News Releases
3/23/2022
The Unita Blackwell Property, the property of the first African American woman in the state elected to the office of mayor, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
3/14/2022
The Mississippi Historical Society held its annual meeting March 10-11 in Hattiesburg to honor its 2022 award winners, including the best Mississippi History Book of 2021, the lifetime achievement award, teacher of the year, and awards of merit.
3/14/2022
On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, MDAH will celebrate the lives of Governor William Winter and First Lady Elise Winter at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The event is sponsored by Jones Walker LLP and the Foundation for Mississippi History.
3/4/2022
The World of Marty Stuart exhibit will debut at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson on Saturday, May 7, coinciding with the inaugural Mississippi Makers Fest, a music, food, and arts festival on the museum grounds.
2/25/2022
The special exhibition Emerging Grace: Andrew Bucci’s Early Works is on display in the lobby of the William F. Winter Archives & History Building. The exhibition opened on January 12, the centennial birthday of Andrew Bucci.
2/24/2022
On Wednesday, March 2, at noon, MDAH will host legislators for a special History Is Lunch program–Finding Common Ground: Lawmakers and the New Flag. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, Speaker Philip Gunn, Sen. Briggs Hopson, Sen. Derrick Simmons, and Rep. Robert Johnson will discuss the process of adopting the new Mississippi flag.
2/18/2022
MDAH museums, sites, archives library will be closed on Monday, February 21, in observance of President’s Day.
2/18/2022
On Thursday, February 24, at 7 p.m. the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will premiere The Defenders: How Lawyers Protected the Movement in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. Presented by Butler Snow and the Foundation for Mississippi History, the documentary film was produced by Red Squared and MDAH.
2/14/2022
Learn how to trace your military family tree with resources available at MDAH on Saturday, February 19, from 10 to 11 a.m. Jeff Giambrone, a historic resource specialist at MDAH, will lead the Finding Your Family: Intro to Military Research workshop at the William F. Winter Archives & History building.