Objects from schools that once served Black students will be considered for 2027 exhibit.
State, federal and local leaders joined the Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign today to announce a historic partnership advancing plans for a new Vicksburg Civil War Visitor Center and Museum.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the recipient of three 2026 Southeastern Museums Conference Awards, including a Gold Award for a digital series about the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Nissan Café by John Tierre Hospitality, a new eatery specializing in Southern-inspired cuisine, is now open at the Two Mississippi Museums — the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
Volunteer Donita Morgan has given a $25,000 gift to the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.
The Dummy Mummy, enclosed in her cloth-lined, black wooden coffin, will haunt the halls of the Museums this Halloween season.
Step back in time and discover the people, places and events that shaped Mississippi during the Colonial era at Journey to Colonial Mississippi: An America250 Celebration on Saturday, October 3, at the Old Capitol Museum in Downtown Jackson.
Zachary Clary, the 2026 Religion in Mississippi History Research Fellow, has completed his summer research at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and his work will be included in his doctoral dissertation.
A large audience of history buffs attended History is Lunch to view a special screening of the second episode of The Fisher People, a four-part documentary series by Mississippi State University Television Director David Garraway.