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Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum in 2005. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Biloxi Maritime & Seafood Museum to be rebuilt at original site

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum in 2005. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum in 2005. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – The Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum will be rebuilt at its original site on Point Cadet.

The Sun Herald reports that FEMA and MEMA have told Biloxi officials they won’t fund any additional archaeological studies to determine whether the proposed Tullis-Toledano Manor property was a Native American burial site or for remediation costs should it prove to be a burial site. Tullis-Toledano Manor was a historic Greek Revival mansion on the Gulf Coast that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

The city and museum officials decided to return to their original site at Point Cadet.

The new building will cost about $6 million, which will be paid for by FEMA and insurance. The property will include a 15,000-square foot Seafood Museum and a 5,000-square foot Hurricane Katrina museum.

Construction is expected to take about 2 1/2 years after FEMA approves the site.

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Information from: The Sun Herald, http://www.sunherald.com

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Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum in 2005. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum in 2005. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.