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.

Contents

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.

Museums

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]".

NameImageLocationCountyRegionTypeNotes
1927 Flood Museum Greenville Washington DeltaLocal historyHistory of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 [1]
Africa House YA Providence Educultural Resource Museum & Gallery Natchez Adams SouthwestEthnic (African American)Open by appointment, includes paintings, artifacts, carvings, videos, tools, photographs of European enslavement forts, instruments, traveling exhibits [2]
African American Military History Museum EastSixthStreetUSOBldg (Hattiesburg, MS).jpg Hattiesburg Forrest SoutheastEthnic (African American/Military) website, 150 years of African-American military history; artifacts, photos and displays; has extensive set of Spanish–American War medals
Alice Moseley Folk Art and Antique Museum Bay St. Louis Amtrak station.jpeg Bay St. Louis Hancock SoutheastArt website, museum located upstairs in former train depot
American Contract Bridge League Museum Horn Lake DeSoto NorthSports website, exhibits on Civil War, African-American history, renovated cabin, Jerry Lee Lewis
Amory Regional Museum Amory Monroe NorthLocal history website
Auburn Auburn Mansion, Natchez, Mississippi, in April 2011.jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwest Historic house Built about 1812; red brick mansion
B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center BB King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi showing the cotton gin.jpg Indianola Sunflower SoutheastBiographical, Music (Blues) website, Features displays on B.B. King and the cotton gin where he worked and other Blues musicians from the Delta
Beauvoir Beauvoir 01.JPG Biloxi Harrison SoutheastBiographicalHistoric house that includes the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library
Bench Mark Works Motorcycle Museum & Campground Sturgis Oktibbeha East CentralTransportation (Motorcycles) Website, pre-1970 Bench Mark Works motorcycles
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens Vicksburg Warren SouthwestCommodity (Coca Cola) Website, Coca-Cola history and memorabilia
Biloxi Lighthouse BiloxiLightHouse2010.jpg BiloxiHarrisonSoutheastMaritime Website, 1848 lighthouse open for tours
Biloxi Mardi Gras Museum Magnolia-Hotel-Biloxi-09-11-2012.JPG BiloxiHarrisonSoutheastHistoryLocated in the Magnolia Hotel, costumes, photographs and memorabilia of carnival celebrations along the coast
Black History Gallery McComb Pike SouthwestEthnic (African American)Displays African American pictures, books and historical materials [3]
Boler's Inn Museum Union Newton East CentralHistoric site information, information
"Boo" Ferriss Baseball Museum Cleveland Bolivar DeltaBiographicalLife of baseball great Dave Ferriss, [4] located in the Crawford Center of Delta State University [5]
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site BricesCrossroads2010.jpg Baldwyn Lee NorthMilitaryCivil War battlefield and visitor's center with exhibits
Busted Wrench Garage Museum Gulfport HarrisonSoutheastTransportation website, free classic and vintage car museum and with assorted other vehicles
Camp Van Dorn World War II Museum Centreville Wilkinson SouthwestMilitary website, history of 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
Canton Movie Museums Canton Madison SouthwestMedia website, two museums about films made in the area, one about the film A Time to Kill , one about My Dog Skip
Canton Multicultural Center & MuseumCantonMadisonSouthwestEthnic (African American) Website
Canton Train MuseumCantonMadisonSouthwestRailroad website, historic train depot
Catfish Museum and Welcome Center Belzoni Humphreys DeltaIndustry website, on the farm-raised catfish industry, also local art
Causeyville General Store and Mill Meridian Lauderdale East CentralHistory photos, general store from about 1895, gristmill, mechanical music museum, country memorabilia [6]
Center for Marine Education and Research GulfportHarrisonSoutheastNatural historyPart of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, interactive exhibits, life-size replicas of sea creatures, touch tanks and aquariums, requires reservations
Century of History MuseumGreenvilleWashingtonDeltaEthnic (Jewish) website, at the Hebrew Union Temple, Jewish history in the Delta region
