I love the Ogden museum of southern art! I visit here all the time whenever I come to New Orleans. They are a decent size museum- not too small but not too big and overwhelming. Their focus on southern art is appreciated as it is clearly underrated. all the art labels are super informative and thoughtful and includes a silhouette of the state the artist is based in which is pretty cool.Barbara D came along with me to see the recent self taught artist exhibition and it is incredible!!! “100% must see!” We actually bought two catalogues on this subject before we left.A must visit locally conscious and critical experience 5 stars all the way! ️️️️️Also this location takes the AAM membership card for two

Great museum. First time in New Orleans and this was my first museum here and I like it. Will visit again.

Been many times now, never disappoints. incredible permanent collection & werld class traveling exhibits. would luv to have a bier or artisanal fancy fizz wit the curatorial staff, they must be killer cool. Basquiats have been here, nuff said.

Decent art museum. Not too pricey albeit somewhat small. Something to add to the day while also doing the other museums close by.

Loved the Entwined exhibit, wish there was a catalogue.

Thankful for this place. The Christianberry exhibit was very moving.

The ogden museum offered a lot of southern themes and broached some difficult topics. It was a lovely and eye opening experience. It took us a little less than an hour to see the whole thing.

Beautiful museum. Beautiful exhibits. They are well prepared for visitors with sanitation wipes and hand sanitatizer on each floor.

I really loved the collections and the staff there is friendly and kind. Definitely plan on visiting again in the next couple months.

Great place with a great national reputation. Certainly worth the trip.

This is a great museum. Its 5 stories tall. Louisiana residents can get in for free on Thursdays. Kids are allowed. Lots of different exhibitions to see. Wide range of different styles of art. Very talented artists. The museum itself is very beautiful. It is modern architecture. Very well kept and maintained. Very clean. There is a gift shop on the 1st floor. They frequently have music artists perform there as well.

What better way to spend an evening than listening to music while viewing world class art? Many exhibits are often worth a second viewing in the following days. Southern art is our culture and this museum provides rare glimpses into our lives.

Wonderful!!! Wonderful place to learn about fine historic art, but specifically art that is created by southern folk. Its pretty cool coming from a New Yorker. I went here to visit as I was in the area to celebrate New Years and indulge in some local culture. Staff was a little antisocial / not used to people who arent locals / maybe having an off day, but the collections featured were great to look at. As a photographer I really got a lot out of the William Christenberry exhibition. If youre in New Orleans I strongly recommended going here if youre an art person.

Hidden gem near the war museums. It has a nice collection of historical art and more contemporary art work and photography. Very clean and an awesome stop for art lovers.

Glad we have a museum for southern artists, beautiful art, I highly recommend going here.

5 floors of varying exhibits. All southern art or artists that runs far and wide from classic to contemporary. There was a small band live performance in the entrance while we were there. Seems like they have a lot of local supporters. Great for a rainy day in New Orleans.

I liked the experience. The art was beautiful. Definitely worth a trip into NOLA to see everything.

What a wonderful museum! So much beautiful art and great for young kids. Nice size, not too big or too small. Staff is great! Definitely will visit again!

A beautiful old building but a little small for a 250 guest wedding. It is a charming space and beautifully maintained. All old wood. Enjoyed our visit. Wedding here was beautiful but I would recommend no more than 150 guests in this space.

Nice little museum but not a whole lot to see for the price.

Many floors of contemporary local art.

We are glad that we chose this as our FIELD TRIP SITE! As the pics reveal, our GMCA Cadets really enjoyed themselves!This was our 1st VISIT to the museum, but surely NOT our last! Were looking forward to our NEXT VISIT! #NOLA4LIFE

Loved this museum. Varied selection of southern art.

Very small museum and I didn’t love most of the art on display. I thought $13 was overpriced. $5 would have been more appropriate for the 45 minutes I spent seeing all the artwork. Free would have warranted 4 stars to see some local southern artists - most of whom I never heard of before.

Really well curated museum around the theme of the south and southern art. The exhibits were very good, and the permanent collection is also interesting. The one thing I will critique is that it is quite small. Probably 1-2 hours is more than enough time to visit. However, it was really interesting to see a museum focused on southern art, and I would recommend it for a visit.

Nice exhibit of contemporary arts. Accessible access. Worth the visit. BTW, Civil War Museum is next door.

I love it so much that I went twice in 6 days!

Very peaceful. Amazing artwork.

Truly enjoyed my visit to this museum. If you go on Friday it is free for students. Take your time as you move through the rooms to feel the artists intentions for their work. #attitudeofgratitude

Ready for a pleasant break from the crowds? Go see the Ogden Museum of Southern Art! Wonderful exhibits and a beautiful gallery/building. Can’t recommend enough!

What a unique architecture John Ogden and Ken Barnes have chosen to save. Another treasure saved for New Orleans. Cant wait until its art is on display to come back.

