"Katrina and beyond" - media preview at @LaStateMuseum #kandbeyond

Rainy Morning, the Presbytere at Jackson Square

While looking at some of the artifacts that the Louisiana State Museum presented at the "Katrina 5.0 symposium" last Wednesday, I made a comment that I should have brought a decent camera to take decent photos. The good folks on the @LaStateMuseum staff invited me to today's media preview for Katrina and beyond, their exhibit opening on 26-October at the Presbytere. It was a great event, and I'll be sharing some of the photos I shot today over the weeks in the run-up to the opening.

This is a seat from the Louisiana Superdome, the "shelter of last resort" during the storm, and for a couple of days afterwards. LSM obtained this single seat as well as a set of three.

The highlight of today's media briefing, in addition to presentations by several speakers, was the unveiling of Fats Domino's piano, recovered from his house in the Ninth Ward.

LOTS more to come on #kandbeyond as we approach the opening!