Experience

Changing Exhibitions

In This Section
Current Exhibits
Upcoming Exhibits

Opening on September 25, 2026

Preserving Paradise: The Vision of C.C. Lockwood

Opening on September 12, 2026

Fashion & Fauna: The Sustainability of Alligator Apparel

Past Exhibits

May 2026 – August 2026

Permanent Impressions: Women Defining Our Louisiana Collection

May 2026 – August 2026

Spirit of the Swamp: The Photography of Julia Sims

March 2026 – July 2026

Then, and Now, and Always: The Art of Nick Bustamante

February 2026 – May 2026

The Rise of the House of Weary

August 2025 – August 2026

Going Places: Transportation Toys of the Past

August 2025 – May 2026

Shelf Queens: Model Train Masterpieces

August 2025 – March 2026

Landscapes Along the Railway: The Art of John Cleaveland

July 2025 – January 2026

Threads of Evolution: Engineering a Community That Sparkles

March 2025 – May 2025

Leslie Charleville: Preserving Life Through Art

October 2012 – January 2013

LASM: 50 Years of Collecting

October 2012 – January 2013

Garden of Industry: Cynthia Giachetti and Ben Diller

January 2014 – April 2013

The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography

January 2013 – April 2013

Gloriously Colorful Kodaks: Vintage Cameras from the Greg Milneck Collection

April 2013 – July 2013

Rhythm & Improvisation: John T. Scott and his Legacy

July 2013 – October 2013

The Faith & The Fury: Noel Rockmore and His Patron

October 2013 – January 2014

Fritz Bultman: An American Abstractionist

January 2014 – March 2014

Odd Nerdrum: Timeless

January 2014 – March 2014

The Art of Fashion: Anthony Ryan

February 2014 – June 2014

Native American Baskets from the LASM Collection

March 2014 – June 2014

The Red Stick Piece: An Installation by Jonathan Brilliant

April 2014 – October 2015

The River Inside: A Photographic Journey by John Guider

April 2014 – June 2014

Hunt Slonem: Bunnies!

July 2014 – September 2015

American Brilliant Cut Glass: A Silver Lining

July 2014 – September 2014

Herman Mhire – Emilio Garcia: The Art & Science of Shells

July 2014 – October 2014

Selections from the LASM Collection: Egyptian Tapestries

October 2014 – January 2015

Art in Action: Inflate. Draw. Pour. Jason Hackenwerth. Heather Hansen. Holton Rower

October 2014 – January 2015

Peter de Francia: An Italianate in Britain

October 2014 – February 2015

Capitol City Contemporary: 1. Abstraction

October 2014 – February 2015

The Show Window: John Gray

December 2016 – February 2017

Passages of Time: Drawings by Gerry Wubben

April 2016 – July 2016

The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons

April 2016 – August 2016

The Origins of Animation: A Hands-on Exhibit

December 2016 – February 2017

Selections from the Collection

December 2016 – May 2017

It’s Academic: A Hands-On Art Experience

January 2017 – June 2017

Absence and Presence: The Moons of Monica Zeringue

March 2017 – June 2017

A Work in Process: Paintings by Gustave Blache III

March 2017 – September 2017

Polymers in Art Through the Centuries

May 2017 – August 2017

Saving Stories: A Playful Take on Recording Personal History

June 2017 – September 2017

Faces of the Flood

July 2017 – February 2018

Alyce Simon: Atomic Art

September 2017 – January 2018

The Red That Colored the World

August 2017 – September 2017

CANstruction: Rock-Can-Roll

September 2017 – February 2018

The Art of Chaos & Order: Sam Losavio

February 2018 – June 2018

Tradition in Transition: Inuit Art & Culture

March 2018 – June 2018

Dreamcatchers: Courtney Egan

June 2018 – September 2018

Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography

June 2018 – September 2018

Capitol City Contemporary 4: Food, Glorious Food

June 2018 – September 2018

Food in Space: The Evolution of Dining in Orbit

September 2018 – January 2019

Selections from the Museum Collection: Honoring Carol S. Gikas

January 2011 – March 2011

The Dark Side: Photographs by Clarence John Laughlin, 1935–1961

January 2011 – March 2011

American Ruins: Photographs by Arthur Drooker

March 2011 – April 2011

Recording America: Printmaking 1900–1950 from the Herbert D. Halpern Collection

May 2011 – July 2011

Cut! Costume and the Cinema

August 2011 – October 2011

Old Methods/New Visions: Three Louisiana Artists

October 2011 – January 2013

Forces of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

January 2012 – March 2012

Robert Warrens: Fiction & Fantasy

January 2012 – May 2012

John Clemmer: New and Selected Works

March 2012 – June 2012

Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky from the LASM Collection

March 2012 – June 2012

The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints from the Lauren Rogers Museum

June 2012 – September 2012

Digital Paintings: John F. Simon, Jr.

