List of Museums in Mississippi

This list of museums in Mississippi encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Mississippi has a relatively large number of museums focused on Blues music (noted under "Music" in the type column of the table below).

The "Regions" column in the table refers to regional areas with boundaries used by the Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau (but with neutral names), as described in the "Regions" section below.

To use the sortable table, click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. Museums focusing on ethnic or racial groups are sorted as "Ethnic-".

Name Location County Region Type Notes
Africa House YA Providence Educultural Resource Museum & Gallery Natchez Adams Southwest Ethnic-African American Includes paintings, artifacts, carvings, videos, tools, photographs of European enslavement forts, instruments, traveling exhibits; information
African American Military History Museum Hattiesburg Forrest Southeast Ethnic-African American / Military 150 years of African-American military history; artifacts, photos and displays; has extensive set of Spanish-American War medals; Website
Alice Moseley Folk Art and Antique Museum Bay St. Louis Hancock Southeast Art website, home and art of folk artist Alice Moseley
Amory Regional Museum Amory Monroe North Local history information
Auburn Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Built about 1812; red brick mansion
B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Indianola Sunflower Southeast Biographical, Blues - Music Features displays on B.B. King and the cotton gin where he worked and other Blues musicians from the Delta website
Beauvoir Biloxi Harrison Southeast Biographical Historic house that includes the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library
Bench Mark Works Motorcycle Museum & Campground Sturgis Oktibbeha East central Transportation - Motorcycles Website, pre-1970 Bench Mark Works motorcycles
Biedenharn Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia Vicksburg Warren Southwest Commodity - Coca Cola Website
Black History Gallery McComb Pike Southwest Ethnic-African American Displays African American pictures, books and historical materials
Black History Museum of Corinth Corinth Alcorn North Ethnic-African American information, items relating to black history, focusing on religion and education
Boler's Inn Museum Union Newton East central Historic site information, information
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site Baldwyn Lee North Military Civil War battlefield and visitor's center with exhibits
Busted Wrench Garage Museum Gulfport Wilkinson Southeast Transportation website, Free classic and vintage car museum and with assorted other vehicles.
Camp Van Dorn World War II Museum Centreville Harrison Southwest Military website, history of Camp Van Dorn, training camp for 40,000 soldiers in World War II from 1942-1945; has sections on the town of Centreville, the camp, and the war
Canton Movie Museums Canton Madison Southwest Media website, two museums about films made in the area, one about the film A Time to Kill, one about My Dog Skip
Canton Multicultural Center & Museum Canton Madison Southwest Ethnic-African American Website
Canton Train Museum Canton Madison Southwest Railroad website, historic train depot
Catfish Capitol Visitors Center Belzoni Humphreys Delta Industry Website, exhibits on the farm-raised catfish industry
Causeyville General Store and Mill Meridian Lauderdale East central History information, information, general store from about 1895, gristmill, mechanical music museum, country memorabilia
Center for Marine Education and Research Gulfport Harrison Southeast Natural history website, part of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, interactive exhibits, life-size replicas of sea creatures, touch tanks and aquariums, requires reservations
Century of History Museum Greenville Washington Delta Ethnic - Jewish website, at the Hebrew Union Temple, Jewish history in the Delta region
Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum Starkville Oktibbeha East central Music website, part of the Mississippi State University
Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives and Museum Cleveland Bolivar Delta Multiple website, part of Delta State University, changing exhibits of history and culture from its collections and traveling exhibits
Clinton Community Nature Center Clinton Hinds Southwest Nature center website, museum/education building, 33 acres (130,000 m2) of woodland, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of walking trails, labeled native trees and flowers
Choctaw Museum of the Southern Indian Choctaw Neshoba East central Ethnic - Native American Website
Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center Corinth Alcorn North Military website, information, part of Shiloh National Military Park
Corinth Coca-Cola Museum Corinth Alcorn North Food website, Coca-Cola Bottling Works with memorabilia and drink machines
Crossroads Museum Corinth Alcorn North Local history website, housed in a railroad depot, includes local, railroad and Civil War history
Cullis & Gladys Wade Clock Museum Starkville Oktibbeha East central Horology website, part of the Mississippi State University, American clocks and watches
Deason Home Ellisville Jones Southeast Historic house information, open by appointment with the Tallahala Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Delta Blues Museum Clarksdale Coahoma Delta Music - Blues Blues music and performers
DeSoto County Museum Hernando DeSoto North Local history website, exhibits on Civil War, African-American history, renovated cabin, Jerry Lee Lewis
Dunleith Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Antebellum mansion estate with outbuildings
Dunn-Seiler Geology Museum Starkville Oktibbeha East central Geology website, part of the Mississippi State University, rocks, minerals, fossils and meteorites, by appointment with the Department of Geosciences
Elvis Presley Birthplace Tupelo Lee North Biographical website, includes the birthplace home and museum of Elvis Presley, and a chapel
Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center Glendora Tallahatchie Delta Ethnic - African American website, story of murder of Emmett Till and local African American culture and history
Ethel Wright Mohamed Stitchery Museum Belzoni Humphreys Delta Art website, stitched memory pictures representative of Mississippi Delta family life. Some of her pieces are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution
Eudora Welty House Jackson Hinds Southwest Historic house Home of author Eudora Welty
French Camp Historic Area French Camp Choctaw East central Open air website, includes 1846 log cabin, visitors center, crafts and sorghum mill, antebellum home
F.W. Williams Home Meridian Lauderdale East central Historic house 1886 Victorian period home
G.I. Museum Ocean Springs Jackson Southeast Military website, almost entirely devoted to World War II, includes uniformed mannequins, period weapons, a 1943 Jeep and home-front items
Gallery 130 Oxford Lafayette North Art website, part of the Art Department of the University of Mississippi
Gammell Gallery Oxford Lafayette North Culture website, part of the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture, exhibits of documentary photography of the American South
Giles Hall Gallery Starkville Oktibbeha East central Art website, part of the Mississippi State University College of Architecture, Art, and Design, exhibits of architecture, design and decorative arts
Graceland Too Holly Springs Marshall North Biographical Features Elvis Presley memorabilia collected over the past 44 years
Grand Gulf Military Park Port Gibson Claiborne Southwest Historic site Civil War battle site; has museum, historic buildings, cemetery, observation tower; Website
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians Natchez Adams Southwest Archaeology - Native American Site of a ceremonial mound center for the Natchez tribe from 1200-1730; Museum, reconstructed mounds and a dwelling
Greene County Museum Leakesville Greene Southeast Local history website, former courthouse built about 1939, features local history and prehistoric Indian artifacts
Greenville Air Force Base Museum Greenville Washington Delta Aviation information, information, located on the second floor of the Mid-Delta Regional Airport
Greenville History Museum Greenville Washington Delta Local history information
Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery Greenwood Leflore Delta Music - Blues website, exhibits on Robert Johnson and other central Delta blues artists
Grenada Lake Visitors Center Museum Grenada Grenada North Natural history website, information, animal displays, lake history, wildlife scenes, informational videos, a telescope overlook point
Gulf Islands National Seashore Visitors Center Ocean Springs Jackson Southeast Natural history website, interpretive center for barrier islands in Mississippi; has exhibits, nature trails, ranger programs, campground and picnic areas;
Harrison House (Fayette, Mississippi) Fayette Jefferson Southwest Ethnic - African American information, exhibits memorabilia, books, contracts, deeds and pictures from 1900 onward
Hattiesburg Area Historical Society Museum Hattiesburg Forrest Southeast Local history website, housed in the Hattiesburg Cultural Center