Center for the Study of Southern Culture (Gammill Gallery) Oxford Lafayette NorthCultureExhibits of documentary photography of the American South
Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum Starkville Oktibbeha East CentralMusic website, part of the Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU, musical instruments, recordings and sheet music
Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives and MuseumClevelandBolivarDeltaMultiple website, part of Delta State University, changing exhibits of history and culture from its collections and traveling exhibits
Clinton Community Nature Center Clinton Hinds Southwest Nature center website, museum/education building, 33 acres (130,000 m2) of woodland, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of walking trails, labeled native trees and flowers
Choctaw Museum Choctaw Neshoba East CentralEthnic (Native American) Website, history and culture of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center Corinth Alcorn NorthMilitary website, part of Shiloh National Military Park
Corinth Crossroads Museum Crossroads Depot Corinth MS.JPG CorinthAlcornNorthLocal history website, housed in a railroad depot, includes local, railroad and Civil War history, Coca-Cola memorabilia and drink machines [7]
Cullis & Gladys Wade Clock MuseumStarkvilleOktibbehaEast Central Horology website, part of the Mississippi State University, American clocks and watches, located in the lobby of the Mississippi State University Welcome Center
Deason Home Ellisville Jones SoutheastHistoric houseOpen by appointment with the Tallahala Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution [8] [9]
Delta Blues Museum Delta Blues Museum.jpg Clarksdale Coahoma DeltaMusic (Blues)Blues music and performers
Delta State University Sculpture GardenClevelandBolivarDeltaArt website, showcases the work of regional and national sculptors
DeSoto County Museum Hernando DeSoto NorthLocal history website, exhibits on Civil War, African-American history, renovated cabin, Jerry Lee Lewis
Dunleith Dunleith by Highsmith.jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseAntebellum mansion estate with outbuildings
Dunn-Seiler Geology MuseumStarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralGeology website, part of the Mississippi State University, rocks, minerals, fossils and meteorites
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts CenterGreenvilleWashingtonDeltaArtOperated by the Greenville Arts Council, features Roger D. Malkin Gallery that hosts six to eight exhibitions per year featuring local, regional, and national artists, and the Delta Children's Museum Pavilion with an Armitage Herschell carousel [10]
Elvis Presley Birthplace Elvis Presley Birthplace, Tupelo, MS, US (04).jpg Tupelo Lee NorthBiographicalIncludes the birthplace home and museum of Elvis Presley, and a chapel
Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center Glendora Tallahatchie DeltaEthnic (African American) website, story of murder of Emmett Till and local African American culture and history
Ethel Wright Mohamed Stitchery MuseumBelzoniHumphreysDeltaArt website, stitched memory pictures representative of Mississippi Delta family life. Some of her pieces are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution
Eudora Welty House EudoraWeltyHouse.jpg Jackson Hinds SouthwestHistoric house website, Home of author Eudora Welty
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Grant Presidential Library.jpg StarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralHistory website, part of Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU, collection of Lincoln era artifacts and exhibits. Located in the same area as the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
French Camp Historic Area OldFrenchCampPostOfficeMS.JPG French Camp Choctaw East Central Open-air website, includes 1846 log cabin, visitors center, crafts and sorghum mill, antebellum home
F.W. Williams Home Frank W Williams Home.JPG MeridianLauderdaleEast CentralHistoric house1886 Victorian period home [11]
G.I. Museum Ocean Springs Jackson SoutheastMilitary website, almost entirely devoted to World War II, includes uniformed mannequins, period weapons, a 1943 Jeep and home-front items
Gallery 130OxfordLafayetteNorthArt website, located in Meek Hall, operated by the Art Department of the University of Mississippi, exhibitions by undergraduate and graduate students
Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center and Museum Gateway to the Blues Museum, Tunica.jpg Tunica Tunica DeltaMusicLocated in a historic depot, history of how The Blues was born and the role Tunica played in building the genre's legacy [12]
Grand Gulf Military Park Confederate Memorial Chapel at Grand Gulf Military State Park.jpg Port Gibson Claiborne SouthwestHistoric site Civil War battle site, includes museum, historic buildings, cemetery, observation tower
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Chromesun grandvillage of the natchez01.jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestArchaeology (Native American) website, Site of a ceremonial mound center for the Natchez tribe from 1200-1730; Museum, reconstructed mounds and a dwelling
Greene County Museum Leakesville Greene SoutheastLocal historyFormer courthouse built about 1939, features local history and prehistoric Indian artifacts [13]
Greenville Air Force Base MuseumGreenvilleWashingtonDeltaAviationLocated on the second floor of the Mid-Delta Regional Airport, history of Greenville Air Force Base [1]
Greenville History Museum GreenvilleWashingtonDeltaLocal history website
Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery Greenwood Leflore DeltaMusic (Blues)Exhibits on Robert Johnson and other central Delta blues artists [14]
Grenada Historical Museum Grenada Grenada NorthLocal historyLocated in City Hall, includes Coca-Cola display [15]
Grenada Lake Visitors Center MuseumGrenadaGrenadaNorthNatural history website, animal displays, lake history, wildlife scenes, informational videos, a telescope overlook point
Gulf Islands National Seashore Visitor Center Ocean Springs JacksonSoutheastNatural historyWilliam M. Colmer Visitor Center for barrier islands in Mississippi, has exhibits, nature trails, ranger programs, campground and picnic areas
Hattiesburg Area Historical Society Museum HattiesburgForrestSoutheastLocal history website, housed in the Hattiesburg Cultural Center
Highway 61 Blues Museum Leland Washington DeltaMusic (Blues) website
Historic Jefferson College Jefferson College (Washington, Mississippi).JPG Washington Adams SouthwestEducationFirst educational institution of higher learning in Mississippi
Hartley Peavey Visitor CenterMeridianLauderdaleEast CentralMusicMemorabilia related to Peavey Electronics and its notable users of its guitars, amplifiers and keyboards [16]
Holland Museum Brookhaven Lincoln SouthwestHistoryReplica of country store with items used in yesteryear, open by appointment [17]
Holliday Haven Aberdeen Monroe NorthHistoric houseRestored Greek Revival mansion built about 1850, with original furnishings and memorabilia
Holloway-Polk House Prentiss Jefferson Davis SouthHistoric house website, restored southern plantation home built circa. 1864 - the only surviving continuously lived-in antebellum home in Jefferson Davis County [18]
House on Ellicott's Hill EllicottsHillNatchezMSApr2019.jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseOwned by the Natchez Garden Club, restored late 18th-century house
Howlin' Wolf Museum West Point Clay East CentralMusic - Blues / Biography website, includes artifacts of Howlin' Wolf, the Black Prairie Region, Big Joe Williams, Bukka White, located in the Friday House [19]
Humphreys County Cultural Museum BelzoniHumphreysDeltaAfrican American website
Ida B. Wells Barnett Museum Holly Springs Marshall NorthAfrican American website, contributions of Africans And African Americans in the fields of history, art and culture
INFINITY Science Center Infinity Science Center - panoramio.jpg HancockHancockSoutheast Aerospace Interactive space exhibits, tours of America's largest rocket engine test complex
Institute of Southern Jewish Life Natchez NatchezAdamsSouthwestEthnic - JewishGuided tours of 1843 Temple B'nai Israel, formerly known as the Museum for Southern Jewish Life
Institute of Southern Jewish Life Utica Utica HindsSouthwestEthnic - JewishCurrently closed and relocating, features objects from disbanded congregations across the region
International Museum of Muslim Cultures JacksonHindsSouthwestEthnic website, Islamic history and culture, contributions of Muslims
Jackson Public Fire Safety Education Center and Fire MuseumJacksonHindsSouthwestFirefighting website, collection includes a 19th-century uniform; fire engines, pictures, communication equipment and records [20]
