When hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 15 years ago this month, the site where the Louisiana Children’s Museum (LCM) now sits was under several feet of water. Back then, the museum was housed in a brick building in the Warehouse District. “The idea to move was not because of a plan to expand. It was motivated by a need for the city and state to invest in children differently,” says LCM CEO Julia Bland, whose mission for the museum went beyond entertaining children for a few hours. Louisiana has consistently ranked among the worst states for children’s education and health. “We needed to create a space to bring many different resources together. We were on the bottom of all the good lists and the top of all the bad lists.”