Louisiana State Museum staging $7.5 million hurricane exhibit

Louisiana museum staging major Katrina exhibit

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana State Museum is using the start of hurricane season to announce a major exhibit that will open this fall.

Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond is a $7.5 million exhibit. Museum officials say it will include exhibits connected to the massive storm that hit almost five years ago and will help visitors understand the storm’s impact on Louisiana, the Gulf Coast and the nation.

Designed by the Boston-based firm ExperienceDesign that worked with the Museum’s historians, curators and exhibit designers, the exhibit will have a series of galleries featuring sound, video and computer graphics.

The show will open Oct. 26, at the Presbytere in the French Quarter’s Jackson Square.