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New Orleans Museum of Art (as of 9-2). 

The Times-Picayune reports on 8-31 that the New Orleans Museum of Art
survived Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath without significant damage. Six
NOMA security & maintenance employees had remained on duty during the
hurricane. FEMA wanted them to move to a safer location, but there was no
way to secure the artwork inside so the staff continues to stay on site.
Museum workers had taken down some pieces in the sculpture garden before the
storm, but a towering modernist sculpture by Kenneth Snelson was reduced to
a twisted mess in the lagoon. The Wall Street Journal reported on 9-2 that
the climate-control system was operating at half-power on a backup
generator. The museum may relocate some of its more fragile works, if
generator fuel can't be obtained soon.

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