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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana State Museum officials say a 200-year-old French Quarter building will remain closed at least two more weeks while crews check damage to electric components from a small weekend fire in its chiller room. Museum spokesman Marvin McGraw says elevators were among components damaged by smoke blown throughout the Presbytere, which once housed the Louisiana Supreme Court and now houses exhibits about Mardi Gras and Hurricane Katrina. The building sits next to the St. Louis cathedral. Officials originally had hoped to reopen the building next week. McGraw says firefighters put out the blaze 10 minutes after it broke out Sunday afternoon. He says no museum artifacts were damaged. He says the Presbytere gets about 7,000 visitors a month.

Fire damages electric components at French Quarter museum