The RW Norton Art Gallery

Maybe it was just the right place and right time for my mood, but I thought this place was awesome. In no way would I compare this place to a huge museum like the Metropolitan. But for being free, not crowded, and open on a Sunday, it was pretty neat.
The main subjects you will see are American landscapes. Not every picture was my favorite, but I felt they had a nice collection of beautiful paintings. The descriptions were not that detailed, but lets face, we only retain so much of that information. Some random things they had that gave the place a nice touch was the full size statue of Marilyn Monroe and a live bee hive outside (not accessible to the public luckily).
What takes this place to the next level is the Gardens area. Its really pretty and though no photography is allowed, no one was around to enforce it. I got lots of great pictures around the area.
For what little Shreveport has to offer as attractions, this place should be high on your list if venturing to Shreveport. Much nicer than gambling all day, dontcha think?

Its nice that this is free. They had the entire south wing closed for renovation. The printable descriptions next to the art is kinda not as informative as it should be. The Hubby enjoyed it. I found it lacking.

It was such a beautiful day, we didn’t even make it inside. We only toured around the outside grounds and they are absolutely gorgeous. We must have got lucky too because their ‘over 20,000′ azaleas seemed to be at peak bloom just for us that day. Stunning. I took some pics too check them out.

This place is fantastic. Just beautiful and well kept up. I went on one of their first Saturday tours today and it was so educational. We learned about the antique doll collection and the gun collection. The new library is a sight to behold!!! I will be back for the next tour next month. Well worth your time!

A gem of a museum, and the price is right: admission is free. While the collection here does feature some well-​known artists like Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington and Charles Marion Russell (and Paul Revere silver!), the real joy of the museum is in discovering things that you weren’t really familiar with before. For example: the insanely ornate, weird, beautiful collection of rare, gilded pistols, or the realist paintings of Rosa Bonheur. Factor in two hours or so — it may be called a «gallery,» but it’s actually a pretty large museum, and it sits on about 30 acres of walking trails and sculpture gardens. Highly recommended.

An absolute gem for Shreveport!!! Can’t believe I missed reviewing this place! My buddy and fellow Unilocaler Howard L. was right! I have been coming here for years! Going way back to second grade! I LOVE this place! And they have recently done major renovations and thrown fresh paint all over the place and it all just looks fantastic!!! But the greatest of great of all new additions and renovations to this finest of fine facility, is the new library/​reading room. Ah-​mazingly gorgeous, tranquil and fantastic! I LOVE it! I have always LOVED the Norton… Movie hounds may recognize this museum from the film «Homeland Security» which was also released under the title «My Mother’s Boyfriend» with Selma (me-​ow!) Blair, Meg Ryan, and Antonio (No, don’t do it! Don’t do it! Too sexy!-A lil’ SNL reference) Banderas and Colin Hanks among others. I heard this production wrecked this place pretty good, but it has definitely made a full recovery and then some… And in the spring, for Easter, get your kids pics outside this gallery with the beautful blooming Azaleas in abundance. It’s truly a sight to behold. Also located here are true works of Remington, loads of tapestries, antique dolls, antique guns, the large painting of Captain Shreve clearing the dam on the Red River in front of what would become our fine city (this very painting also adorned the cover of my Louisiana History textbook in 8^th grade.) Again, this is a gem of Shreveport, and it gleams!

I’m having a hard time believing no Unilocaler has reviewed this place. It’s a free art museum, and a great way to spend a peaceful few hours on you own or with family or friends. There’s an interesting and eclectic collection of mostly American, Native American, and European art works, glassware, dolls, guns, sculptures and other stuff collected by the Norton family. They also this period had a collection of US Patent application miniature models. The Norton family left this non-​profit museum as a cultural legacy for the citizens of the Shreveport area.