News Releases

On Thursday, November 21, at 6 p.m. individuals featured in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum’s eighth gallery will reflect on the two years since the museum opened alongside the Museum of Mississippi History.

The Mississippi Museum Store will host its holiday open house on Thursday, November 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums—Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

On Tuesday, October 29, Jackson State University and Tougaloo College students will commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education with a mock oral argument at the Old Capitol Museum.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is partnering with the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mississippi Veterans Affairs, and Mississippi War Veterans Memorial Commission to honor Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces.

Living historians will portray well-known and nearly forgotten Mississippians at the annual Present Meets Past living history program from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, at the Old Capitol Museum.