News Releases

Thieves have vandalized the nearly two-hundred-year-old Shaifer House in Claiborne County, making off with

The Mississippi Historical Society held its annual meeting March 2–4 in Gulfport to honor its 2017 award winners and to commemorate the state’s 200th birthday.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is accepting applications for the 2017 Medgar and Myrlie Evers Resea

Toyota Motor North America has made a $750,000 contribution for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s 2 Mississippi Museums project.

The leadership team for the 2 Mississippi Museums is now in place with Cindy Gardner as site administrator, Pamela Junior as direct

The Eudora Welty House and Garden will host a reading from Paulette Jiles on Thursday, February 16.

Award-winning author Nicholas Lemann will give a talk on “The History of the History of Reconstruction” at

The Old Capitol Museum begins the new year with a Luminaries and Legends Hall of Fame spotlight exhibit celebrating Mississippian John Roy

On Wednesday, November 15, as part of the History Is Lunch series, Karen L.

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