Where Creativity Blooms

Visit Mississippi returns for its second appearance at the Tournament of Roses Parade with “Where Creativity Blooms,” a vibrant celebration of the state’s artistic heritage. Showcasing Mississippi’s lasting cultural influence in music, literature, film, and visual arts, the float will share the state’s creative spirit with millions of viewers around the world. The parade will be broadcast live on Thursday, January 1, 2026, beginning at 8 AM PST. Joining Visit Mississippi at the parade will be our partners Coastal Mississippi, Visit Jackson, Visit Oxford, and Visit Meridian.

Be sure to enter our Mississippi Road Trip Getaway. One lucky winner will enjoy a curated journey through Mississippi to explore the music, culture, and creative communities featured on our float, turning parade-day inspiration into an unforgettable road trip.

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Walter Anderson Museum of Art

Walter Anderson Museum of Art

Ocean Springs

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art is dedicated to celebrating the works of Walter Inglis Anderson an artist whose depictions of the plants, animals, and…

Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

Biloxi

The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum Of Art is a non-profit art museum located in Biloxi, Mississippi, dedicated to the ceramics of George E. Ohr, the self-proclaimed “Mad…

Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum

Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum

Biloxi

The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The…

Crosby Arboretum – Mississippi State University

Crosby Arboretum – Mississippi State University

Picayune

The Crosby Arboretum is dedicated to educating the public about their environment. This mission is carried out by preserving, protecting, and displaying plants native to…

Shearwater Pottery

Shearwater Pottery

Ocean Springs

Shearwater Pottery, established in 1928 by Peter Anderson, is famous for its top-quality, hard-fired earthenware, covering utilitarian ware, art pottery, figurines, and decorative tiles. With…

Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center of Arts & Education

Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center of Arts & Education

Ocean Springs

The Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center is located in the historic 1927 Ocean Springs Public School Building. The Center provides a diverse set of programs…

Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum

Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum

Bay St. Louis

The Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum is located in the historic L&N Train Depot in Bay Saint Louis, MS on the 2nd floor. The museum…

Jackson

Museum of Mississippi History

Museum of Mississippi History

Jackson

The Museum of Mississippi History encourages people to explore more than 15,000 years of state history. Throughout the galleries, visitors will explore interactive exhibits, see…

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

Jackson

An aquarium housing over 200 species of native fish, reptiles and amphibians tells an ecological story of rivers, streams, lakes, marshes and the Mississippi Sound.…

Mississippi Museum of Art

Mississippi Museum of Art

Jackson

Mississippi’s largest art museum has over 4,000 works, including the world’s largest collection by and relating to Mississippians and their diverse heritage. Many works can…

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Jackson

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum shares the stories of a Mississippi movement that changed the nation. Through eight interactive exhibits, the museum promotes a greater…

Mississippi State Capitol

Mississippi State Capitol

Jackson

Designated as a Mississippi Landmark in 1986 and a National Historic Landmark in 2016, the Mississippi State Capitol has been the seat of the state’s…

Mississippi Children’s Museum

Mississippi Children’s Museum

Jackson

The award-winning Mississippi Children’s Museum provides hands-on and engaging exhibits and programs for all children and their families. Visitors can explore the cultural arts, literacy,…

Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum

Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum

Jackson

This 40-acre complex, located in the heart of the city, brings to life Mississippi’s rich agricultural heritage. A 40,000-square-foot Heritage Center traces the history of…

Eudora Welty House & Gardens

Eudora Welty House & Gardens

Jackson

Welty, born in 1909, was a writer of international acclaim. Her home is a National Historic Landmark and one of the most intact literary homes…

Thalia Mara Hall

Thalia Mara Hall

Jackson

Thalia Mara Hall is the Municipal Auditorium of the City of Jackson. The 2,040 seat theater is located in the downtown arts and cultural district…

Old Capitol Museum

Old Capitol Museum

Jackson

A National Historic Landmark and one of America’s finest examples of Greek Revival architecture, the Old Capitol building served as state capitol from 1839 to…

Meridian

MSU Riley Center

MSU Riley Center

Meridian

The Riley Center, also known as the Grand Opera House and formally as the Mississippi State University Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts, is…

Mississippi Children’s Museum – Meridian

Mississippi Children’s Museum – Meridian

Meridian

The Mississippi Children’s Museum – Meridian is a state-of-the-art museum focusing on early childhood learning through play. The museum features a variety of permanent and…

Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX)

Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX)

Meridian

The Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience (The MAX) is a museum that highlights Mississippi artists and celebrates the contributions of arts and entertainment luminaries in every artistic discipline.…

Jimmie Rodgers Museum

Jimmie Rodgers Museum

Meridian

The Jimmie Rodgers Museum showcases the legacy of the “Father of Country Music,” Jimmie Rodgers, including his music career as well as his timeless treasures…

Meridian Museum of Art

Meridian Museum of Art

Meridian

The Meridian Museum of Art is a visual arts museum located in the historic Old Carnegie Library building in downtown Meridian. Established in 1970, the…

Oxford

The Square, Oxford

The Square, Oxford

The historic Square in Oxford, Mississippi, is home to some of the city’s top restaurants, nightspots, and shopping (including Neilson’s, the South’s oldest department store,…

Square Books

Square Books

Oxford

Square Books, located in the historic town square of Oxford, is a renowned independent bookstore encompassing four distinct buildings. Founded in 1979 by Richard and…

Rowan Oak

Rowan Oak

Oxford

Rowan Oak, also known as William Faulkner House, is William Faulkner’s former home in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in…

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts

Oxford

The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts is Oxford’s premier entertainment venue. With 1,177 seats, the Ford Center serves both the university and…

University of Mississippi Museum

University of Mississippi Museum

Oxford

The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses is a museum and two historic houses owned and operated by the University of Mississippi in Oxford,…

The Lyric

The Lyric

Oxford

The Lyric in Oxford, Mississippi, is one of North Mississippi’s premier live music venues, hosting various acts throughout the year. The Lyric’s building dates back…

More Attractions Around the State

Tennessee Williams Home & Welcome Center

Tennessee Williams Home & Welcome Center

Columbus

The Tennessee Williams Home & Welcome Center is the restored childhood home of American playwright Tennessee Williams. Born Thomas Lanier Williams III in 1911, Williams…

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Laurel

Mississippi’s first art museum, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is located in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1923 in memory of…

Delta Blues Museum

Delta Blues Museum

Clarksdale

Since its creation, the Delta Blues Museum has preserved, interpreted, and encouraged a deep interest in the story of the blues. Established in 1979 by…

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Leland

The Jim Henson Delta Boyhood Exhibit was given by Jane Henson and The Jim Henson Legacy as a gift to the Leland people. The Birthplace…

Museum of the Mississippi Delta

Museum of the Mississippi Delta

Greenwood

Founded in the 1970s as Cottonlandia, this outstanding regional museum will take you time traveling through centuries of Delta history and culture. From prehistoric fossils,…

GRAMMY Museum Mississippi

GRAMMY Museum Mississippi

Cleveland

The GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is an interactive museum located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, focused on the continuing musical achievements of Mississippians. The museum opened…

Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum

Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum

Tupelo

The most significant landmark of Tupelo’s modern history is a modest, two-room house where the King of Rock & Roll was born on January 8,…

B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center

B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center

Indianola

Located in the heart of the Delta in Indianola, the B.B. King and Delta Interpretive Center, through exhibits, tells the story of King’s life and…

Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music

Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music

Philadelphia

Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music is a music attraction located in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Currently, the project consists of a performance arts center in the…

Hattiesburg Pocket Museum

Hattiesburg Pocket Museum

Hattiesburg

The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum is Mississippi’s tiniest and most unique museum. Located in the alley behind the Saenger Theatre in downtown Hattiesburg, the museum’s centerpiece…

Dockery Farms

Dockery Farms

Cleveland

Dockery Plantation was a 25,600-acre cotton plantation and sawmill in Dockery, Mississippi, on the Sunflower River between Ruleville and Cleveland, Mississippi. It is widely regarded…

Bill Waller Crafts Center

Bill Waller Crafts Center

Ridgeland

The Bill Waller Craft Center is a gallery and retail store that displays the artwork of more than 400 juried artisans. The Ridgeland center is…

Gumtree Museum of Art

Gumtree Museum of Art

Tupelo

The Gumtree Museum of Art offers diverse exhibits, workshops, lectures, and special events throughout the year, catering to both the public and private audiences. As…

Canton Movie Museums

Canton Movie Museums

Canton

The Canton Movie Museums display full set pieces and props from two films shot in Canton, A Time to Kill and My Dog Skip. Tours…

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