Displays of Perseverance

THE BUILDINGS AND EXHIBITS of the National World War II Museum and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art survived Hurricane Katrina. But with the tourist trade washed away and locals focused on rebuilding their lives, the institutions needed to find ways to get visitors back through their doors.

Both are relying heavily on the Internet to connect with their members for a very practical reason: the postal system will only process first class mail, if that.