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The Norton’s permanent collection is quite extensive, including the works of over 100 artists... from Renaissance Old Masters, to modernist iconoclasts and contemporary neo-realists.
In addition, our museum possesses hundreds of sculptures ranging from miniatures and maquettes to life-size pieces in media including bronze, silver, marble, and wood.
Among the oldest works in the Norton are pieces from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Persia and six tapestries dating from the 16th century which once graced the palace of a King of France.
Decorative arts are also featured throughout the museum, including works in porcelain, pressed and blown glass, and 18th - 19th century silver.
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and Enjoy the Fusion of Art and Nature
Botanical Gardens Hours: Wednesday - Sunday from sunrise to sunset
No photography or videography, private or commercial, is allowed inside the museum or on the grounds.
Weddings and private events are NOT allowed on the property.
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🌙 New Orleans in Art • Artist Highlight 🌙
“Heron, Prince, & Maiden” by Eli Pillaert
New Orleans, Louisiana
Instagram • @eli.pillaert
Website • www.elipillaert.com
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About the Artist: Eli Pillaert is a New Orleans-based multimedia artist whose work embraces revelry as a means of resilience in the face of environmental and political uncertainty. A graduate of Tulane University (BFA, 2020), she specializes in community-engaged public art, immersive oil paintings, ceramics, and textiles.
Pillaert’s work draws from memory, lived experience, and photography to create fantastical narratives that blur the line between reality and dream. Through vibrant, immersive storytelling, she transforms chaotic, vulnerable, and fleeting moments into lasting visual celebrations. Her practice serves as both a personal and communal act of preservation, fostering hope for a livable, flourishing future in the ever-changing landscape of the Gulf South.
About the Piece: Gallivanting through the brush, mud, and trees alongside the lantern parade, Paige, Emory and I were tied together by the last minute string of lights. We laughed, spun, and danced like children. Each costume lovingly handmade, I adorned my closest friends with care and the parade shed us of restraint and responsibility.
NEVER regretti, eating the spaghetti 🍝 Happy #NationalPastaDay! Where is your favorite pasta place in town?
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Shown: “Flower Girl” by Charles Cromwell Ingham (c. 1846)
🦋 New Orleans in Art • Artist Highlight 🦋
“The Crescent Wilds” by Natalie Armstrong
West Monroe, Louisiana
Instagram • @fifigicollageart
Facebook • ¡Fifi Gi¡ Storied Collage Art
Website • www.fifigicollageart.com
Portfolio • https://fifigicollageart.myportfolio.com/
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About the Artist: Natalie Armstrong is a self-taught mixed media and collage artist based in North Louisiana. Her work explores the layered contradictions of femininity through playful, female-driven narratives rooted in nostalgia, maximalism, and Southern storytelling. Drawing from personal memory, vintage ephemera, and influences like Louis Icart and Clementine Hunter, she blends digital and analog techniques to create richly layered compositions filled with both romance and grit. Her art practice, !Fifi Gi! Storied Collage Art, is named after her daughters and serves as a celebration of complexity, softness, and unapologetic storytelling.
About the Piece: The Crescent Wilds is a mixed media collage series that channels the atmospheric magic of New Orleans and the feral beauty of the bayou. Set within weathered shutters and built through layers of analog and digital media, each piece drifts between folklore and dream. Floating shotgun houses, mermaids, and winged alligators emerge as mythic symbols of transformation, resilience, and reverence. This series is Armstrong`s love letter to the South’s dreamy, haunted beauty—rooted in place, yet drifting somewhere just beyond reality. It is both visual fable and poetic altar, honoring a region where memory, magic, and mystery bloom wild.
Still not sure what your costume will be for Halloween this year?🧟♂️
Just take a walk around our galleries to find your next inspiration.
⚜ New Orleans in Art • Artist Highlight ⚜
“Pirate’s Alley” by Kelly Rangel
Shreveport, Louisiana
🌟 From the Archives 🌟
Jewelry that included human hair dates to the seventeenth century when it was created as a remembrance of both a loved one and mortality. Because hair does not decay, it was a way to immortalize loved ones back in the day. These objects were emblems of love that acted as personal records of family and friends, both living and deceased.
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🎨 "Annette" by Artist Unknown, c. 1806
"A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality.” —Lucy, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”🎃
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Some of the members from our collection have been waiting all year long to put on their Halloween costumes! What is your costume going to be this year? Tell us in the comments!🧟♂️🧛♂️💀
⚜ New Orleans in Art • Artist Highlight ⚜
“New Orleans in the Swamp” by Robert Post
Mandeville, Louisiana
Instagram • @the.art.of.robert.post
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Robert Post was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 25, 1969.
Early on, Robert set a personal goal of becoming a professional artist. He studied Advertising Design and Architecture at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Later, he moved to Denver, Colorado where he attended the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. There he spent three years developing his skills as a fine artist. The works of Robert Bateman and Stanley Meltzoff inspired him.
In 2003, Robert began his journey of creating a world of whimsical underwater characters called the Reefies™. These fun sculptures can be found in private collections and in public spaces. His sea turtle sculpture is currently on display at The Mississippi Aquarium. In his studio, Robert currently splits his time between painting and sculpting.
He has won several awards with his artwork, and has been featured in local, national, and international exhibitions. Robert has also recently completed paintings that were published by The Walt Disney Company. His original Disney paintings and limited-edition prints can be found in The Art of Disney gallery locations.
Robert currently resides in Covington, Louisiana with his wife, Cassie, and daughters Isabella and Ashley.
Collection Highlights
The R.W. Norton Art Gallery boasts an extensive permanent collection that includes more than 400 paintings and a plethora of sculptures representing over 100 artists. Our collection represents a wide variety of styles, time periods, and historical importance.
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Group tours are available on Thursdays and Fridays from 1:00 - 3:30 pm.
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