Angry in the Great White North

New Orleans is home to many important museums. Here's a sampling:

Confederate Museum 929 Camp Street

As the oldest museum in Louisiana, houses the second largest Confederate collection in the nation. It exhibits Civil War memorabilia such as flags, uniforms, weapons, medical internments and personal effects of President Davis, Generals Beauregard, Lee, Bragg and other Southern leaders.

The National D-Day Museum 945 Magazine St.

The American spirit, the teamwork, courage and ultimate sacrifice of the men and women who served in WWII is dedicated here. This museum was built to honor, promote, explore and express the undeniable values, pride and life of individuals that died for our country.

New Orleans Museum of Art City Park

The NOMA is one of the South's most highly acclaimed museums. It is located in the French Quarter and features a permanent collection of the Faberge gallery. Before you visit here why not give them a call to see what traveling art exhibit they may be hosting during your stay in New Orleans.

I checked the websites of these institutions, and they had no updates concerning Hurricane Katrina. One can only hope their archived material has been moved to higher ground, or that it has been secured in water-tight vaults. In the latter case, I wonder if the vault designers ever imagined that the (possibly submerged) vaults would have to keep the contents safe for days, weeks, or even months, the time it might take to clean up the mess before the material can be retrieved.

To mention three museums, as significant as these three are, barely scratches the surface in terms of discussing the sum total of the cultural treasures at risk. There may be losses suffered tomorrow that no insurance policy can hope to cover.

[Michelle Malkin has a round-up.]