The Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) exhibition gallery, located on the second floor of Jones Hall, features a variety of exhibitions that showcase TUSC holdings.
Tulane University, Uptown Campus
Jones Hall, Room 208A
6801 Freret Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
504-865-5685
“Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979
On view March 4 – May 27, 2022
Gallery Hours
Weekdays:
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Special Weekend and "Moonlight Mondays" Evening Hours:
Monday, March 28, 10am - 7pm
Saturday, March 12, 12pm - 3pm
Sunday, April 3, 12pm - 3pm
Monday, April 25, 10am - 7pm
Saturday, May 21, 12pm - 3pm
Sunday, May 22, 12pm - 3pm
Monday, May 23, 10am - 7pm
Visitor parking directions and parking map for weekend and evening hours
TUSC Reading Room appointments will be open during the exhibition's Monday and Saturday hours. Click here to make a research appointment.
Resources
View a digital version of the exhibition, available via Tulane Online Exhibits.
Tulane students, staff, and faculty may check out Jazz Fest materials from the companion exhibit, curated by Media Services student employees. Media Services is located on the 6th floor of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library of Tulane Libraries. On view March 6 - May 27.
Download the exhibition poster.
Events
Open to the public
Archiving Jazz Fest: A Conversation with Rachel Lyons, Archivist, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive
Thursday, May 26
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Online only - Free admission
Click here to register for the Zoom event.
Attendees from around the world have enjoyed the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for over 50 years. But it's the important work of archiving Jazz Fest that ensures that its history and memories are never forgotten. In this online presentation and conversation with Rachel Lyons, who has done this work for 23 years, learn more about the origins of the festival's official archive, what it takes to archive the multifaceted event, and interesting stories that archival work can reveal.
Hosted by Melissa A. Weber, curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC).
Open to Newcomb-Tulane College students
Celebrate Jazz Fest with NTC and TUSC
Monday, April 11, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Gallery Tour for NTC College Scholars
Wednesday, April 13, 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Contact
Melissa A. Weber, Curator, Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, mweber3@tulane.edu
Recent exhibitions include Captive Voices: Hearing, Seeing, and Imagining Angola Prison, launched as a complement to the 2019 Tulane Reading Project selection, Vengeance by Zachary Lazar, and Proteus 1892, Teunisson 1902, and Louis Armstrong 1949: Selections from the Carnival Holdings. View highlights from the following recent exhibitions on the Tulane Libraries YouTube channel:
TUSC staff, as well as many Tulane students, have created several digital exhibitions that feature TUSC collections. Some highlights are linked here; to view all of the TUSC digital exhibitions, please visit the Tulane Libraries portal for online exhibitions.
- “Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979
- Books Through Their Pages
- William Faulkner’s New Orleans
- The Treasures of Tulane
- Riverboats and Jazz
- Education: Celebrating the Artistic, Academic, Athletic, and Administrative Achievements of the Women of Tulane University
- Louisiana Women’s Collection: A History of Political Activism
- The Organic Modernism of Albert C. Ledner
- The Extraordinary Life of Natalie Scott
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) welcomes loan requests from institutions with established exhibition programs and professional staff qualified to handle the materials requested. Loan requests are judged on their own merits and the final decision to loan an item is made on a case by case basis. For more information about our loan program, please email Kevin Williams, Coordinator for Exhibits & Outreach, Tulane University Special Collections, kevinw@tulane.edu.