Loved the collection and the exhibit. Icing on the cake for our unexpectedly terrific visit to New Orleans. Highly recommend for a look at the southern art over decades of 20th and 21 centuries

This museum was much more interesting than we were expecting. We had a tour guide for part of our time and spent a long time browsing on our own. It included some older traditional oil paintings by well known artists, but there were also interesting and unique newer pieces in various mediums that made important statements to the viewer. There was also a childrens art section, showing many childrens individual take on a theme. This museum also has evening jazz concerts in the foyer. We really enjoyed the Sabertooth Swing band inside on a rainy night. Drinks and place to dance were available. It was nice to hear the music in the concert rather than pub setting.

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed each level of the museum. The artist were well displayed and we particularly enjoyed the photographs as we are both photographers.

I enjoyed the exhibits and the staff was so friendly and made this an even more pleasurable experience.

Wonderful museum, we could have spent half a day or more there!

Fantastic collections. Well-curated and compact. Friendly staff. Highly recommended!

This is a wonderful museum for contemporary Southern art. I am continually wowed by the special exhibits. It is especially good to go on Thursday evenings when they have concerts by local musicians in the foyer. It is worth the special effort to view this collection.

Open, airy, inviting and beautiful

A really challenging art museum. Im glad they told me to start at the top because the current visionary art exhibit+the self-taught exhibit is a lot to take in and it was a relief to get to the more conventional stuff lower down. I never would have had the energy to engage going the other way. This museum was the highlight of my trip.

Nice clean it does have some good artwork but its kind of a small so trying on the days that its free so you dont waste $$

This small contemporary museum rivals any large citys collection. Spend two hours in a peaceful environment with cool art.

Certainly interesting! Rather melancholic but worth a visit!

Lovely space with excellent exhibits. Will surely be back next NOLA visit.

Great permanent collection and a fabulous exhibit on Christenberry alone was worth the trip.

Fun southern art experience! We had a great time, but didnt get to view an entire two floors because they kicked us out and closed up shop. Maybe next time!

My sister and I took advantage of the free admission for Louisiana residents (Thursdays until 5pm, courtesy of the Helis Foundation) and visited the Ogden - it was everything we expected and more! The friendly staff was proactive and knowledgeable! The William Chistenberry exhibit was beautiful - and, of course, we really enjoyed seeing our local artist in the Level Collective Exhibit (u may want to plan a few extra minutes to see/hear videos compiled of various stories about different peoples experiences of injustice in trying to maneuver our justice system). We really enjoyed the entire museum!Visiting NOMA next!

Beautiful reception space upstairs in Patrick Taylor Library

Very close to the WWII museum. One of my newest faves in town! I will visit here on my next stop in to NOLA. The staff--Sergio-- was so informative of all of my questions! Its ok if he werent educated on the artwork, his friendly and welcoming personality sealed the visit for me! That extra info was a bonus!

Such a great collection that highlights many aspects of life in the south over the years and present day. I was captivated by each room and couldnt wait to see more! For me, it was just the right amount of art without getting to be too much.

One of my favorite museums in town! Id estimate 1/3 permanent exhibits and 2/3 rotating. If youre there often enough, you might see some repetition in the rotating exhibits, but everything on their walls is good. Free for locals on Thursdays!

The art gallery is very nice. I went when there was an event so some exhibits were closed. My favorite thing about the museum was a rooftop. its very close to the world world II museum. Everyone was nice and helpful.

A historical Building with a modern interior, its evident from first impressions that staff take great pride in keeping the museum a stand out from all other Art Museums. A wide variety of Southern and French art meets weird oddities and everything else in between.Upside: Night concerts, elevators, air conditioned building, viewing exterior deck that over looks the WW2 Museum, gift shop affordableDownside: some parts were empty or bare (changing exhibit perhaps?)

I cane for a screening of Burning Cane, I will definitely be back to take a better look at the art.

Could not have been more pleased with the quality of the exhibits at this museum. Very wonderful way to spend a couple of hours. Not a very big museum by any means, but worth checking out!

I loved the Ogden. There was one issue in that after I paid the admission, I was told that the exhibit on one floor was removed (which makes for a quarter of the museum being gone). That was made up for the quality of the art competition exhibit on the top floor. It inspired me to go do my own set of photos around the city for a display at home.

This museum had so much to look at. Well worth the price of admission, and even my seven year old daughter loved it. Staff are all super helpful and friendly, too.

Had an amazing time at ben and Chelseas wedding

Stopped in but they said they close soon so we did not have time to go through it. Really wanted to. Bummer.

I came away a fan of several of the artists featured there. Well worth the trip.

Not really my kind of art. But it was good

I felt a little let down on the amount of displayed work in this five story building. Regrettably only two of these floors are viewable. The museum consists mostly of landscapes and the abstract with portraits and surrealism almost all works are from the 20th century.

The museum is decent but a little lackluster.If you are staying a while in NOLA, worth a pit stop but definitely not a top priority.Also - interestingly, the top floor that is for women artists only consists only of donated pieces by the artists, bar one piece the collection purchased - which happens to be the one male piece on the floor. Whats up with that?

Family day was great here. Very friendly staff.

This is a jewel of an art museum. It is small enough to see and mentally digest in one visit, yet interesting enough to draw you back.

