Exhibitions
Changing
Current Exhibitions
Celestial Imaginings: Artists Exploring the Galaxies
The Republic Finance Gallery
Through January 28
Have you ever looked up at the sky on a starry night? Were you searching for the key to life’s mysteries in the heavens above? Then you are not alone. Throughout history, humans have been searching for answers...
Artistry and Accuracy: Botanical Illustrations by Margaret Stones
Catwalk Gallery
Through March 03
Artistry and Accuracy: Botanical Illustrations by Margaret Stones, the botanical illustrations of Australian-born Margaret Stones (1920—2018) are a seamless combination of art and science. The artist’s drawings document Louisiana’s plants and flowers with accurate scientific detail...
Pinpointing the Stars
Universe Gallery
Through August 01
Pinpointing the Stars features works from the permanent collection that highlight the planetarium’s history, the timeline of its development, and its focus on the stars. The star plates that are on view were part of the Zeiss...
Illustrating Health
Main Gallery: Second Floor
Through October 01
Illustrating Health will delve into the often-overlooked work of medical illustrators. Medical illustrations provide insight into anatomical and physiological characteristics that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to see. Illustrations help launch new scientific discoveries and advance further...
Our Louisiana
Soupcon Gallery
Through January 14
Museums are monuments to wonder, exploration, and discovery. The objects found within their galleries bring to life the stories of the past, today, and those not yet written. These objects may be ancient artifacts, fine oil...
Past Exhibitions
2023
Celestial Imaginings: Artists Exploring the Galaxies - July 08, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Artistry and Accuracy: Botanical Illustrations by Margaret Stones - February 26, 2023 - March 03, 2024
2022
Wild Bees - November 05, 2022 - May 07, 2023
Diamonds of History: Mighty Women by Ashley Longshore - September 30, 2022 - July 02, 2023
Pinpointing the Stars - August 27, 2022 - August 01, 2024
Illustrating Health - August 13, 2022 - October 01, 2023
In Empathy We Trust - January 29, 2022 - October 30, 2022
2021
Iridescence: Juried Competition - August 10, 2021 - July 31, 2022
Iridescence - July 17, 2021 - July 31, 2022
Playing House: Miniatures from the Permanent Collection - January 23, 2021 - January 23, 2022
Our Louisiana - January 16, 2021 - January 14, 2024
Experimental Light: Alyce Simon & Eva Lee - January 09, 2021 - July 11, 2021
2020
Cosmos: Imagining the Universe - August 08, 2020 - July 18, 2021
Landscape Abstracted: Will Henry Stevens - August 01, 2020 - August 18, 2021
Capital City Contemporary 5: Water - August 01, 2020 - December 13, 2020
Frank Hayden: Lift Every Voice - June 27, 2020 - January 03, 2021
2019
Soulful Journey: Randell Henry - November 02, 2019 - July 26, 2020
Sound Is An Invisible Color - August 24, 2019 - March 08, 2020
Harmonies in Color: Six Contemporary Perspectives - August 24, 2019 - March 08, 2020
ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection - June 01, 2019 - August 07, 2019
Astral Visions: Photographs by Connor Matherne - May 04, 2019 - August 01, 2020
Frameworks of Absence: Brandon Ballengée - April 13, 2019 - October 27, 2019
Inner Light: The Photographs of Richard C. Albertine - January 26, 2019 - April 07, 2019
Picturing Vivian Maier: A Street Photographer Revealed - January 23, 2019 - May 22, 2019
2018
Lin Emery: A Force of Nature - September 26, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Selections from the Museum Collection: Honoring Carol S. Gikas - September 22, 2018 - January 20, 2019
Food in Space: The Evolution of Dining in Orbit - June 16, 2018 - September 09, 2018
Capitol City Contemporary 4: Food, Glorious Food - June 13, 2018 - September 16, 2018
Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography - June 13, 2018 - September 16, 2018
Dreamcatchers: Courtney Egan - March 10, 2018 - June 10, 2018
Tradition in Transition: Inuit Art & Culture - February 10, 2018 - June 03, 2018
2017
The Art of Chaos & Order: Sam Losavio - September 16, 2017 - February 25, 2018
The Red That Colored the World - September 16, 2017 - January 31, 2018
CANstruction: Rock-Can-Roll - August 24, 2017 - September 10, 2017
Alyce Simon: Atomic Art - July 01, 2017 - February 18, 2018
Faces of the Flood - June 14, 2017 - September 03, 2017
Saving Stories: A Playful Take on Recording Personal History - May 17, 2017 - August 27, 2017
A Work in Process: Paintings by Gustave Blache III - March 11, 2017 - June 04, 2017
Polymers in Art Through the Centuries - March 04, 2017 - September 03, 2017
Absence and Presence: The Moons of Monica Zeringue - January 21, 2017 - June 25, 2017
2016
It’s Academic: A Hands-On Art Experience - December 17, 2016 - May 14, 2017
