Frommer's Review
Often called NOMA, this museum is located in an idyllic section of City Park. The front portion of the museum is the original large, imposing neoclassical building ("sufficiently modified to give a subtropical appearance," said the architect Samuel Marx); the rear portion is a striking contrast of curves and contemporary styles.
The museum opened in 1911 after a gift to the City Park Commission from Isaac Delgado, a sugar broker and Jamaican immigrant. Today it houses a 40,000-piece collection including pre-Columbian and Native American ethnographic art; 16th- through 20th-century European paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints; Early American art; Asian art; a gallery entirely devoted to Fabrege; and one of the six largest decorative glass collections in the United States. Exhibits in 2008 will include an exhibition on Native American art, a retrospective of George Rodrique that will try to show there is more to him than Blue Dog, "The World of Fernando Botero" and an exhibition of still more Faberge. A great addition to the city's artistic offerings came when the museum opened the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 5 acres of gardens, grass, and walkways that spotlight 50 modern sculptures by artists such as Henry Moore, Gaston Lachaise, Elizabeth Frink, George Segal, and others, including a version of the famous pop art LOVE sculpture. The garden, which lost only one piece to the storm (and the artist had it repaired by the beginning of 2006!) has quickly become a New Orleans cultural highlight and is open Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm, with free admission.
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