August 2012 – January 2013

Train Memorabilia from the LASM Collection

January 2015 – March 2015

A World of Dreams: Landscapes by Tula Telfair

January 2015 – March 2015

Manchac: In the Wake of North Pass

February 2015 – March 2015

Brilliant Solutions: Glasgow Middle School’s Talented Art Students

March 2015 – June 2015

Emerson Bell: A Tribute

July 2015 – September 2015

Recent Acquisitions: Louisiana Art & Science Museum Collection

September 2015 – January 2016

Capitol City Contemporary 2: Landscape

August 2015 – September 2015

CANstruction

March 2015 – June 2015

From Clay to Bronze: Revisited

July 2015 – September 2015

Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami

October 2015 – January 2016

Sun Light/Star Light: Contemplations on the Solar Orb

January 2016 – April 2016

Solarium

January 2016 – April 2016

Raphael Soyer: Intimate Portraits

January 2016 – April 2016

The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits & Self-Portraits

January 2016 – April 2016

Flutterby: Butterfly

March 2016 – September 2016

A Universe in Glass: Josh Simpson

August 2016 – November 2016

Lovely as a Tree

August 2016 – January 2017

Diamond Nights: Photographs by Beth Moon

August 2016 – December 2016

Capitol City Contemporary: 3/Photography

December 2016 – February 2017

Contemporary Old Masters

September 2018 – January 2019

Lin Emery: A Force of Nature

January 2019 – May 2019

Picturing Vivian Maier: A Street Photographer Revealed

January 2019 – April 2019

Inner Light: The Photographs of Richard C. Albertine

April 2019 – October 2019

Frameworks of Absence: Brandon Ballengée

May 2019 – August 2020

Astral Visions: Photographs by Connor Matherne

June 2019 – August 2019

ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection

August 2019 – March 2020

Harmonies in Color: Six Contemporary Perspectives

August 2019 – March 2020

Sound Is An Invisible Color

November 2019 – July 2020

Soulful Journey: Randell Henry

June 2020 – January 2021

Frank Hayden: Lift Every Voice

August 2020 – December 2020

Capital City Contemporary 5: Water

August 2020 – August 2021

Landscape Abstracted: Will Henry Stevens

August 2020 – July 2021

Cosmos: Imagining the Universe

January 2021 – July 2021

Experimental Light: Alyce Simon & Eva Lee

January 2021 – March 2024

Our Louisiana

January 2021 – January 2022

Playing House: Miniatures from the Permanent Collection

July 2021 – July 2022

Iridescence

January 2022 – October 2022

In Empathy We Trust

August 2022 – October 2023

Illustrating Health

November 2022 – May 2023

Wild Bees

October 2024 – September 2025

Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring King Tut’s Tomb and the Amin Egyptian Collection

September 2022 – July 2023

Diamonds of History: Mighty Women by Ashley Longshore

July 2023 – January 2024

Celestial Imaginings: Artists Exploring the Galaxies

February 2023 – September 2024

Artistry and Accuracy: Botanical Illustrations by Margaret Stones

February 2024 – September 2024

To Be Seen, To Be Heard, To Be Valued

February 2024 – September 2024

Improvisation: The Art and Healing Power of Jazz

October 2023 – September 2024

The Art of Looking Up: Following the Stars, from Ancient Cultures to the Webb

March 2024 – September 2024

Second Nature: Artwork by Chase Mullen

March 2015 – June 2015

Monuments & Metaphors: Art In Public Spaces

October 2024 – September 2024

Echoes of Eternity: The Impact of Egyptian Culture on Modern Society

January 2021 – March 2024

Our Louisiana

August 2022 – January 2025

Pinpointing the Stars

July 2023 – January 2024

Celestial Imaginings: Artists Exploring the Galaxies

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