An antique cameo and porcelain fruit bowl connected to the Windsor Mansion in Claiborne County are now part of the Historic Object Collection at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has made available to the public a recently acquired inventory of 1960s-era Ku Klux Klan materials.
The Two Mississippi Museums – the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum – are part of the 2026 Blue Star Museums, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families during the summer.
Yellowing sheet music, faded photographs and postcards from the early 20th century highlight Mississippi’s state song, state beverage, state toy and state dance. The display, located in the building’s lobby, just outside the research library, is one of the numerous ways the Mississippi Department of Archives and History is observing America250 and Mississippi’s place in our nation’s story.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s annual Historic Preservation Boot Camp drew more than 40 participants from across the state. The event, held April 22-23 at the Charlotte Capers Building, is one of the ways the Historic Preservation Division serves the state’s communities.
In honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Week, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Lunch on Monday, April 20.
Christina J. Thomas, a post doctorate fellow at the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina, is the recipient of the inaugural Robert “Bob” Moses Civil Rights Research Fellowship, offered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Vanderbilt PhD candidate Zachary Clary will research African American intellectualism and protest strategy during the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
A group of Mississippi students will participate in the National History Day Contest in College Park, Maryland, in June after winning at the state level at an event hosted by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.