New Orleans’ oldest fine arts institution, opened on December 16, 1911 with only 9 works of art. Today, the museum hosts an impressive permanent collection of almost 40,000 objects. The collection continues to grow, making NOMA one of the top museums in the south.

While Ed and I were running a few errands this morning, mother nature decided it was time for us to do an indoor activity. NOMA is on my "todo" list, so we decided it was a good rainy day activity.

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The lobby of NOMA.

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The gallery has a small collection of Japanese art. This one caught my attention.

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I think this one of the signature pieces in the museum.

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There was art from most areas of the world. The photo on the right is three photos from a collection of New Oreleans' paintings.

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The painting on the left was done by Renoir, one of Ed's favourite artists. The painting on the right reminded both Ed and myself of what one of our friends might look like in a number of years.

There was also a collection of old photographs, which for some reason Ed did not take any photos of. They reminded me of what could be done with photos in the dark room, techniques we are loosing in the digital world. Another interesting item was in a "do not photograph" area. A log cabin was built of logs, the inside of the cabin was lined with chains and shackles, gas caps, keyboard keys, cell phones and tablets, spark plugs, phone curly cords, steel wool and coal. Everything, including the log cabin, but not the coal was painted gold. It was a very intriguing piece.