Jacqueline House MuseumVicksburgWarrenSouthwestEthnic (African American) website, collection includes artifacts, art archives, photography and audio/visual materials, open by appointment
Jaketown MuseumBelzoniHumphreysDeltaArchaeologyArtifacts from the Jaketown Site [21]
Jerry Clower Museum Liberty Amite SouthwestBiographicalMementos of humorist Jerry Clower, open by appointment [22]
Jim Henson Delta Boyhood Exhibit Leland Washington DeltaBiographical website, Childhood of puppeteer Jim Henson, who grew up in Leland, and the creation of Kermit the Frog and the Muppets [23] [24]
Jimmie Rodgers Museum Jimmie Rodgers Museum Highland Park.JPG MeridianLauderdaleEast CentralBiographicalMemorabilia associated with Jimmie Rodgers (country singer), "The father of country music"
John Grisham RoomStarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralBiographical website, part of the Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU, exhibit and papers of author John Grisham
John Ford Home Ford House near Sandy Hook.jpg Sandy Hook Marion SoutheastHistoric houseBuilt about 1805, the oldest frontier style structure in the Pearl River Valley, operated by the Marion County Historical Society
Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery Holly SpringsMarshallNorthArt website, works by local artist Kate Freeman Clark
Kate Lobrano HouseBay St. LouisHancockSoutheastHistoric house website, operated by the Hancock County Historical Society, 1896 shotgun cottage with turn-of-the-century period rooms, photographs of Hancock County, ancient Indian artifacts
Kemper County Historical Museum De Kalb Kemper East CentralLocal history [25]
Key Brothers Aviation ExhibitMeridianLauderdaleEast CentralAviationLocated in the Meridian Regional Airport, photo exhibit commemorates Meridian's Key brothers and area aviation history [26]
Kosciusko Museum and Visitors Center Kosciusko Attala East CentralLocal history [27]
Kossuth MuseumCorinthAlcornNorthLocal history [28]
Lake Hills Motor Bike MuseumCorinthAlcornNorthTransportation Website, motorcycles
Landrum's Country Homestead and Village Laurel JonesSoutheast Open-air website, re-creation of a late 1800s settlement with over 50 buildings and displays on 10 acres (40,000 m2)
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Lauren Rogers museum.jpg LaurelJonesSoutheastArtCollection includes 19th and 20th century American art, 19th century European art, English Georgian silver, Native American basketry and Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints
Lawrence County Regional History Museum Monticello Lawrence SouthwestLocal historyLocated on the bottom floor of the Civic Center [29]
Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum of ArchaeologyStarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralArchaeology Website, part of the Mississippi State University, artifacts from ancient Middle East and the Southeastern United States, Central and South America, Greece, Rome, and eastern Europe
Longwood Longwood by Highsmith 01.jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseBuilt 1860-61 (and never finished); a National Historic Landmark; largest octagonal house in North America, features Oriental-inspired architecture
Lower Mississippi River Museum Vicksburg December 2018 02 (Lower Mississippi River Museum).jpg VicksburgWarrenSouthwestMaritimeExhibits include steamboats and transportation, commerce, life along the river, floods, natural and military history
Lucille Parker Art Gallery HattiesburgForrestSoutheastArt Website, part of William Carey University
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center GulfportHarrisonSoutheast Children's website
Magnolia Hall Magnolia Hall Natchez Mississippi USA Front.JPG NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseOwned by the Natchez Garden Club, mid 19th-century mansion, features a collection of pilgrimage costumes, dolls
The Magnolias (Aberdeen, Mississippi) Aberdeen Monroe NorthHistoric house website, 1850s Greek Revival mansion
Manship House Museum Manship House by Carol M. Highsmith.jpg JacksonHindsSouthwestHistoric houseRestored antebellum middle-class home, operated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Marie Hull Gallery Raymond HindsSouthwestArt website, part of Hinds Community College, regional and local exhibitions in a variety of media
