The Museumgoer podcast

A visit with Ross Patterson, curator of the exhibit "On American Shores," on view at the National WWII Museum through January 11, 2026. Images accompanying the conversation are on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

Staged at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the exhibit is on view through September 21, 2025. Our guides are co-curators Uyen Dinh and Selina McKane. Images that accompany the conversation are on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

A conversation with Amanda M. Maples, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. "New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations" is on view through August 10, 2025. The exhibit, which will tour several American and African locations once its NOMA run concludes, is a model of cross-continental collaboration. Organized by NOMA a...

Marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the new Historic New Orleans Collection exhibit "Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans," on view through October 5, tells the half-century history of the local Vietnamese community. Interview subjects are Mark Cave, senior historian and the exhibit's curator, and Candy Ellison, who designed the exhibit's interactive elemen...

The traveling exhibition is on view at the free Newcomb Art Museum on the Tulane University campus through June 20, 2025. This episode features interviews with curator Laurie Ann Farrell and Maurita Poole, executive director of the Newcomb Art Museum. Images accompanying the conversation can be found on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

An in-gallery interview with artist and educator Keith Duncan and Bradley Sumrall, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art's curator of the collection. The topic is the new exhibition "Battle of the Bands," capturing, in paint and fabric, heroically stylized performers from 15 Historically Black College and University marching bands. Images accompanying the podcast are on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

A visit to the New Orleans Jazz Museum with David Kunian, music curator. The first exhibit covers Louis Armstrong's youth in and later visits to his hometown. The second exhibit offers an overview of Louisiana's blues styles and purveyors. Images to accompany the conversation are on the blog at themuseumgoer.com

A podcast visit to the National WWII Museum exhibit "Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II" with Cory Graff, museum curator and restoration manager. Images accompanying the podcast can be found on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

A conversation with Joyce A. Miller, Louisiana State Museum historian and the curator of "Billy Cannon: They Called Him Legend," now on view at the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge. Accompanying images on the blog at themuseumgoer.com.

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, about the new Southern Jewish Family Research Center, and Michael Jacobs, MSJE’s collections & exhibits curator, about the new exhibit “Greetings from Main Street – Southern Jewish Postcards from Our Collection.” Photos accompanying the interviews are on the blog at themuseumgoer.co...

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 t...

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...

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 America. 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 recommen...

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 shipped back to the United States to prepare for the invasion of Japan. V-J Day led to its decommissioning. Sold as surplus for $10 in 1948, the boat entered postwar service as a New Yo...

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 Orleans Museum of Art,” on view through February 10, 2025. 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. Learn more and subscribe to a free newsletter at themuseumgoer.com.

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. Learn more and subscribe to a free newsletter at themuseumgoer.com.

A Museumgoer Podcast interview with Eric Seiferth, co-curator of an exhibition at the Historic New Orleans Collection on view through January 19, 2025.

A podcast interview with Liz Williams and Isabella Bentz of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB) about the exhibit “The Natural Port: A Look at New Orleans Coffee Culture,” on view through October 28, 2024. The conversation includes the history of the coffee trade in New Orleans, a major coffee port since the 18th century. The exhibition, as well as its great digital offshoot on the Bloom...