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| Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans |
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Thursday-Sunday |
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Thursday 6-8pm, Friday-Sunday 11am-4pm |
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The Ogden Museum is back!
(October 24, 2005) -- As the city of New Orleans continues the recovery process, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is pleased to announce that it will reopen its doors, welcoming the public to once again experience Southern art and culture in the national museum celebrating the South.
As stated on September 9, 2005, Museum officials planned to take an appropriate role in assisting civic officials and community leaders in restoring the city, giving particular attention to the city's arts and cultural community, an important aspect of the city's history and appeal to New Orleans natives and residents, the nation and the world.
"We were fortunate to come through this experience with very limited damage, unlike so many others," says J. Richard Gruber, the Museum's Director. "We hope to be a leader in the Warehouse Arts District and to play an increasingly larger role in the community as it moves forward. It is time for the Ogden Museum, which is so interwoven in the cultural community locally and across the state, to reopen its doors."
The Museum will officially open on Thursday, October 27, 2005, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., resuming its weekly music series Ogden After Hours. In celebration of its reopening, the Museum will offer free admission that evening. The traditional format will include a live musical performance by New Orleans' own James Andrews, with an interview segment led by music writer Alex Rawls.
The Museum will continue to be open Friday, October 28 - Sunday, October 30, 2005, from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., and operate those hours for the foreseeable future.
The Museum closed in the weeks following the devastation caused by the Hurricane Katrina, which struck Southeastern Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the morning of Monday, August 29, 2005. Despite closing temporarily to the public, Museum officials continue to work toward its reopening, returning to the Museum itself when the city's business community was welcomed back to the CBD and the Warehouse District area.
Special exhibitions reopening that evening include: Passport: Classic and Unknown Photographs by Herman Leonard Observations: sketchbooks, paintings and architecture of Errol Barron Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture William Eggleston: Faces Hands of Generations: Recent Works by Nene Humphrey
In addition to the special exhibitions, works from the Ogden Museum Permanent Collection remain on display.
The Museum's Center for Southern Craft and Design and the Museum Store will also be open during the same hours. The Center celebrates the hand of the maker, showcasing craft created by artisans from across the South.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, is home to the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southern art in the world. It showcases the visual art and culture from 15 Southern states and the District of Columbia. The first museum in Louisiana to be designated an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, it is located at 925 Camp Street in the New Orleans Warehouse District. More than a Museum, it is also dedicated to the celebration of Southern culture, including literature, music and food. |
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