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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Local nonprofit Levees.org, best known for its work in bringing to light the failures of levees that caused catastrophic damage during Hurricane Katrina, is on a new mission to build a unique museum in Gentilly.

Levees.org president Sandy Rosenthal said in a press conference today that the group will open a museum inside a home on Warrington Drive to memorialize the storm and the aftermath.

Levee Museum 2The house was flooded to the rafters after the London Avenue Canal burst when it was only at half-capacity.

The plan to open a museum is pending approval from the City Council. The City Planning Commission will take up the permit application at its meeting Tuesday at  1:30 p.m.

“The house will become an authentic museum just a stone’s throw from a levee breach site,” Rosenthal said. “Everyone – especially the survivors of the flood – deserve this flooding artifact.”