List of museums in Mississippi

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This list of museums in Mississippi encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Mississippi has a relatively large number of museums focused on Blues music (noted under "Music" in the type column of the table below).

The "Regions" column in the table refers to regional areas with boundaries used by the Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau (but with neutral names), as described in the "Regions" section below.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. Museums focusing on ethnic or racial groups are sorted as "Ethnic-[Name]".

Name Location Region Type Notes
Africa House YA Providence Educultural Resource Museum & Gallery Natchez Southwest Ethnic-African American Has paintings, artifacts, carvings, videos, tools, photographs of European enslavement forts, instruments, traveling exhibits; Website
African American Military History Museum Hattiesburg Southeast Ethnic-African American / Military 150 years of African-American military history; artifacts, photos and displays; has extensive set of Spanish-American War medals; Website
American-Indian Artifacts Museum Columbus East central Archaeology-American Indian
Amite County Courthouse Liberty Southwest History Oldest operating courthouse in Mississippi; has original records from 1807, memoirs and mementos of Confederate soldiers
Amory Regional Museum Amory Website
Auburn Natchez Southwest Historic house Built about 1812; red brick mansion website
Bench Mark Works Motorcycle Museum & Campground Sturgis East central Transportation - Motorcycles pre-1970 Bench Mark Works motorcycles Website
Biedenharn Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia Vicksburg Southwest Commodity - Coca Cola Website
Black History Gallery McComb Southwest Ethnic-African American Displays African American pictures, books and historical materials
Black History Museum of Corinth Corinth North Ethnic-African American / History Items relating to black history, focusing on religion and education
Blues & Legends Hall of Fame Museum Tunica Resorts Delta Music - Blues Museum space is 5,000 square feet (460 m²) at the Bluesville Showcase Night Club; Website
Boler Stagecoach Inn Museum Union East central History
Burton's Sugar Farm Michigan City North History park Steam engines, gristmills, blacksmith shop, threshers, sawmill; Website
Camp Van Dorn World War II Museum Centreville Southwest Military At Camp Van Dorn, training camp for 40,000 soldiers in World War II from 1942-1945; has sections on the town of Centreville, the camp, and the war; Website
Canton Multicultural Center & Museum Canton Southwest Ethnic-African American Website
Carnegie Public Library-Archaeology Collection Clarksdale Delta Archaeology
Catfish Capitol Visitors Center Belzoni Delta Industry Exhibits on the farm-raised catfish industry Website
Causeyville General Store and Mill Meridian East central History General store from about 1895, gristmill, mechanical music museum, country memorabiliaWebsite
Cedar Grove Mansion Inn Vicksburg Southwest Historic home Built about 1840; Greek Revival mansion with original furnishings; Website
Cleveland Depot Library Cleveland Delta Multiple Local railroad and literacy exhibits; Website
Clinton Community Nature Center Clinton Southwest Nature center Along with museum/education building, the site has 33 acres of woodland, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of walking trails, labeled native trees and flowers
Choctaw Museum of the Southern Indian Choctaw East central Ethnic - Native American Website
Cobb Archaeology Museum Starkville East central Archaeology Part of the Mississippi State University Museums and Galleries; Website
Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center Corinth North History Website
Corinth Coca-Cola Museum Corinth North Commodity - Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Bottling Works in Corinth
Corners Vicksburg Southwest Historic house Built about 1873; has period antiques; Website
Cottonlandia Museum Greenville Delta History Website
Crossroads Museum Corinth North History Displays on Corinth from the Paleolithic period to the presentWebsite
Deason Home Ellisville Southeast Historic house Run and owned by Tallahala Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Delta Blues Museum Clarksdale Delta Music - Blues Website
Delta State University Archives Cleveland Delta History Smithsonian exhibits, historical displays on the Mississippi Delta and related subjects; Website
DeSoto County Museum Hernando North History Exhibits on Civil War, African-Americn history, renovated cabin, Jerry Lee Lewis; Website
Dunn Seiler Museum Starkville East central Part of the Mississippi State University Museums and Galleries; Website
Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center Glendora Delta Ethnic - African American Website
