Virtual Exhibits

Early July brings us memories of Louis Armstrong’s traditional July 4 birthday, as well the July 6 date of his passing. In this installment of “Hanging With Hyland,” Hyland Harris […]

In case you’ve missed them, Part 1 of this series opened with a page-by-page breakdown of the first half of a scrapbook Louis Armstrong began compiling in 1969. The shorter […]

70 years ago today, Louis Armstrong entered Decca’s New York studios to record two songs of French origin: “La Vie En Rose” and “C’est Si Bon.” Sy Oliver put together […]

This is a different, yet special edition of “Hanging With Hyland” as we’re shining the spotlight on our two wonderful LAHM Fellows, Jazz Milligan and Jovan Slaughter. For those who […]

Last week, we took you through a page-by-page exploration of the first half one of the handful of scrapbooks Louis Armstrong created in the last two years of his life. […]

We’ve now published six installments of “Hanging With Hyland” featuring our own Hyland Harris discussing everything from his background to Louis’s connection to Queens to the album Louis Armstrong and […]

After our multi-part look into the 1970 album Louis Armstrong and His Friends, it’s once again time to return to our “That’s My Home” theme and provide another glimpse into […]

The impetus for our “Satch’s Tracks” series was to share examples of the various types of music found in Louis Armstrong’s record and tape collection; so far we’ve covered Rachmaninoff, […]

Last week marked Hyland Harris’s tenth anniversary of working at the Louis Armstrong House Museum. He has probably given more tours of the Armstrong House than anyone in else in […]

We have reached the final chapter, friends. To be honest, I thought of Louis Armstrong and His Friends as a one-time “Satch’s Tracks” post a few weeks ago–and then the […]