Support Louisiana State Museums, Celebrate New Orleans Museum Month
August is New Orleans Museum Month, one of the best times of year to escape the heat and experience the city's museums. Throughout the month, Annual Members of any participating museum receive free admission to all 23 participating New Orleans museums, giving supporters of each museum unlimited opportunities to explore Louisiana's rich history, art, music, and culture.
When you become an Annual Member of the Louisiana Museum Foundation, your membership supports the preservation and interpretation of Louisiana's history through the Louisiana State Museums while giving you unlimited access to every participating Museum Month museum throughout August.
One Membership. Even More Benefits.
By joining the Louisiana Museum Foundation as a Mallard Duck Founders Ball Sponsor for $1,700, you'll receive:
Louisiana Museum Foundation Annual Membership
Free admission to all 23 participating New Orleans Museum Month museums during August
Two (2) tickets to Founders Ball & the Opening of “Sportsman’s Paradise: Celebrating Conservation” on Thursday, November 5
Recognition on the Founders Ball Invitation & printed Event Program
Recognition on the Louisiana Museum Foundation website
Your sponsorship supports the Louisiana State Museum's exhibitions, educational programming, collections, and preservation efforts while making you one of the first supporters of Founders Ball 2026 and its featured exhibition, Sportsman's Paradise: Celebrating Conservation.
Whether you're discovering museums across the city this August or joining us this fall for Founders Ball, your investment helps preserve Louisiana's history and culture for future generations.
Learn more about New Orleans Museum Month and the 23 participating museums at New Orleans Museum Month.
The Founders Ball is the Louisiana Museum Foundation's annual fundraising gala celebrating a flagship exhibition in the third-floor gallery of The Cabildo. In 2026, the event honors the opening of Sportsman’s Paradise: Celebrating Conservation, on view from November 5, 2026, through Summer 2028. The exhibition explores Louisiana’s sporting legacy and outdoor heritage through the lens of craftsmanship, duck hunting culture, and the evolution of habitat stewardship in one of North America’s most important migratory corridors.
Situated within the Mississippi Flyway, Louisiana has long been both a destination for waterfowl and a proving ground for conservation practices. Drawing from the Louisiana State Museum’s permanent collection and significant private loans, Sportsman’s Paradise: Celebrating Conservation traces the progression from early sporting traditions to modern, science-based conservation efforts that sustain wetlands, wildlife, and the communities that depend on them. The exhibition also examines the cultural heritage of hunting and fishing traditions that have shaped the culinary identity of the Mississippi River Delta and surrounding landscapes. Featured artifacts include original works by John James Audubon and George Viavant, Governor Mike Foster’s hunting coveralls, early twentieth-century photographs, Louisiana-made decoys, and more.
The Louisiana Museum Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports, administers funding for, and raises awareness of the state-owned and operated Louisiana State Museum System. Proceeds from the Founders Ball help fund the creation and presentation of major exhibitions and support educational programming throughout the exhibition’s year-long run, including K-12 field trips, student resources, public lectures, and lifelong learning opportunities for audiences of all ages.