The Historic New Orleans Collection is currently hosting a three-century procession through the city’s musical history.

“New Orleans Medley: Sounds of the City” showcases vignettes, objects, audio and videos to tell the story of New Orleans through one of its most important cultural facets. Not only do visitors get to learn about the city’s most famous genre, jazz, but also varied genres like classical, martial and R&B.

“From the beginning, we wanted people to appreciate just how broad New Orleans music really is,” said Eric Seiferth, a curator and historian at THNOC who prepared the exhibition with Alfred E. Lemmon, director of the institution’s Williams Research Center. “The key is the diversity inherent in our musical history. I think that everyone—no matter their previous knowledge—will learn something new.”

According to THNOC, New Orleans Medley “allows visitors to see original objects from the musicians, composers and DJs who brought the city its music. A jukebox stocked with tracks related to items in the exhibition and a video console with archival clips round out the show’s multifaceted approach.”

But it’s not just post-colonial New Orleans music that’s on tap. The Chitimacha tribe of Louisiana loaned instruments similar to those used in the city’s earliest days. Also prominently featured are musicians like Professor Longhair, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Camille Nickerson, Bounce artists and more.

New Orleans Medley is housed in THNOC’s Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St. Gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and admission is free. For more information, click here.