Saving Private Ryan: History vs. Hollywood
Two scholars of the battle and battlefields analyze the movie’s adherence to accuracy.
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D-Day in Film: Building Up to Saving Private Ryan
Marsha Gordon and Nicholas Cull examine screen depictions of the Normandy invasion.
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Anatomy of a Genocide
Author Omer Bartov, PhD: The General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Distinguished Lecture on World War II.
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Art Arceneaux
The Museum remembers a beloved volunteer and WWII veteran.
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Meet the Author: Paul Kix
In The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando, Paul Kix explores the daring feats of Robert de La Rochefoucauld, a hero of the French Resistance during World War II.
Past Events
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Higgins: The Man, the Boat, the War
11/02/2019 | 6:00 PM - 9:30 PMThe story about the man, the myth, the legend—New Orleans boatbuilder Andrew Higgins.
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Songs That Won the War
10/30/2019 | 11:45 AM - 1:45 PMThe Victory Belles bring to life the songs that inspired the Allies to victory during World War II.
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Meet the Author: Donald L. Miller, PhD
10/29/2019 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMJoin best-selling author and historian Donald L. Miller, PhD, at The Historic New Orleans Collection who will discuss his latest book Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy, which delves into the battle that defined control of the Mississippi River during the Civil War.
