Events

Enjoy our History Happy Hour at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, at the Two Mississippi Museums! This event will commemorate the Freedom Summer Project and will feature free admission, complimentary appetizers from the Nissan Café by Nick Wallace, a cash bar, and a live performance from the Kimble Funchess Music Group. Guests can also join interactive flash tours through the museums to learn about the impact of Freedom Summer on the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. Two Mississippi Museum members receive a complimentary drink.

Join us for Traditional Native Cooking with Rebekah Scott (Cherokee, Natchez, Muscogee) on Saturday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Scott will demonstrate traditional cooking methods of kanuchi. Kanuchi is a soup made from hickory nuts. For more information, call 601-446-6502 or email info@natchezgrandvillage.com.

Join us at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, August 4, for the August edition of the Summer Music Series featuring Maleah DAWN. DAWN is an R&B artist and songwriter based in Jackson. For more information, call 601-576-6083 or email info@mdah.ms.gov. 

Join us for A Talk with David Dennis Sr. at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 21, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Dennis will share his experience as a civil rights activist during the Freedom Summer Project. A brief Q&A will follow his recounting. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
 

Join us for a Gallery Talk at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 22, at the Two Mississippi Museums. Flag historian Greg Biggs will explore the unique histories of the ten nineteenth-century flags regarding their creation, usage, and preservation in the Flags From Mississippi: Emblems Through Time exhibit.  For more information, call 601-576-6083 or email info@mdah.ms.gov. 

At noon on Wednesday, July 24, Bruce Watson will present “

At noon on Wednesday, July 17, Michael Streissguth will present "American Culture and the Art of Marty Stuart" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, July 10, Leslie-Burl McLemore will present "Freedom Summer: A Personal Odyssey," as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

At noon on Wednesday, July 3, Boyce Upholt will present "The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi" as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H.

The Two Mississippi Museums education staff will offer tours at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. followed by a Q&A to honor the lives of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. These three Freedom Summer volunteers were murdered on June 21, 1964, for their efforts in registering African Americans to vote during the Civil Rights Movement. The tours will highlight the story of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, and its impact on Freedom Summer in Mississippi. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.