NOAAM x KNMF
Honoring Memory. Building Legacy. Shaping the Future.
About the Partnership
The New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM) and the Katrina National Memorial Foundation (KNMF) have joined forces to ensure the stories, archives, and lived experiences of Hurricane Katrina are preserved with dignity and interpreted with the depth they deserve.
Rooted in NOAAM’s 30-year mission of place-keeping and cultural preservation, this collaboration situates the KNMF collection within a broader institutional framework—one that protects Black historical memory, supports community scholarship, and expands public access to intergenerational knowledge.
This partnership is more than an exhibition—it is a strategic intervention to ensure the memory of one of New Orleans’ defining events is held collectively for generations.
Featured Project: The Katrina List – The Untold Story
As told by Omar Casimire
This exhibition highlights the decades-long work of historian Omar Casimire, founder of KNMF, who has documented the names and stories of over 10,000 individuals impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Through archival materials, historical records, and personal narratives, The Katrina List transforms data into testimony and memory into infrastructure.
At NOAAM, this work exists within a cultural ecosystem that connects past, present, and future, positioning the exhibition as both remembrance and part of a larger continuum of Black resilience, migration, creativity, and survival.
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