National Hurricane Museum & Science Center

The Mission

Fresh Media's Hurricane Audrey Video Production (short version)

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The National Hurricane Museum and Science Center, Inc. proposes to remember, reflect and teach the lessons learned from hurricanes and related events, then to prepare for the future, so as to empower man to survive these storms unscathed, and to build a more responsible, responsive national community of Americans.

We believe there is both the need and the desire to establish and build this national center, so that every American —individuals, families, school children, as well as, serious students, teachers and researchers of meteorology, engineering, sociology and environmental science—will have a place to:

learn about hurricanes and extreme weather events
experience the power of these natural forces
memorialize and pay respect to lives and land lost and changed by past storms
reflect upon the consequences to society by our actions in response to natural disasters
understand the importance of man’s impact on the global environment, and our ability to develop and build a new responsibly
enjoy, and be thrilled by, their learning experience
leave the Center, changed by their interactions with its exhibits, and encourage others to visit

The center’s first phase will be a memorial project in Louisiana’s Southwest corner in Cameron, Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico. The larger museum and science center’s location is slated for the Lake Charles downtown and lakefront area along Interstate 10.

This non-profit project originated and is being led by the Creole Nature Trail All-American Road District (CNTAARD) Board of Commissioners and the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau; and in part is supported by grant funding from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byway Grant Program. In Louisiana the National Scenic Byway grant funding is administered by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism.

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