Ethel Wright Mohamed Stitchery Museum Belzoni Delta Art More than 100 stitchery memory pictures representative of Mississippi Delta family life. Some of her pieces are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute Website
Eudora Welty House Jackson Southwest Historic house Website
Fielding Wright Art Center Cleveland Delta Art
Fire Museum & Public Fire Safety Education Center Jackson Southwest Fire Collection includes a 19th-century uniform; fire engines, pictures, communication equipment and records; website
French Camp Historic Area French Camp East central Living history museum Includes 1846 log cabin, visitors center, crafts and sorghum mill, antebellum home Website
G.I. Museum Ocean Springs Southeast Military Almost entirely devoted to World War II; over 30 uniformed manequins; period weapons; a 1943 Jeep and home-front items; Website
Goldstein Nelken Solomon Century of History Museum Greenville Delta Ethnic - Jewish At the Hebrew Union Temple, which dates back to 1906
Graceland Too Holly Springs North Music / Biography Elvis Presley memorabilia collected over the past 44 years
Grand Gulf Military Park Port Gibson Southwest Historic site Civl War battle site; has museum, historic buildings, cemetery, observation tower; Website
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Natchez Southwest Archaeology - Native American National Historic Landmark; site of a ceremonial mound center for the Natchez tribe from 1200-1730; Museum, reconstructed mounds and a dwelling; Website
Greene County Museum Leakesville Southeast History / Archaeology - Native American Former courthouse built about 1939; has history-related items and prehistoric Indian artifacts; Website
Greenville Air Force Base Museum Greenville Delta Military
Greenville History Museum Greenville Delta History
Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery Greenville Delta Music - Blues Exhibits on Robert Johnson and other central Delta blues artists; Website
Grenada Lake Visitors Center Museum Grenada North Nature center Has animal displays, lake history, wildlife scenes, informational videos, a telescope overlook point; Website
Gulf Islands National Seashore Visitors Center Ocean Springs Southeast Interpretive center for barrier islands in Mississippi; has exhibits, nature trails, ranger programs, campground and picnic areas; Website
Harrison House Fayette Southwest Ethnic - African American Exhibits memorabilia, books, contracts, deeds and pictures from 1900 onward
Hattiesburg Area Historical Society Museum Hattiesburg Southeast History Housed in the Hattiesburg Cultural Center; Website
Hazlehurst Depot Museum Hazlehurst Southwest History Has displays on Bluesman Robert Johnson, railroading and local history; Website
Highway 61 Blues Museum Leland Delta Music - Blues In the Old Temple Theatre; Website
Historic Jefferson College Washington Southwest
History Museum (Grenada, Mississippi Grenada North History
Holliday Haven Aberdeen North Historic house Restored Greek Revival mansion built about 1850, with original furnishings and memorabilia
Hopson Plantation Clarksdale Delta Former commissary displaying antiques and artifacts related to Mississippi Delta culture
Howlin' Wolf Museum West Point East central Music - Blues / Biography Collection includes artifacts of Howlin' Wolf, the Black Prairie Region, Big Joe Williams, Bukka White; Website
Ida B. Wells Barnett Museum Holly Springs North Website
International Museum of Muslim Cultures Jackson Southwest History Website
Jacinto Courthouse Jacinto North Historic building Web page
Jacqueline House African American Museum Vicksburg Southwest Ethnic - African American Collection includes artifacts, art archives, photography and audio/visual materials
Jerry Clower Museum Liberty Southwest Mementos of humorist Jerry Clower;
Jimmie Rodgers Museum Meridian, East central Memorabilia associated with "The father of country music"; Website
John Ford House Sandy Hook Southeast Historic house Built about 1805, the oldest frontier style structure in the Pearl River Valley;
Kate Lobrano House Bay St. Louis Southeast Photographs of Hancock County. ancient Indian artifacts, Hancock County Historical Society headquarters
Kemper County Historical Museum De Kalb East central History
Kosciusko Museum and Visitors Center Kosciusko East central Website
Landrum's Country Homestead and Village Laurel Southeast Living history museum re-creation of a late 1800s settlement; more than 50 buildings and displays on 10 acres; Website
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Laurel Southeast Art Oldest art museum in the state; collection includes 19th and 20th century American art, 19th century European art, English Georgian silver, Native American basketry and Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints; Website
