Louisiana State Museum - The Presbytere
Recently, my husband and I traveled to New Orleans for a wedding! What a fun city for a party! On our second day, we went to the Louisiana State Museum - The Presbytere . This museum has two main sections: Hurricane Katrina and Mardi Gras, each on their own floor. I will say overall, this museum was really beautiful. I could imagine some awesome cocktail hours overlooking the square here! The first floor provided context and details about when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond . It walks the visitor through the lead-up to New Orleans. Unfortunately, the atrocities that occurred were due to a number of factors. The exhibit highlights the construction, engineering failures of the levees. It seemed as though bad decisions were compounded through more bad decisions (e.g., materials choice, design choices). The lack of preparedness of the groups that should have been ...