News Releases

Spirits of the Passage: The Story of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a traveling exhibit on display in the Two Mississippi Museums, will close on Sunday, August 11.

MDAH participated in the National Digital Newspaper Program, an effort to digitize hundreds of out-of-print newspapers across the country. More than 238,000 pages of Mississippi newspapers are now accessible online.

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 4, Michael Cottman will sign copies of his book "Shackles from the Deep: Tracing the Path of a Sunken Slave Ship, a Bitter Past, and a Rich Legacy."

MDAH is accepting applications for preservation projects across the state to preserve, restore, rehabilitate, and interpret historic courthouses and schools.

Cindy Gardner has been named the director of the MDAH Museum Division. Pamela Junior has been selected as the director of the Two Mississippi Museums.