News Releases

Spence Flatgard of Ridgeland, Edmond Hughes of Ocean Springs, and Helen Moss Smith of Natchez were elected to the MDAH Board of Trustees on Friday, January 24. Their nominations will be submitted to the Mississippi State Senate for confirmation.

If you’re ready to dig into your family history but aren’t sure what the next step is, a program at MDAH can give you the answers. Staff of the state archives will lead a Genealogy Workshop for Beginners on Saturday, February 8, at the Two Mississippi Museums.

MDAH will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the historic election of Hiram Revels to Congress in a ceremony at the Old Capitol in Jackson on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 6 p.m.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, FedEx Corporation and the Mississippi Department of Archives & History are providing free admission to the Two Mississippi Museums Saturday, January 18, through Monday, January 20.

At noon on Wednesday, January 29, as part of the department’s History Is Lunch series, Stephen Cunetto will present “Mississippi State University’s Templeton Music Museum and Ragtime Festival.”