Lawrence County Regional History Museum Monticello Southwest Local history Local history museum; on the bottom floor of the Civic Center
Lee Home Museum Columbus East central Historic house Website
Longino House Monticello Southwest Historic house Former home of state Governor A. H. Longino
Longwood Natchez Southwest Historic house Built 1860-61 (and never finished); a National Historic Landmark; largest octagonal house in North America; Oriental-inspired architecture; Website
Lucille Parker Art Gallery at William Carey College Hattiesburg Southeast Art Website
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Gulfport Southeast Children
Madison County Old Jail Museum Canton Southwest Jail museum Website
Magnolia Hall Natchez Southwest Historic house Has a collection of pilgrimage costumes, dolls; Website
Manship House Museum Jackson Southwest Historic house Restored antebellum middle-class home; Website
Marie Hull Gallery Raymond, Southwest Art Permanent collection of works by Mississippi artists;
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum Biloxi Southeast Industry - Maritime Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the museum is to be rebuilt next to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art; Website
Marshall County Historical Museum Holly Springs North History
McComb Historic Railroad Museum McComb Southwest Railway Website
Melrose Natchez Southwest Historic house National Historic Landmark; Website
Meridian Museum of Art Meridian East central Art Website
Military Memorial Museum Brookhaven Southwest Military
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum Jackson Southwest Industry Website
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Southeast Military
Mississippi John Hurt Museum Carrollton Delta Music - Blues / Historic house Bluesman John Hurt's shanty home Website
Mississippi Museum of Art Jackson Southwest Art Has more than 4,000 works by Mississippi artists; website
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Jackson Southwest Natural history Website
Mississippi Petrified Forest Flora Southwest Natural history Grounds have a nature trail among petrified logs in addition to museum; website
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Jackson Southwest Hall of fame - Sports Has touch-screen kiosks and hands-on exhibits; collection of items, interviews, and film footage of state athletes; home of the Conerly Trophy; Website
Mitchell Farms Collins Southeast Agriculture Restored farm buildings on a working farm; Website
Mount Locust Inn Natchez Southwest Historic building Built about 1780; Mississippi's only remaining frontier inn; Website
Movie Museums Canton Southwest Movie Includes sets for films made from John Grisham's "A Time to Kill", and Willie Morris' "My Dog Skip."Website
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Utica Southwest Ethnic - Jewish Website
NAPAC Museum Natchez Southwest Ethnic - African American Run by the Natchez Association for the Preservation of Afro-American Culture; Website
Natchez Costume & Doll Museum Natchez Southwest Toy museum - Dolls Collection includes antique dolls, costume gowns worn by the queens of past Spring Pilgrimage pageants Website
Naval Construction Battalion Center - Seabee Heritage Center Gulfport Southeast Military / Maritime Website
Neshoba County-Philadelphia Historical Museum Philadelphia East central History In George Pegram Woodward home; Website
North Delta Museum Friars Point Delta History / Archeology - Native Americans Civil War and American Indian artifacts;
Noxubee County Historical Society Museum Macon East central History
Oakes African American Cultural Center Yazoo City Delta Ethnic - African American Website
Oaks Museum Jackson Southwest Historic house Website
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Biloxi Southeast Art Temporarily housed as of 2008 in the Glenn L. Swetman house as the museum is rebuilt; Website
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Starkville East central History
Old Court House Museum Vicksburg Southwest History / Historic building Built about 1858; Historical museum with artifacts, illustrations, and documents
Old Jail Museum Canton North Jail/Prison
Old Number One Firehouse Museum Greenville Delta Fire In a former cotton-factoring office (built about 1923) converted into a firehouse in 1931; old equipment; hands-on displays, children's dress-up area; Website
Ole Miss Blues Archive at the
University of Mississippi		 Oxford North Music - Blues Blues recordings, reference books, other memorabilia; personal collection of B. B. King
Pearl River Community College Museum at Pearl River Community College Poplarville Southeast History Focuses on the history of the college; Website
Rankin County Historical Museum Brandon Southwest History
Robert Johnson Heritage & Blues Museum Crystal Springs Southwest Music - Blues Website
