Nothing tells a story like a home!

Historic Houses Society and GALA

Our Annual Fundraiser for the Preservation-Minded

 

Nothing tells a story like a home! Your support is vital to our mission of preserving two 19th-century French Quarter homes and, through their architecture, collections, and history, inspire discourse about our collective past and its relevance to our present and future. Visitors, students, and researchers explore such diverse topics as the lives of the houses’ owners and enslaved people, free people of color, open-hearth cooking, mourning rituals, and the entrepreneurial pursuits of women.

2025 Historic Houses Society Gala

Thursday, November 6, 2025
6-9 o’clock in the evening

chairs

Karen Conner and Marley LeBourgeois

Honoree

Elizabeth “Betsy” Nalty
Emerita Board Member and Past President of The Woman’s Exchange

Hosts

Deanna and Larry Blackburn

 
 

Video of Gallier House

 
 

Preservation Circle - $1000

  • Entrance for TWO to the Historic Houses Society Gala

  • Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program

  • Private after-hours tour for 6 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)

  • Complimentary Admission for two to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year

  • Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions


Heritage Circle - $2500

  • Entrance for FOUR to the Historic Houses Society Gala

  • Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program

  • Private after-hours tour for 8 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)

  • Complimentary Admission for four to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year

  • Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions


Fellows Circle - $5,000

  • Entrance for SIX to the Historic Houses Society Gala

  • Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program

  • Private after-hours tour for 10 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)

  • Complimentary Admission for six to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year

  • Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions


Director’s Circle - $10,000

  • Entrance for TEN to the Historic Houses Society Gala

  • Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program

  • Private after-hours tour for 12 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)

  • Complimentary Admission for ten to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year

  • Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions

*In the event of a change in public health restrictions, the gala will not be rescheduled. All membership benefits still apply.