Friends of the Cabildo Calendar

Friends of the Cabildo Annual Meeting & Member Champagne Galvez Exhibit Opening

Thursday | May 21st |  6pm | Keynote: Becky Mackie, Louisiana State Museum Director on the Galvez Exhibit

Voting on the Membership of the Board of Directors 

Louisiana State Museum/Friends of the Cabildo Family Day at the Cabildo – River Walk Tours 

Saturday | May 30th | Cabildo Family Day 10am-2pm | Tours 9am-11am (Every 30 Mins) (Free Pre-Sign up for Members Tickets are Sold Out) (5 walk-up tickets for each tour available at a first come basis the day of the event)

With Sail 250 and the tall ships along the river May 28th-June 1st, bring your family down and use your membership to take a tour to the tall ships and enjoy family crafts with the Louisiana State Museum Education Department. Crafts will include a flag making, a drum workshop and see the new exhibit “Galvez and Louisiana in the American Revolution.” Free tours for FOC Members will start at 9am and run every 30 minutes until the last tour at 11am (FOC Members can pre-sign up for the tours, 10 spots/tour). Family Day at the Cabildo will be from 10am-2pm. Tour tickets are allowed for FOC Members to sign up for and extra tour tickets will be available the day of the program. Come down to the Quarter, Cabildo and the River and enjoy your day with the Louisiana State Museum and Friends of the Cabildo!

FOC Member River Walk Tour Tickets
Researching Your New Orleans Property Seminar Sign up
Researching Your New Orleans Property Seminar | Sat | June 20th | 10am | NO Jazz Museum / Zoom | $25 FOC /$35 GA

Friends of the Cabildo will host “Researching Your New Orleans Property” Seminar with Robert J. Cangelosi, Jr., an Adjunct Lecturer at the Tulane University School of Architecture, and he will present an in-depth program on historic home research.

If walls could talk, you would know everything you wanted to know about your property, like who previously owned it, those who slept in it, how old it is, and what secrets it holds. Cangelosi, president of Koch and Wilson Architects, will outline how to develop the history of your property, using primary sources rather than oral traditions and secondary sources, which often are incorrect. Preparation of a “chain of title,” the essential first step in developing a history, will be discussed. The chain document the ownership of a property, which in theory, can be taken back to the early 1700s, during the French Colonial period. The “chain of title” relates to the property, not the improvements, and rarely will the chain alone indicate when improvements were made. Like history detectives, determining when improvements were done involves research into various records, including census, tax, water, building permits, contracts, city directories, newspapers, and more. This program will explain how these records can be used and where to find them.
Purchase All Above Neighborhood & Cultural Tour Tickets
Weekly Garden District Tour Tickets

Neighborhood & Cultural Tours

Weekly Saturday Garden District Tour

Every Saturday | 10am | Departure: The Chicory House (2727 Prytania)

American 250 Tour – Spanish Louisiana & the American Revolution

Friday | May 29th | 10am | Departure: 1850 House

Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter

Sundays | 10am | June 7 & 14 (Sold Out) | Departure: 1850 House Museum Store (523 St. Ann St.)

Literary New Orleans Tour

Saturday | TBA | 10:00 a.m. | Departure: 1850 House Museum

New Orleans Jazz Origins Tour

Friday | TBA | 10am | Departure: Congo Square Front Gate: 701 N. Rampart St.

Take a walking tour through the history of jazz music in New Orleans. Starting with the drums played by the enslaved in Congo Square to the brass horns of the New Orleans militias, the unique sound of New Orleans jazz came together in an eclectic way over the years. Take a walk back in time and hear the stories and soundtracks of the people who helped make our music.

COURTESY OF NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

Spring America 250 Member Lecture Series

All lectures via Zoom & 6pm CST (Link Sent the Morning of the Lecture)

Free for Members, $10 for Individual Lectures for GA

May 5 -The Spanish Governors and their Role in the American Revolution – Robert Freeland

May 12 – Natchez Rebellion of 1781 and Louisiana’s Impact on It – Dr. Frances Kolb Turball 

May 19 – Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution – Dr. Kathleen DuVal

May 26th  – Louisiana Creoles and the American Cause during the War for Independence – Dr. Elista Istre

June 2 – The Islenos and Louisianan’s Role in the Galvez Militia – William Hyland 

Member Lecture Series Signup Link

1850 House Courtyard Lecture Series & Book Signings

The Courtyard Lecture Series is held inside the 1850 House Museum Gift Shop Courtyard (523 St. Ann St.) on Wednesday’s.

Reception begins at 5:30 PM, Lecture at 6:00 PM with a book-signing afterwards. RSVP is required as we have limited seating with an option also pre-purchasing the book. Books will be available the night of the signing.

Upcoming Courtyard Series Lecture

June 10th – Dr. Rosary O’Neill and Dr. Rory O’Neill-Schmitt New Book On Baroness Almonaster Pontalba

1850 House Courtyard Lecture Lecture & Book Signing Series Sign Up

Yoga at the Cabildo

Yoga at the Cabildo will begin classes again starting Saturday, June 17th at 8:30 a.m. at the Cabildo (701 Chartres Street) on beautiful Jackson Square.

Layla Ross will be giving classes every Saturday morning for Friends of the Cabildo Members, locals and tourists.

Member cost for the class is $10 and non-members its $20. If you have a mat please bring one if not we have some available for free.

Link to Signup for Yoga at the Cabildo

Second Thursday Lecture Series

Sponsored by Friends of the Cabildo Members 

Second Thursday Lecture Series
Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend with Kenneth W. Noe

Thursday, May 14, 2026 
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Central
May Sign Up Here for the FOC Free 2nd Thursday Lecture Series