Robert Johnson Heritage House Hazlehurst Southwest Music - Blues / Historic house Home of Bluesman Robert Johnson; Website
Roberts Schoolhouse at University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg Southeast Historic site One-room schoolhouse built in 1899 and used until 1922; authentic furniture and books from the 1800s to 1920s; University website
Rock 'n Roll & Blues Heritage Museum Clarksdale Delta Music - Blues and Rock 'n' Roll Website
Rosalie Natchez Southwest Historic house Built about 1820; National Historic Landmark; Federal-style house Website
Rosemont Plantation Woodville Southwest Historic house Built about 1810; family home of Jefferson Davis
Rowan Oak Oxford North Historic house Home of William Faulkner
Sam B. Olden Yazoo Historic Museum Yazoo City Delta Website
Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum West Point East central Transportation Website
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Jackson Southwest Ethnic - African American At site of Jackson's first school for African-Americans; displays history and achievements of African-American Mississippians; website
Stanton Hall Natchez Southwest Historic house Built about 1857; National Historic Landmark; Website
Stennis Space Center Hancock County Southeast Aerospace Interactive exhibits, tours of America's largest rocket engine test complex, motion simulator ride
Templetons Music Museum Starkville East central Music Collection includes 22,000 pieces of sheet music, records, and musical instruments from the late 1890s and early 1900s; Website
Tishomingo County Archives and Museum Iuka North History Website
Tunica Museum Tunica Delta History Website
Tunica Riverpark Tunica Resorts Delta Nature center Encompasses museum, aquariums, observation platform, nature trail and river cruise; Website
Union County Heritage Museum New Albany North History
USM Museum of Art at University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg Southeast Art Website
USS Cairo Museum Vicksburg Southwest Ship museum Restored Union ironclad gunboat raised after a century; contains artifacts found on board; in the Vicksburg National Military Park; Website
Veterans Memorial Museum Laurel Southeast Military Collection includes books, newspapers, and documents from all war eras and over 100 movies and documentaries
Vicksburg Battlefield Museum Vicksburg Southwest Military Website
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Ocean Springs Southeast Art Adjoining the community center where Anderson painted in the 1950s; Website
West End Hose Company No. 3 Museum & Fire Education Center Biloxi Southeast Fire Has historic firefighting tools and equipment; educational fire prevention center for children; Website
Wetherbee House Greenville Delta Victorian cottage built about 1873, has rotating exhibits; Website
Wilkinson County Museum Woodville Southwest History Includes exibits on Lester Young, William Grant Still, Anne Moddy and Scott Dunbar, and local folk art
William F. Winter Archives & History Building Jackson Southwest History Genealogical archives, with pictures and maps; Website
William Johnson House Natchez Southwest Ethnic - African American / Historic home Home of a free black barber in Natchez; site includes adjoining house
Winterville Mounds and Museum Greenville Delta Archaeology - Native American One of the largest Indian mound groups in the Mississippi Valley Website
Yellow Fever Martyrs Church Museum Holly Springs North History - Medical About the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 Website

[edit] Regions

The "Region" column of this list follows the regional divisions of the Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau, which breaks the state into these five areas (generic names here replace all but one of the bureau's names, which may have been designed for advertising purposes):[1]

  • Delta ("Delta"): Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Holmes, Humphries, Issaqueena, Leflore, Montgomery, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahachie, Tunica, Washington.
  • East central ("Pines"): Attala, Clarke, Clay, Chocktaw, Lauderdale, Leake, Lowndes, Neshoba, Newton, Oktibbeha, Kemper, Scott, Smith, Jasper, Webster
  • North ("Hills"): Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chicksaw, DeSoto, Ittawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Yalobusha.
  • Southeast ("Coastal"): Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Marion, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Pearl River, Perry, Stone, Wayne
  • Southwest ("Capital/River"): Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Search below for Mississippi museums" Web page, Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau website. Retrieved February 7, 2007
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