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. This workshop will provide an introduction to genealogy research. Space is limited for this program and registration is required. Register here. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
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 own miniature model trains. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
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 take place in the This Little Light of Mine Gallery of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and is open to the public with the price of museum admission. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums each Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with Hezekiah Watkins. Watkins will tell his story of being arrested at age 13 as the youngest Freedom Rider at the Greyhound Bus Station in Jackson, Mississippi. This recurring event will take place in the This Little Light of Mine Gallery of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and is open to the public with the price of admission. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
Celebrate the holiday season at our Holiday Open House at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 11, at the Two Mississippi Museums. This event will feature music and vendors such as Ella Robinson with Stitch Craft by Ella, Grit Girl, Indianola Pecan House, and more. Nick Wallace Culinary will provide refreshments, and members of the Two Mississippi Museums receive a 25 percent discount on their entire purchase from the Mississippi Museum Store. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
At noon on Wednesday, November 8, Dale Beasley will present “We Will Not Be Home By Christmas” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Book sales and signing to follow.