“If you knew a major storm or fire was heading toward your home, what would you save? Maybe your pet? A box of letters? The blanket that your grandma knitted for you as a baby?

A pop-up exhibit led by the Climate Action Campaign and curated by Sam Hartman, an artist and survivor of Hurricane Helene, asks that question of visitors. Built in a shipping container-sized space, the exhibit at Constitution Gardens on the National Mall brings together artifacts and stories from survivors of extreme weather events across the country to the political heart of the country. 

‘You can look at anyone’s face and you’ll never know what storm they have weathered, but you can look at an artifact from their house and you’ll immediately see what happened to it,’ Hartman said in a video promoting the event.”

Gabriel Matias Castilho reports for Inside Climate News June 6, 2026 [2].