Welcome!

The public is invited to relax and walk along the meandering footpaths in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, which is home to more than fifty sculptures. We encourage you to visit the Garden often, which is open:

Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Free admission for everyone!

Cell Phone Tour of Sculpture Garden

NOMA has launched its first audio tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The guide, which is accessible through visitors' cell phones, highlights twenty of the sculptures in the Garden. The tour is available free of charge.

The Sculpture Collection

The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is home to 50+ sculptures by artists from around the world. Forty-four of the sculptures have been donated to the New Orleans Museum of Art by the Besthoff Foundation. The other 11 are Museum purchases or gifts from other donors. The collection includes work by some of the great master sculptors of the 20th century (Antoine Bourdelle, Henry Moore, Jacques Lipchitz, Louise Bourgeois), as well as younger, contemporary sculptors (Kenneth Snelson, Allison Saar, Joel Shapiro, Jean-Michel Othoniel). Nine of the sculptures pre-date 1960, while 29 of the artists represented are living.

Yoga in the Sculpture Garden

The New Orleans Museum of Art partners with East Jefferson General Hospital to offer Yoga in the Sculpture Garden on the first Saturday of every month. The one-hour classes, led by a Certified Yoga Instructor from the EJGH Wellness Center, begin at 8 a.m. in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Each session is $5 for NOMA members and requires pre-registration by calling EJGH Health Finder at (504) 456-5000. The first class filled in advance with the maximum 40 participants so reserve your spot now.