Marion County Museum Columbia MarionSoutheastLocal historyOperated by the Marion County Historical Society, pioneer and Native American artifacts, military memorabilia, historic photos [30]
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum.jpg BiloxiHarrisonSoutheastIndustry (Maritime)[maritimemuseum.org website], Displays include shrimping, oystering, recreational fishing, wetlands, managing marine resources, charter boats, marine blacksmithing, wooden boat building, netmaking, catboats/Biloxi skiff
Marshall County Historical Museum Holly SpringsMarshallNorthLocal history website, includes antiques, dolls and doll houses, clothing, tools, household items
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage MuseumClevelandBolivarDeltaRailroad website, includes railroad artifacts, model train layout
McComb Historic Railroad Museum Mccomb03.jpg McComb Pike Southwest Railway Railroad artifacts, equipment, photos
McRaven House McRaven House.jpg VicksburgWarrenSouthwestHistoric housePlantation house with furnishings from three periods
Melrose Melrose-Natchez-MS.jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric housePre-Civil War estate, part of Natchez National Historical Park
Meridian Museum of Art Meridian December 2018 20 (Meridian Museum of Art).jpg MeridianLauderdaleEast CentralArt
Meridian Railroad Museum Meridian December 2018 06 (Meridian Railroad Museum).jpg MeridianLauderdaleEast CentralRailroadHistoric railroad cars
Merrehope Meridian December 2018 37 (Merrehope).jpg MeridianLauderdaleEast CentralHistoric house20 room Victorian mansion
Military Memorial MuseumBrookhavenLincolnSouthwestMilitary [17]
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum JacksonHindsSouthwestMultiple website, open-air museum about the state agriculture and forestry industry, including farmers, loggers, sawmill workers, agricultural aviators, Mississippi 4-H Museum [31]
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum MississippiArmedForcesMuseum Nov 6, 2021.jpg HattiesburgForrestSoutheastMilitaryLocated at Camp Shelby
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Jackson December 2018 62 (Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum).jpg JacksonHindsSouthwestCivil rights website
Mississippi Coast Model Railroad MuseumGulfportHarrisonSoutheastModel railroad website
Mississippi Entomological MuseumStarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralNatural history website, part of the Mississippi State University, displays on insects and other entomological subjects in the foyer of the Clay Lyle Entomology Building
Mississippi Governor's Mansion Mississippi Governors Mansion.jpg JacksonHindsSouthwestHistoric house
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum Meridian December 2018 08 (Soule Steam Feed Works - Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum).jpg MeridianLauderdaleEast CentralTechnologyLocated in the Soulé Steam Feed Works, steam engines
Mississippi John Hurt Museum Carrollton Carroll DeltaMusic (Blues)/Historic house website, bluesman John Hurt's shanty home, open by appointment
Mississippi Museum of Art Mississippi Museum of Art and The Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art.jpg JacksonHindsSouthwestArtFeatures over 4,000 works by Mississippi artists, includes paintings by American, Mississippi and British painters as well as photographs, collage artworks and sculptures
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science JacksonHindsSouthwest Natural history Located in Lefleur's Bluff State Park
Mississippi Music Museum Hazlehurst Copiah SouthwestLocal historyLocated in the historic depot, showcases all MS-born types of music including blues, country and rock'n'roll [32] [33]
Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame JacksonHindsSouthwestHall of fame (Music)Located in the Jackson–Evers International Airport
Mississippi Petrified Forest Mississippi Petrified Forest.JPG Flora MadisonSouthwestNatural historyGrounds have a nature trail among petrified logs in addition to museum with petrified wood and fossils
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame JacksonHindsSouthwestHall of fame (Sports)Features touch-screen kiosks, hands-on exhibits, collection of items, interviews, and film footage of state athletes, home of the Conerly Trophy
Mississippi State University GalleriesStarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralArt website, exhibits of art, architecture, design and decorative arts in several gallery locations
