Living With Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond Katrina Exhibit Opens
in Louisiana State Museum Five years after the most devastating
Hurricane ever to hit the United States and the massive
destruction that followed, an exhibit has opened at the
Louisiana State Museum documenting that destruction. "Living
with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond," a $7.5 million, 6,700
square-foot exhibit on the ground floor of the historic
Presbytere in the French Quarter's Jackson Square tells the
stories of real people caught in the hurricane's wrath. It
documents their rescue, recovery, rebuilding and renewal of New
Orleans in a way certain to move both those who survived the
storms of 2005 and those who watched the events unfold on TV.
Combining eyewitness accounts, historical context, immersive
environments and in-depth scientific exploration, "Katrina and
Beyond" enables visitors to understand the 2005 storms, Katrina
and Rita, and their impact on Louisiana, the Gulf Coast and the
nation. It is a story of how a culture – the ric