Explore the breathtaking New Orleans Museum of Art and its five-acre Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden — 90 works by Rodin, Miró, and Bourgeois set among ancient oaks and reflecting lagoons — guided privately by a museum curator. A world-class cultural encounter in a setting of rare beauty.
What to expect
Your private curator meets you at NOMA's grand Beaux-Arts portico and leads you through the museum's crown jewels — the extraordinary French and American decorative arts collection, Fabergé treasures, and a world-class photography archive. Then the garden: beneath a canopy of 300-year-old live oaks draped in Spanish moss, monumental sculptures by Rodin, Henry Moore, and Louise Bourgeois are reflected in still lagoons. The pace is entirely yours — linger before a Rodin bronze, photograph the moss-veiled oaks, or simply sit and absorb one of the most serene outdoor spaces in the American South.
Good to know
City Park is approximately 15 minutes from the cruise terminal by taxi or rideshare. Private curator tours should be arranged directly with NOMA's events team well in advance. The Sculpture Garden is always free and open to the public — a worthy standalone visit even without the museum.