The 2022 Veterans Day Ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 10, on the Entergy Plaza in front of the Two Mississippi Museums. The program will include a performance by the 41st Army Band, a moment of silence, recognition of the veterans in attendance and of fallen heroes by Major General Janson D. Boyles—the Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard. A memorial volley and wreath laying will follow.
Join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 16, for the annual MLK Night of Culture at the Two Mississippi Museums. This year's theme is inspired by the Black Empowerment gallery of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum which highlights the unity and determination of Black Mississippians demanding their civil rights in the late 1960s. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, email info@mdah.ms.gov.
You're invited to come and view The Green Book: Guide to Freedom documentary, showing August 14th at the Two Mississippi Museums. The hour long Smithsonian Channel documentary details the history of The Green Book and works in partnership with the traveling exhibit, The Negro Motorist Green Book, hosted at the Two Mississippi Museums from July 2 through September 25.
Join us on Thursday, July 21, at 11 a.m. for a gallery talk on the Mississippi stories within The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit featuring MDAH exhibits curator Barbara McClendon and MDAH collections curator Megan Bankston at the Two Mississippi Museums. This event is free and open to the public.
Join us for an evening of history and fun on Tuesday, July 19, at the Two Mississippi Museums! The evening theme for this edition of History Happy Hour is "On the Road" in collaboration with The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit. Museum staff will lead interactive fifteen-minute flash tours through the exhibit, as well as through the Two Mississippi Museums featuring stories about travel and transportation in our state. Enjoy refreshments, a cash bar and live music from jazz saxophonist Tiger Rogers. Museum members will receive a complimentary drink.
Higher Purpose Co. and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are supporting free admission to Two Mississippi Museums on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, in conjunction with The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. Click here for more information.
Higher Purpose Co. and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are supporting free admission to Two Mississippi Museums on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, in conjunction with The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. Click here for more information.
Enjoy free live music at the Two Mississippi Museums on Sunday, July 10, featuring jazz saxophonist Tiger Rogers. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday and includes admission to The Negro Motorist Green Book and The World of Marty Stuart special exhibits. For more information, visit the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Facebook page.
Higher Purpose Co. (HPC) and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are supporting free admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, in conjunction with the presentation of The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday.
The Two Mississippi Museums will host an entrepreneur fair in partnership with HPC Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. in the Mississippi Hall of History.
“We are grateful to Higher Purpose Co. and the National Museum of African American History and Culture for making it possible for Mississippians to visit the Two Mississippi Museums and increase their knowledge of entrepreneurship,” said Katie Blount, director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
“Higher Purpose Co. is excited to collaborate on this timely initiative,” said Tim Lampkin, Founder & CEO of Higher Purpose Co. “HPC is committed to amplifying positive narratives of African Americans and providing business resources to reduce the racial wealth gap in our state. This partnership is yet another example of our consistent strategy to improve the state of Mississippi.”
Support for this collaborative community program is made possible by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The Negro Motorist Green Book offers an immersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and how the annual guide served as an indispensable resource for the nation’s rising African American middle class. The exhibition was developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author, photographer and cultural documentarian, Candacy Taylor, and made possible through the support of Exxon Mobil Corporation.
Museum hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum—Two Mississippi Museums—are located at 222 North Street in Jackson. For more information visit the MDAH Facebook page or email info@mdah.ms.gov.