Events

The Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History will hold its quarterly meeting on at 9 a.m. on Friday, October 13, in Vicksburg. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov. 

Join us for Trick or Treat at the Two Mississippi Museums on Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Discover Mississippi History at our scavenger hunt and visit our trick-or-treat stations placed throughout the building for spirited holiday fun.

Join us for a reading with Ron Rash on Friday, September 29, at 5 p.m. at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Rash will read from and sign copies of his new book, The Caretaker. Rash is also the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestseller Serena and Above the Waterfall.

Join us for a gallery talk at 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 21, in the Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign special exhibit.

Join us for our Archaeology Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, on the Entergy Plaza at the Two Mississippi Museums. Guests will experience the world of archaeology through games, interactive modern technology demonstrations, and more. Families who collect four stamps in a "Passport in Time" at different  booths will receive four tickets to the Two Mississippi Museums! Passports will be available on site on the day of the event. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Admission to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is free every Sunday. 

At noon on Wednesday, October 25, Christopher Slocombe will present “ 'A Land of Sickness and Death': Nature and Health at the Civil War Siege of Corinth” as part of the History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, October 18, Rick Cleveland and Neil White will present “The Mississippi Football Book” as part of the History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, October 11, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland will present “Get Back to the Counter: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement” as part of the History Is Lunch series.

At noon on Wednesday, October 4, Katie Blount and Miranda Vaughn will present “MDAH Projects and Archives Month Updates” 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.