Events

Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. 

#WeltyatHome: A Curtain of Green. Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for an online discussion of Eudora Welty's short story collection, A Curtain of Green and Other Stories.  This series will…

Wednesday, December 6, noon at the Two Mississippi Museums. History Is Lunch. Stanley Nelson will present “The 1966 Murder of Ben Chester White: A New Look at an Old Case” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the…

Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums each Saturday at noon with museum staff member Hezekiah Watkins. Watkins will tell his story of being arrested at age thirteen as the youngest Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. This recurring event will…

Learn about Possum Ridge during the Paint a Train session from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., on Saturday, December 9, at the Two Mississippi Museums. This event will feature a tour of the Possum Ridge exhibit and painting stations for visitors to create their…

Interested in starting your journey in genealogy? Ally Mellon, director of library services at MDAH, will present Genealogy Workshop: Beginning Genealogy at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 9, at the William F. Winter Archives & History Building.…