Field Trips
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Share the experience with your students
Be a part of the history and cultural heritage of the Catholic Church and the city of New Orleans. Come visit the Old Ursuline Convent Museum, the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley and once home to the Ursuline Nuns as a convent, orphanage, and school for girls. To schedule a field trip for your school call 504-503-0343.
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NEw Exhibit Now Open
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"Eternal Life"
"Eternal Life" showcases the uniqueness and diversity of New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries, mourning traditions, burial practices, and the veneration of relics. This exhibit highlights exquisite reliquaries, personal effects from deceased Archbishops, archaeological artifacts from St. Peter Street Cemetery, a photographic essay about All Saints’ Day, and it traces the Gallier Family through church records.
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The Church in the Crescent:
Three Hundred YEars of Catholicism in New Orleans-
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History of Catholicism in New Orleans from 1718 to 2018 with special emphasis on the St. Louis Cathedral Church
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History of the Old Ursuline Convent – oldest building in the Mississippi Valley – built in 1745
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History of the landing of the Ursulines Sisters in New Orleans and their contribution to New Orleans education
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St. Mary’s Chapel built in 1845 for Archbishop Antoine Blanc
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1745 drawing of the St. Louis Church
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Architectural and historic drawings of the church and its renovations
- Lithograph stone with image of Archbishop Blanc
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Silver communion set created by Anthony Rasch circa 1840s, engraved with "Church of St. Louis"
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Explore the architecture of the building and see the staircase from the 1734 convent.
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Leave a petition to Our Lady in the chapel
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Learn about the different classes of relics
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Explore All Saints' Day traditions, and learn how to properly clean cemetery tablets and tombs
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