A Temporary Exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums
March 8, 2025 – November 7, 2025
Hurricane Katrina’s 125-mph winds and 30-foot storm surge barreled across the Mississippi Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, leaving a swath of devastation. Vicksburg photographer Melody Golding captured not only the storm’s ravages, but also the resilience of the people forced to rebuild their lives.
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Golding’s photographs, along with artifacts from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, tell the story of Mississippians’ determination to rise out of chaos to rebuild, recover and thrive.
Special Events
| Saturday, March 8 | Exhibit Opens |
| Thursday, April 3 11 a.m. | Gallery Talk Reporting Live: A Journalists View on Living and Covering Katrina |
| Wednesday, May 14 Noon | History Is Lunch: Lawrence Strout, Pass Christian and the Gazebo Gazette: A Gulft Community's Post-Katrina Triumph |
| Thursday, June 5 11 a.m. | Gallery Talk Through the Lens: Melody Golding and Alison Steiner |
| Wednesday, June 11 Noon | History Is Lunch: Ken P'Pool, Nan Prince, Jennifer Baughn, and Jeff Rosenberg Archives in the Aftermath: MDAH and the Legacy of Katrina |
| Wednesday, June 21 10 a.m. | Save Your Family Treasures: Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Conservation Workshop |
| Wednesday, August 27 Noon | History Is Lunch: Horne and Katrina |
| Wednesday, September 10 Noon | History Is Lunch: Katrina Stories with Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives |
| Thursday, September 11 11 a.m. | Gallery Talk Katrina Gulf Coast Vietnamese Narratives |
| Thursday, September 25 5 p.m. | History Happy Hour: Hurricane Katrina |
| Thursday, October 16 11 a.m. | Gallery Talk |
Hurricane Katrina Gallery Talk
Reporting Live: A Journalist's View on Living and Covering Katrina
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