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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

New Orleans Superdome

Empty, colorful patterned seating sections rise above a damaged stadium wall, with exposed structural supports and a light shining onto the turf below, taken at night inside the Superdome.

Collection

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Hurricane Katrina Photos

New Orleans Superdome

Original title

2005-28101.jpg (Object)

Citation

“New Orleans Superdome,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/1050.