Arts & Culture in Mississippi

Dockery Farms Plantation

Dockery Farms

Cleveland

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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 as the place where Delta blues music was born. […]

Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum

Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum

Jackson

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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 agriculture and forestry through an extensive collection of artifacts and lifelike exhibits. Outside, the Fortenberry-Parkman […]

Mississippi Children’s Museum

Jackson

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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, health, nutrition, science, technology, engineering, mathematics and Mississippi history throughout their 50,000-square-foot facility. The latest […]

Farish Street

Farish Street Historical District

Jackson

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The district is made up of residences and diverse businesses and was placed the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district includes over 690 listings in the National Register of Historic Places. There are vernacular architectural examples representing […]

The Alamo Theatre

Jackson

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Landmarked, historic theater presents a variety of film screenings & live productions. Since 1942, the Alamo Theatre has evolved from a western and African-American film establishment to a place that hosted historic artists, such as B.B. King, Nat King Cole […]

The Help Self Guided Tour

The Help Self Guided Tour

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On May 13, 2010, DreamWorks Studios formally announced that a major motion picture based on Mississippi native Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel The Help would be filmed in Greenwood, Mississippi. We became home for several months to cast members such as […]

Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum

Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum

Clarksdale

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Between 1917 and 1932, young Tom “Tennessee” Williams lived with, and then regularly visited his grandparents in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where his grandfather Walter E. Dakin was rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church. The museum is housed in the four upstairs […]

Birthplace of the Frog

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Leland

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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 of the Frog tableau honors Kermit’s beginnings on the banks of Deer Creek […]

Traintastic!

TrainTastic!

Gulfport

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TrainTastic! (formerly the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum) has close to 200 years of train history including a model train that honors POW-MIAs from Vietnam & WWII. There are gauges Z through G in addition to LG scale riding trains. […]

Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum

Bay St. Louis

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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 honors nationally acclaimed folk artist, Alice Latimer Moseley, (1909-2004). Ms. Alice began painting at the […]

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

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

Ocean Springs

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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 and facilities for the arts. The beautiful lobby area houses the spectacular 1937 WPA tile […]

Paul Overstreet Country Music Trail Marker

Mississippi Country Music Trail – Paul Overstreet

Vancleave

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The Mississippi Blues Trail – Paul Overstreet – Raised in Vancleave, through the 1980s Paul Overstreet became one of Nashville’s most consistently successful and honored songwriters, penning major hits for George Jones, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, Kenny Chesney, […]