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

• Arboreta in Mississippi (category)
• Botanical gardens in Mississippi (category)
• Historic landmarks in Mississippi
• Houses in Mississippi (category)
• Forts in Mississippi (category)
• Museums list
• Nature Centers in Mississippi
• Observatories in Mississippi (category)
• Registered Historic Places in Mississippi

[edit] Notes

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

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