Thanks to support from Higher Purpose Co., the Two Mississippi Museums–Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum–will offer free admission Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Thanks to support from Higher Purpose Co., the Two Mississippi Museums–Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum–will offer free admission Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Thanks to support from Higher Purpose Co., the Two Mississippi Museums–Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum–will offer free admission Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At noon on Wednesday, June 5, Ben Wynne will present "A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis, and the Song that Changed Everything" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.
At noon on Wednesday, May 29, Stephen Parks and Noah Saterstrom will present “What Became of Dr. Smith? A Life Rediscovered” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.
At noon on Wednesday, May 22, Ben Fatherree will present “The Origins of the Mississippi Community College System” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum building and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.
At noon on Wednesday, May 15, Kidada Williams will present “'The Devil Was Turned Loose': Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
At noon on Wednesday, May 8, Ted Ownby will present “A Shooting on Capitol Street, 1887” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.
MDAH will hold its 39th Social Studies Teachers Workshop at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 1, at the Two Mississippi Museums. For more information, email outreachprograms@mdah.ms.gov.
Join us for a screening of Rosenwald at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Directed by Aviva Kempner, this documentary tells the story of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish businessman and philanthropist who worked with African American communities to build schools in the Jim Crow South. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.