Exhibits & Programs

Our main program is the historic house tour that we give every day, every hour on the hour, but we also have other programs, activities, and special events. Sign up for e-Pops, our email subscription list, to make sure you always know what’s happening at the Museum.

EXHIBITS

Our permanent exhibit, Satchmo's Stuff: Highlights from the Museum Collection, features the best and most interesting artifacts from our Collections, including Armstrong's gold-plated trumpet, manuscripts, photos, clothing, and a sample of some of the collage work that Louis created in his spare time. The exhibit can be viewed before or after your historic house tour, during our normal hours of operation.

Also on display through February 29, 2012, is the exhibit "Keep Up The Good Works": The Gösta Hägglöf Collection. Gösta Hägglöf (1934-2009), the Swedish oracle of Louis Armstrong, spent decades collecting and promoting Armstrong's music. He passed away in 2009 and left his monumental Armstrong collection to the Museum, the highlights of which are now on display.

ARMSTRONG BIRTHDAY—July 4th

In celebration of Louis Armstrong’s traditional birthday (July 4th, 1900), the museum stays open every 4th of July, and we offer 10% off in the Museum Store. Join the birthday celebration with free birthday cake, served in the Armstrong’s Japanese-inspired garden!

HOT JAZZ/COOL GARDEN

Each summer, the Museum invites local, up-and-coming trad jazz artists and bands to perform in the Museum's beautiful Japanese-inspired garden. Past performers include the Bria Skonberg Quartet, Baby Soda Jazz Band, Gordon Au and the Grand Street Stompers, and Grandpa Musselman and His Syncopators.

POPS IS TOPS

Pops is Tops, an annual concert series for local schoolchildren, is our longest running program. More than 1,600 kids from all over Queens gather in the Armstrong’s garden every May for jazz concerts by world famous musicians. By invitation only. Sponsored, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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