Selections from the Collection - December 03, 2016 - February 26, 2017
Passages of Time: Drawings by Gerry Wubben - December 03, 2016 - February 26, 2017
Contemporary Old Masters - December 03, 2016 - February 26, 2017
Capitol City Contemporary: 3/Photography - August 13, 2016 - December 11, 2016
Diamond Nights: Photographs by Beth Moon - August 06, 2016 - January 15, 2017
Lovely as a Tree - August 06, 2016 - November 27, 2016
The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons - April 20, 2016 - July 24, 2016
The Origins of Animation: A Hands-on Exhibit - April 16, 2016 - August 07, 2016
A Universe in Glass: Josh Simpson - March 15, 2016 - September 18, 2016
Flutterby: Butterfly - January 16, 2016 - April 10, 2016
The Artist Revealed: Artist Portraits & Self-Portraits - January 09, 2016 - April 03, 2016
Raphael Soyer: Intimate Portraits - January 09, 2016 - April 03, 2016
Solarium - January 05, 2016 - April 03, 2016
2015
Sun Light/Star Light: Contemplations on the Solar Orb - October 10, 2015 - January 03, 2016
Capitol City Contemporary 2: Landscape - September 18, 2015 - January 10, 2016
CANstruction - August 26, 2015 - September 15, 2015
Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami - July 14, 2015 - September 27, 2015
Recent Acquisitions: Louisiana Art & Science Museum Collection - July 13, 2015 - September 13, 2015
Emerson Bell: A Tribute - March 27, 2015 - June 21, 2015
From Clay to Bronze: Revisited - March 21, 2015 - June 28, 2015
Monuments & Metaphors: Art In Public Spaces - March 21, 2015 - June 28, 2015
Brilliant Solutions: Glasgow Middle School’s Talented Art Students - February 20, 2015 - March 21, 2015
Manchac: In the Wake of North Pass - January 09, 2015 - March 14, 2015
A World of Dreams: Landscapes by Tula Telfair - January 09, 2015 - March 14, 2015
2014
The Show Window: John Gray - October 21, 2014 - February 14, 2015
Capitol City Contemporary: 1. Abstraction - October 21, 2014 - February 14, 2015
Peter de Francia: An Italianate in Britain - October 03, 2014 - January 03, 2015
Art in Action: Inflate. Draw. Pour. Jason Hackenwerth. Heather Hansen. Holton Rower - October 03, 2014 - January 03, 2015
Selections from the LASM Collection: Egyptian Tapestries - July 22, 2014 - October 11, 2014
Herman Mhire – Emilio Garcia: The Art & Science of Shells - July 04, 2014 - September 23, 2014
American Brilliant Cut Glass: A Silver Lining - July 04, 2014 - September 23, 2014
Hunt Slonem: Bunnies! - April 14, 2014 - June 21, 2014
The River Inside: A Photographic Journey by John Guider - April 08, 2014 - October 19, 2015
The Red Stick Piece: An Installation by Jonathan Brilliant - March 24, 2014 - June 28, 2014
Native American Baskets from the LASM Collection - February 25, 2014 - June 21, 2014
The Art of Fashion: Anthony Ryan - January 17, 2014 - March 29, 2014
Odd Nerdrum: Timeless - January 10, 2014 - March 22, 2014
2013
Fritz Bultman: An American Abstractionist - October 18, 2013 - January 04, 2014
The Faith & The Fury: Noel Rockmore and His Patron - July 19, 2013 - October 05, 2013
Rhythm & Improvisation: John T. Scott and his Legacy - April 19, 2013 - July 13, 2013
Gloriously Colorful Kodaks: Vintage Cameras from the Greg Milneck Collection - January 18, 2013 - April 13, 2013
The Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography - January 18, 2013 - April 13, 2013
2012
Garden of Industry: Cynthia Giachetti and Ben Diller - October 11, 2012 - January 04, 2013
LASM: 50 Years of Collecting - October 05, 2012 - January 05, 2013
Train Memorabilia from the LASM Collection - August 24, 2012 - January 05, 2013
Digital Paintings: John F. Simon, Jr. - June 29, 2012 - September 22, 2012
The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints from the Lauren Rogers Museum - March 30, 2012 - June 23, 2012
Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky from the LASM Collection - March 28, 2012 - June 23, 2012
John Clemmer: New and Selected Works - January 27, 2012 - May 05, 2012
Robert Warrens: Fiction & Fantasy - January 24, 2012 - March 24, 2012
2011
Forces of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation - October 21, 2011 - January 14, 2012
Old Methods/New Visions: Three Louisiana Artists - August 09, 2011 - October 09, 2011
Cut! Costume and the Cinema - May 06, 2011 - July 30, 2011
Recording America: Printmaking 1900–1950 from the Herbert D. Halpern Collection - March 04, 2011 - April 26, 2011
American Ruins: Photographs by Arthur Drooker - January 08, 2011 - March 01, 2011
The Dark Side: Photographs by Clarence John Laughlin, 1935–1961 - January 07, 2011 - March 01, 2011
2010
Get Real: Still Life Paintings by Five Louisiana Artists - December 25, 2010 - February 20, 2011
Keith Sonnier: Fort Crévecoeur - October 08, 2010 - January 01, 2011
Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art - July 27, 2010 - September 25, 2010