Friends of the Cabildo

Friends of the Cabildo

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The purposes of the Friends of the Cabildo are:
*to support the Louisiana State Museum, and especially its Cabildo, in its purpose "to collect, preserve, and present, as an educational resource, objects of art, documents, artifacts, and the like that reflect the history, art, and culture of Louisiana;"
*to assist in assuring the citizens of Louisiana an outstanding representative professional museum; and
*to foster and stimulate the interest, knowledge and pride of Louisianians in the heritage and culture of our state.

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About our association

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Friends of the Cabildo is a private non-profit volunteer group that provides financial and volunteer support for the Louisiana State Museum, its projects and its property. Since incorporating in 1956, the Friends has grown into a large statewide membership organization, a dynamic and motivating force in broadening and supporting the aims of the Louisiana State Museum.

Louisiana has a history and culture as rich and as exciting as it is complex.The Louisiana State Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits the art, documents, and artifacts which reflect that history and culture, and comprise the state's collective memory.

In the New Orleans Vieux Carre, the Louisiana State Museum maintains and operates the following:
*The Cabildo, Presbytere, and the Lower Pontalba
*Madame John's Legacy
*The Old U.S. Mint
*The Arsenal, Jackson House, and the Creole House
The Wedell-Williams Memorial Aviation Museum of Louisiana in Patterson and the Old Courthouse Museum in Natchitoches are recent additions to the Louisiana State Museum.

Friends of the Cabildo...
Provide significant annual monetary support to the Museum for its education and exhibition programs
Maintain an active volunteer program that supplements the Museum's professional staff
Operate the 1850 House Museum Store on Jackson Square
Give daily walking tours of the French Quarter for tourists and special groups
Publish a series of distinguished award-winning architectural books on the historic districts of New Orleans
Maintain an unique oral history porject comprised of taped intervies with interesting citizens on a wide range of topics
Offer a comprehensive training program for walking tour guides and docents
Organize annual events such as Ghostly Galavant and Creole Christmas which raise monies for the Museum and various projects of the Friends
Give daily year-round tours of the 1850 House Museum

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