Events

The Eudora Welty House & Garden will celebrate Welty's birthday with refreshments and free house tours on April 13, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden Facebook page. 

Join us on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m. for an exclusive evening with Marty Stuart to celebrate the opening of The World of Marty Stuart special exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums. For more information on ticket purchasing, visit https://www.mdah.ms.gov/party-with-marty. 

 

On Friday, April 15 at 2 p.m., Joseph Ewoodzie Jr. and Carla Shedd will discuss Ewoodzie’s new book Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Refreshments by Chef Enrika Williams will be provided. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the MDAH Facebook page or email info@mdah.ms.gov. 

At noon on Wednesday, April 27, Katie Mills and Irma Hale will present “The Art and Life of Reuben Hale" 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 building and stream live on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—.

At noon on Wednesday, April 20, Thomas Kersen will present “Communes and Counterculture in the Magnolia State” 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 building and stream live on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—.

At noon on Wednesday, April 13, Deborah Douglas will present “Forth and Back: The Great Migration Roadmap to Resistance and Reclamation” 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 building and stream live on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—.

Between Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 22,  visitors to the Eudora Welty House & Garden can record, share, and write anonymous testimonies of their favorite Eudora Welty stories and more. For additional information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden Facebook page. Click here for more information on the Story Made Project. 

Between Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 22,  visitors to the Eudora Welty House & Garden can record, share, and write anonymous testimonies of their favorite Eudora Welty stories and more. For additional information, visit the Eudora Welty House & Garden Facebook page. Click here for more information on the Story Made Project. 

The unveiling of portraits of former Governor Phil Bryant and First Lady Deborah Bryant will take place in the second-floor rotunda of the Mississippi State Capitol in downtown Jackson on Tuesday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. Guest speakers will be former Governor Phil Bryant and MDAH director Katie Blount. For more information, visit the MDAH Facebook page. 

At noon on Wednesday, April 6, Alicia Jackson will present “The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson" 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 building and stream live on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Facebook page—.