conversation with Peter Dandridge of Gallier House, who discusses a special tour running through November 11.

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