Beside the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden turns art into a treasure hunt: more than 90 sculptures hide and gleam along lagoons and pine-shaded paths beneath City Park’s ancient live oaks — and admission is free.
Kids race from giant spiders to mirrored labyrinths while families picnic on the lawns, and the garden’s bridges and bayou views make even the walk between sculptures feel like a story.
Paired with NOMA’s family days inside, it’s the most beautiful free afternoon in New Orleans: world-class art at running, skipping and cartwheel pace.
