Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame
The Museum and the River
The Museum’s interior reflects the region’s fluvial geomorphology – the transformation of the landscape from centuries of carving by the meandering river. Sculpted from over 1,100 unique cast stone panels, the interior seamlessly integrates building systems and serves as a canvas for exhibitions and films.
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The Museum and the River
The Museum’s interior reflects the region’s fluvial geomorphology – the transformation of the landscape from centuries of carving by the meandering river. Sculpted from over 1,100 unique cast stone panels, the interior seamlessly integrates building systems and serves as a canvas for exhibitions and films.
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Rebuilding an Icon
On August 29, 2005, the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina, brought New Orleans to its knees. The effects of this devastating storm were personified by the damage inflicted upon the city’s largest, most recognizable icon, the Superdome. It came to serve as a “Refuge of Last Resort” providing shelter for more than 30,000 New Orleans citizens for six long days. Ultimately the Superdome is responsible for saving the lives of countless New Orleanians.
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Rebuilding an Icon
On August 29, 2005, the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina, brought New Orleans to its knees. The effects of this devastating storm were personified by the damage inflicted upon the city’s largest, most recognizable icon, the Superdome. It came to serve as a “Refuge of Last Resort” providing shelter for more than 30,000 New Orleans citizens for six long days. Ultimately the Superdome is responsible for saving the lives of countless New Orleanians.
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Weave
Weaving has always played a significant role in cultures worldwide, including the diversity of Indigenous nations. The cultural practice of weaving is creatively expressed and represented in the physical manifestation of forms and patterns—from the facades of Haudenosaunee long houses and Anishinaabe ash baskets to the woven bits of brush and twigs between the stakes of fishing weirs. More profoundly, the process of weaving calls to the spiritual, cultural, and social practices of sharing stories—interlacing the knowledge of the skies, land, and waters from one generation to the next.
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Weave
Weaving has always played a significant role in cultures worldwide, including the diversity of Indigenous nations. The cultural practice of weaving is creatively expressed and represented in the physical manifestation of forms and patterns—from the facades of Haudenosaunee long houses and Anishinaabe ash baskets to the woven bits of brush and twigs between the stakes of fishing weirs. More profoundly, the process of weaving calls to the spiritual, cultural, and social practices of sharing stories—interlacing the knowledge of the skies, land, and waters from one generation to the next.
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