Went for the love music Thursday night, cool vibe

Really great variety of artists and installations - I wasnt really sure what to expect, but it had everything from 19th century landscape painters to contemporary artists and some cool interactive installations.

The museum recognizes southern and local artist that helps enrich the arts and the appreciation of it just within the downtown district.Membership is also available to art lovers.

Disappointed. If you follow art...you will notice the artist level of the work is low. Also there isnt much art to see. There were some good pieces from unknown African American artists. A few of those were very interesting.

When the WW2 Museum is packed, and you realize youre a pacifist anyway, go to the Ogden Art Museum! Its very cool. Nice rooftop patio, good gift shop, only $13 for adults to get in.

I love art and museums. Hummmm this was a bit odd. There were 3 floors of art. Two were very interesting and the top floor was art that was so primative as to resemble a kindergarten classroom. The staff were pleasent and helpful. They could really use an audio tour or at least something about the paintings. Most were just titled. However its pretty rare to see Southern art and a couple of the larger pieces were extraordinary.

Great layout. Perfectly sized for part of a day trip. Wide range of artists & styles.

Flloors were closed off, there were two accessible floors. NOT worth the money.

Total letdown honestly. Im no art student, but the photography exhibit was very poor, none of the collections told any resemblance of a story, and I learned nothing about Southern art and culture, which I was really excited about. Some pieces were enjoyable, but would not go back or recommend. Go to the Jazz or Pharmacy Museums instead.

Take a glance, take a second look, walk out, walk in and look again, take as long as you need or feel inspired to

First off there is AC in August when the doorman opens the door and sweeps you in! Woosh! Ahhh! Its White Linen Night so free entry! (On Thursday, too, I think! You can double check before you go.) A DJ and a bar greet you in the multi story foyer! Beautiful art. Some of it, the Magnolia Mural by Courtney Egan is interactive! Secretly bring a small spritzer of magnolia fragrance, a pocket full of half a dozen electric votives to scatter around the perimeter of the room, some preselected favorite romantic music on the old cell, your favorite videographer buddy, and someone significant. Hold your hand high up in the air and ask them to dance, propose or get married! Its that kind of exhibit. 3rd floor back corner! Post your videos! Tag me!

Beautiful exhibits and intuitive layout leads to a touching educational experience.

A beautiful art museum bringing together lovely pieces of Louisiana creativity. We went on the Thursday Ogden After Hours to hear some live music and have some drinks. It was terrific; both romantic, and casual. Id recommend anyone to go.Plus if you check in on Yelp for the After Hours event, youll get in for free your first night!

Great collection

Small museum but some very nice art within

A gem of a museum with a wide assortment of in various mediums (painting, photography, video, textile, glass and more) nicely displayed and laid out. We spent two hours here and saw the collection at a leisurely pace, although we could have seen more.

My favorite exhibit was A PRECISE VISION: THE ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVAL WATERCOLORS OF JIM BLANCHARDCELEBRATING THE NEW ORLEANS TRICENTENNIAL. Check it out while its there (until August 19). The attention to detail is beautiful. This museum is really awesome, such beautiful works throughout.

Nice collection and a bit larger than it seems at entry. Easy walk from the St Charles Line.

A must see for visitors and locals!! The docents are so kind and informed. Breath taking!!

Some very incredible collections.

Ogden is a perfect sized museum. You can get through all the art in 1-2 hours and they feature great local southern artists with a rotating exhibit on the top floor.

Impressive collection of famous Southern artists. Beautifully curated and not so big that it takes all day. Plan to spend two hours; begin on the top floor work your way down. Best museum gift shop Ive seen in a long time. Local jewelry and pottery artists sell here. Buy something beautiful to remind you of your trip.

I had a great visit. There was a nice mix of contemporary and 20th Century work. The Ogden is a national caliber institution. I particularly enjoyed works from their permanent collection.

The museum is a great place to start on the west side of downtown NOLA. I went last year and a couple floors were closed for installation, but I liked seeing the Southern perspective in their collection.

For a small museum this place is packed with amazing art. The building felt like art itself and not just a place to house it. I was greeted warmly and the staff wasnt overbearing. I enjoyed my visit and will come again.

Came here with my sister for her birthday. Really enjoyed the exhibits. However, the layout of the museum is not ideal. Elevator is the slowest but only way to get to restrooms on the second floor. Every other floor is accessible by stairs. The museum was overrun by kids doing educational activities. Maybe should have gone on a different day.

Love taking in the art here! Ogden after hours is also so enjoyable and a great way to hear music and take in the displays

Terrific experience. Got to meet Jim Blanchard, artist whose paintings of historic house and grand buildings were incredible. Also had early portraits of Spanish settlers.

5 floors of amazing work!

Absolutely beautiful exhibits when I was here and the staff is really helpful. Nice and quiet and well-kept

Too hot but otherwise great museum!

Small, intimate, collection !! Great variety of genres.

Nice museum. Doesnt answer the question What is Southern art, but well curated and interesting stuff.

Beautiful place to check out and in the vicinity of other museums that you can visit as well.

Excellent museum. Really beautiful paintings!