Mitchell Farms Collins Covington SoutheastAgricultureRestored farm buildings on a working farm; Website
Monmouth Plantation Monmouth House, East Franklin Street & Melrose Avenue, Natchez (Adams County, Mississippi).jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseTours of the restored early 19th-century plantation house, now an inn
Mount Locust Inn NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric building information, Mississippi's only remaining frontier inn, part of the Natchez Trace Parkway
Municipal Art Gallery of Jackson JacksonHindsSouthwestArt website, contemporary art gallery
Museum of the Mississippi Delta GreenwoodLefloreDeltaMultiple website, art, archaeology, agriculture, antiques and animals
Museum of Mississippi History JacksonHindsSouthwestLocal history15,000 years of state history, [34] with thousands of historic artifacts [35]
Natchez Museum of African Art and HeritageNatchezAdamsSouthwestEthnic (African American)Run by the Natchez Association for the Preservation of Afro-American Culture [36] [37]
Natchez National Historical Park Melrose Mansion (rear).jpg NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseIncludes the William Johnson House, owned by a free African American barber, and the 19th century Melrose estate
Neshoba County-Philadelphia Historical Museum Philadelphia Neshoba East CentralLocal history [38]
North Delta Museum Friars Point CoahomaDeltaLocal historyIncludes pioneer, Civil War and American Indian artifacts [39]
Noxubee County Historical Society Museum Macon Noxubee East CentralLocal history [40]
Oakes African American Cultural Center Yazoo City Yazoo DeltaEthnic (African American) [41]
Oaks Museum OaksHouse2.jpg JacksonHindsSouthwestHistoric houseMid 19th century period house
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art Observation Tower, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art.jpg BiloxiHarrisonSoutheastArtFeatures pottery of George Ohr, dedicated to the ceramics of George E. Ohr
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum StarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralLocal history website
Old Depot Museum (Vicksburg) VicksburgWarrenSouthwestMultiple website, also known as Vicksburg Battlefield Museum, models and a film about the Battle of Vicksburg, HO, N, and O scale model train layouts, river and military boat model, miniature cars,
Old Capitol Museum Old Mississippi State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi (3931949807).jpg JacksonHindsSouthwestHistoryFormer state capitol building
Old Court House Museum Old Courthouse HDR.jpg VicksburgWarrenSouthwestLocal historyBuilt about 1858, local history museum with antiques, Civil War artifacts, decorative arts, local memorabilia
Old Firehouse Museum OldFirehouseMuseum, November 2021.jpg WigginsStoneSoutheastLocal history website Located on former site of City firehouse [42]
Old Number One Firehouse MuseumGreenvilleWashingtonDeltaFirefightingFormer cotton-factoring office (built about 1923) converted into a firehouse in 1931; old equipment, hands-on displays, children's dress-up area [1]
Oren Dunn City MuseumTupeloLeeNorthOpen-airIncludes local history museum, Tupelo Veterans Museum, 1870s dogtrot cabin, church and school, two fire trucks, 1948 Lee County Book Mobile, Memphis trolley car turned local eatery Dudie's Diner, and Frisco Caboose [43] [44]
Pearl River Community College Museum Poplarville Pearl River SoutheastLocal history website, college history, Native American artifacts
Pemberton's Headquarters C. S. A. HQ Vicksburg.jpg VicksburgWarrenSouthwestHistoric housePart of Vicksburg National Military Park, headquarters for Confederate General John C. Pemberton during most of the 47-day siege of Vicksburg
Pleasant Reed House PleasantReedHouse.jpg BiloxiHarrisonSoutheastAfrican AmericanOperated by appointment with the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art, exhibits on area African-American history
Rankin County Historical Museum Brandon Rankin SouthwestLocal history website, operated by the Rankin County Historical Society, includes a store, house and post office
Robert Johnson Blues Museum Crystal Springs Copiah SouthwestMusic (Blues) website, blues and local history
Rock & Blues Museum ClarksdaleCoahomaDeltaMusic (Blues, Rock 'n' Roll) Website, music memorabilia from the 1920s through the 1970s
