Join us Sunday, August 7, at noon for the monthly edition of the Summer Music Series at the Two Mississippi Museums featuring local musician, Conner Ball. Admission to the museums is free on Sundays and includes admission to our two special exhibits: The World of Marty Stuart and The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Join us on Thursday, August 18, at 11 a.m. for a gallery talk about the Smithsonian traveling exhibit The Negro Motorist Green Book. This month's talk will feature Zakiya Summers and Timothy Summers who will share about the Summers Hotel. Opened in Jackson in 1944 by Bill Summers, the Summers Hotel was advertised in The Green Book from 1949 to 1966. Afterwards explore the exhibit and learn more about the history of Victor Green and his annual travel guide. This event is free and open to the public.
Join us at 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 15, for a talk in The Negro Green Motorist Green Book traveling exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums. Guests will explore the exhibit and learn more about the history of Victor Green and his annual travel guide. This month's guest is Angela Stewart who will share about Farish Street, a historic neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, known for Black-owned businesses. This event is free and open to the public. Visit
You're invited to come and view The Green Book: Guide to Freedom documentary, showing August 14th at the Two Mississippi Museums. The hour long Smithsonian Channel documentary details the history of The Green Book and works in partnership with the traveling exhibit, The Negro Motorist Green Book, hosted at the Two Mississippi Museums from July 2 through September 25.
Join us for an evening of history and fun on Tuesday, July 19, at the Two Mississippi Museums! The evening theme for this edition of History Happy Hour is "On the Road" in collaboration with The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit. Museum staff will lead interactive fifteen-minute flash tours through the exhibit, as well as through the Two Mississippi Museums featuring stories about travel and transportation in our state. Enjoy refreshments, a cash bar and live music from jazz saxophonist Tiger Rogers. Museum members will receive a complimentary drink.
Higher Purpose Co. and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are supporting free admission to Two Mississippi Museums on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, in conjunction with The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. Click here for more information.
Higher Purpose Co. and the National Museum of African American History and Culture are supporting free admission to Two Mississippi Museums on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, in conjunction with The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free every Sunday. Click here for more information.
Learn how to promote and support your business with resources from business innovation experts and entrepreneurs at our Entrepreneur Fair at the Two Mississippi Museums in partnership with Higher Purpose Co. Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums is free and includes The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit which highlights the history and significance of Black-owned businesses during the Jim Crow era. For more information, visit the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Facebook page.
The Negro Motorist Green Book special exhibit, created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), will open at the Two Mississippi Museums. Click here for more information.