One Family members, One Legacy
Image Audubon Nature Institute as a single family tree with lots of far-reaching branches. From seeds sown a lot more than a century ago, it has grown into an unrivaled family of facilities that Celebrates the Wonders of Nature. The tree is nurtured by a exclusive culture which owes its beginning—and its ongoing development—to dynamic vision and leadership, enduring entrepreneurial spirit, intense commitment to innovation and passionate community help. This culture has been a catalyst for success that sets Audubon Nature Institute apart.
Rooted in Innovation
The Audubon family began in Audubon Park—once household to Native Americans, and later, to New Orleans' first mayor, Etienne de Boré. He founded the nation's first commercial sugar plantation right here and created its first granulated sugar through a procedure invented by Norbert Rillieux, a local no cost man of color. During the Civil War, the location alternately hosted a Confederate camp and a Union hospital. In 1866, it was the activation web-site for the 9th Calvary, the "Buffalo Soldiers" whose defense of our country's western frontier produced an indelible mark on America's African-American heritage.
Website improvements produced for The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884 (Louisiana's first world's fair) laid the foundation for an urban park. The city had bought the land for this objective in 1871, and by the turn of the century, had entrusted its development to landscape architect John Charles Olmsted. Olmsted's family firm had risen to prominence for its style of New York's Central Park, and New Orleanians soon watched their personal scenic retreat materialize from Louisiana swamplands.
In 1886, city planners changed the park's name from Upper City Park to Audubon Park. This was in tribute to artist/naturalist John James Audubon who painted lots of of his famed "Birds of America" in Louisiana.
Image Audubon Nature Institute as a single family tree with lots of far-reaching branches. From seeds sown a lot more than a century ago, it has grown into an unrivaled family of facilities that Celebrates the Wonders of Nature. The tree is nurtured by a exclusive culture which owes its beginning—and its ongoing development—to dynamic vision and leadership, enduring entrepreneurial spirit, intense commitment to innovation and passionate community help. This culture has been a catalyst for success that sets Audubon Nature Institute apart.
Rooted in Innovation
The Audubon family began in Audubon Park—once household to Native Americans, and later, to New Orleans' first mayor, Etienne de Boré. He founded the nation's first commercial sugar plantation right here and created its first granulated sugar through a procedure invented by Norbert Rillieux, a local no cost man of color. During the Civil War, the location alternately hosted a Confederate camp and a Union hospital. In 1866, it was the activation web-site for the 9th Calvary, the "Buffalo Soldiers" whose defense of our country's western frontier produced an indelible mark on America's African-American heritage.
Website improvements produced for The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884 (Louisiana's first world's fair) laid the foundation for an urban park. The city had bought the land for this objective in 1871, and by the turn of the century, had entrusted its development to landscape architect John Charles Olmsted. Olmsted's family firm had risen to prominence for its style of New York's Central Park, and New Orleanians soon watched their personal scenic retreat materialize from Louisiana swamplands.
In 1886, city planners changed the park's name from Upper City Park to Audubon Park. This was in tribute to artist/naturalist John James Audubon who painted lots of of his famed "Birds of America" in Louisiana.
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