Rosalie Rosalie (Natchez, Mississippi).JPG NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric houseBuilt about 1820, National Historic Landmark Federal-style house
Rosemont Plantation Rosemont Plantation, home of Jefferson Davis.JPG Woodville Wilkinson SouthwestHistoric houseFamily home of Jefferson Davis
Rowan Oak Rowan Oak.JPG OxfordLafayetteNorthHistoric houseHome of author William Faulkner
Sam B. Olden Yazoo Historic MuseumYazoo CityYazooDeltaLocal historyLocated in the Triangle Cultural Center [41]
Sam Wilhite Transportation MuseumWest PointClayEast CentralTransportation website, area transportation history, includes model railroad display
Scranton Museum Pascagoula JacksonSoutheastMaritime website, 70 foot shrimp boat including a wheelhouse, galley, shrimping TED, net display, bunkroom, wetlands diorama, and three aquariums
Scranton Nature CenterPascagoulaJacksonSoutheastNatural history website
Seabee Heritage Center SeabeeMuseum M151 MUTT.jpg GulfportHarrisonSoutheastMilitary/Maritime Website, history of the Seabees, located in the Naval Construction Battalion Center
Smith Robertson Museum JacksonHindsSouthwestEthnic (African American) website, site of Jackson's first school for African-Americans, displays history and achievements of African-American Mississippians
Stanton Hall Stanton Hall.JPG NatchezAdamsSouthwestHistoric house1857 mansion with Natchez antiques and many original furnishings
Stephen D. Lee Home and Museum Stephen Lee House.jpg Columbus Lowndes East CentralHistoric houseMid 19th-century house, includes Florence McLeod Hazard Museum with Civil War collections and local history artifacts
Strawberry Plains Audubon Center Holly SpringsMarshallNorthMultiple website, nature center and historic antebellum Davis House open for tours
Tishomingo County Archives and History Museum Iuka Tishomingo NorthLocal history Website, operated by the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society
Tunica Museum Tunica Museum 2010-12-17 Tunica MS 02.jpg Tunica TunicaDeltaLocal historyIncludes area natural history, Tunica people, social history, agriculture, casinos
Tunica RiverPark Tunica Resorts TunicaDeltaMultiple website, includes the Mississippi River Museum about the natural, cultural and maritime history of the Mississippi River, aquariums, observation platform, nature trail and river cruise
Tupelo Automobile Museum Tupelo Automobile Museum, Tupelo, Mississippi.jpg TupeloLeeNorthAutomotiveOver 100 antique, classic and collectible automobiles
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum Grant Presidential Library.jpg StarkvilleOktibbehaEast CentralHistory website, part of the Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU, exhibits on the Civil war, especially in Mississippi, and Ulysses S. Grant
Union County Heritage Museum New Albany Union NorthMultiple website, complex includes local history museum with changing exhibits of art and culture, a caboose, country store, jail cell, doctor's office, blacksmith shop and barn
University of Mississippi Museum University of Mississippi Museum 2018 3.jpg OxfordLafayetteNorthMultipleIncludes fine art, Greek & Roman antiquities, folk art, scientific instruments
USM Museum of Art HattiesburgForrestSoutheastArt Website, part of University of Southern Mississippi
USS Cairo Museum Vicksburg National Military Park December 2018 24 (USS Cairo).jpg VicksburgWarrenSouthwest Ship museum Restored Union ironclad gunboat raised after a century, contains artifacts found on board, part of Vicksburg National Military Park
Uzebek MuseumBrookhavenLincolnSouthwestEthnicOpen by appointment, culture of Uzbekistan [17]
Verandah-Curlee HouseCorinthAlcornNorthHistoric house1857 Greek Revival mansion, tours by appointment [45]
Veterans Memorial MuseumLaurelJonesSoutheastMilitaryIncludes books, newspapers, and documents from all war eras and over 100 movies and documentaries [46]
Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg Memorial Arch.jpg VicksburgWarrenSouthwestMilitaryIncludes visitor center with exhibits, 1,330 monuments and markers, a 16-mile tour road, a restored Union gunboat, and a National Cemetery
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Walter Anderson Museum of Art.png Ocean Springs JacksonSoutheastArtWorks of Walter Inglis Anderson, adjoins the community center where Anderson painted in the 1950s
Waveland Ground Zero Hurricane Museum Waveland HancockSoutheast Hurricane Katrina artifactsContains educational exhibits on hurricanes and Mississippi Gulf Coast culture. Housed in NRHP Waveland Elementary School. [47] [48]
West End Hose Company No. 3 Museum & Fire Education CenterBiloxiHarrisonSoutheastFirefighting website, historic firefighting tools and equipment, educational fire prevention center for children
Wilkinson County Museum Woodville Wilkinson SouthwestLocal history website, website, includes exhibits on Lester Young, William Grant Still, Anne Moddy and Scott Dunbar, and local folk art
Winterville Mounds and Museum Winterville pottery HRoe 2004.jpg GreenvilleWashingtonDeltaArchaeology - Native AmericanOne of the largest Indian mound groups in the Mississippi Valley
Wright Art CenterClevelandBolivarDeltaArt website, part of Delta State University, contains two galleries for contemporary art exhibitions and the permanent collection of the University Art Department
WROX Museum WROX Building ~ Clarksdale, MS.JPG ClarksdaleCoahomaDeltaMedia website, history and equipment from the historic WROX-AM radio station, open by appointment
Yellow Fever Martyrs Church MuseumHolly SpringsMarshallNorthHistory - MedicalOpen by appointment, about the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 [49]
Yesterday's Children Antique Doll and Toy Museum VicksburgWarrenSouthwestToy website, dolls and toys of the 19th and 20th century

Defunct museums

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): [51]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Delta's Museum Mile". Visit Greenville. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. "Capitol/River Region". Mississippi Tour Guide. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. "Black History Gallery". Visit Mississippi. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. ""Boo" Ferriss Baseball Museum". Mississippi Delta Tourism Association. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. "Baseball: Ferriss Museum". Delta State Athletics. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  6. "Causeyville General Store". Meridian/Lauderdale County Tourism Bureau. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. "Museum". Coca Cola of Corinth. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  8. "Deason Home". City of Ellisville. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  9. "Facebook site". Deason Home. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  10. "Official site". Greenville Arts Council. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  11. "Official site". Merrehope and F.W. Williams. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  12. "Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center and Museum". Tunica Travel. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  13. "Greene County Museum". Visit Mississippi. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  14. "Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery". Visit Greenwood. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  15. "Historical Sites in Grenada". Visit Grenada. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  16. "Attractions". Meridian, MS. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "Visit". Holland Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  18. "Historic Holloway/Polk House celebrates 150 years". Prentiss Headlight. December 30, 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  19. "Museums Along the Trail". Mississippi Blue Trail. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  20. "Jackson's Public Fire Safety Education Center and Fire Museum". New Southern View. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  21. "Attractions". Visit Belzoni. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  22. "Jerry Clower Museum". Amite County, Mississippi. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  23. "Birthplace of Kermit The Frog Museum". Roadtrippers. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  24. "Leland, Mississippi: Jim Henson Museum, Birthplace of Kermit the Frog". Roadside America. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  25. "Tourism: Historic Kemper County". Kemper County, Mississippi. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  26. "Key Brothers Aviation Exhibit". Visit Meridian. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
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