Hazlehurst Depot Museum Hazlehurst Copiah Southwest Local history information, displays on Bluesman Robert Johnson, railroading and local history
Highway 61 Blues Museum Leland Washington Delta Music - Blues website
Historic Jefferson College Washington Adams Southwest Education First educational institution of higher learning in Mississippi
Harvey Peavey Visitor Center Meridian Lauderdale East central Music information, memorabilia related to Peavey Electronics and its notable users
History Museum (Grenada, Mississippi) Grenada Grenada North History information
Holliday Haven Aberdeen Monroe North Historic house Restored Greek Revival mansion built about 1850, with original furnishings and memorabilia
Holloway-Polk House Prentiss Jefferson Davis South Historic house information, restored southern plantation home built circa. 1864 - the only surviving continuously lived-in antebellum home in Jefferson Davis County
Howlin' Wolf Museum West Point Clay East central Music - Blues / Biography website, includes artifacts of Howlin' Wolf, the Black Prairie Region, Big Joe Williams, Bukka White
Ida B. Wells Barnett Museum Holly Springs Marshall North African American website, contributions of Africans And African Americans in the fields of history, art and culture
International Museum of Muslim Cultures Jackson Hinds Southwest Ethnic website, Islamic history and culture, contributions of Muslims
Jackson Public Fire Safety Education Center and Fire Museum Jackson Hinds Southwest Firefighting website, collection includes a 19th-century uniform; fire engines, pictures, communication equipment and records;
Jacqueline House African American Museum Vicksburg Warren Southwest Ethnic - African American information, collection includes artifacts, art archives, photography and audio/visual materials, open by appointment
Jaketown Museum Belzoni Humphreys Delta Archaeology website, artifacts from the Jaketown Site
Jerry Clower Museum Liberty Amite Southwest Biographical information, information, mementos of humorist Jerry Clower, open by appointment
Jim Henson Delta Boyhood Exhibit Leland Washington Delta Biographical website, information, childhood of puppeteer Jim Henson, who grew up in Leland, and the creation of Kermit the Frog and the Muppets
Jimmie Rodgers Museum Meridian Lauderdale East central Biographical website, memorabilia associated with Jimmie Rodgers (country singer), "The father of country music"
John Grisham Room Starkville Oktibbeha East central Biographical website, part of the Mississippi State University, exhibit and papers of author John Grisham
John Ford Home Sandy Hook Marion Southeast Historic house Built about 1805, the oldest frontier style structure in the Pearl River Valley
Kate Freeman Clark Gallery Holly Springs Marshall North Art information, information, works by local artist Kate Freeman Clark
Kate Lobrano House Bay St. Louis Hancock Southeast Historic house website, operated by the Hancock County Historical Society, includes period rooms, photographs of Hancock County, ancient Indian artifacts
Kemper County Historical Museum De Kalb Kemper East central Local history information, information
Kosciusko Museum and Visitors Center Kosciusko Attala East central Local history information, information
Kossuth Museum Corinth Alcorn North Local history information
Lake Hills Motor Museum Corinth Alcorn North Transportation Website, motorcycles
Landrum's Country Homestead and Village Laurel Jones Southeast Open air website, re-creation of a late 1800s settlement with over 50 buildings and displays on 10 acres (40,000 m2)
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Laurel Jones Southeast Art Oldest art museum in the state; collection includes 19th and 20th century American art, 19th century European art, English Georgian silver, Native American basketry and Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints; Website
Lawrence County Regional History Museum Monticello Lawrence Southwest Local history information, located on the bottom floor of the Civic Center
Lee Home Museum Columbus Lowndes East central Historic house Website, includes Florence McLeod Hazard Museum with Civil War collections and artifacts
Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum of Archaeology Starkville Oktibbeha East central Archaeology Website, part of the Mississippi State University, artifacts from ancient Middle East and the Southeastern United States, Central and South America, Greece, Rome, and eastern Europe
Longino House Monticello Lawrence Southwest Historic house information, former home of state Governor A. H. Longino
Longwood Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Built 1860-61 (and never finished); a National Historic Landmark; largest octagonal house in North America, features Oriental-inspired architecture
Lucille Parker Art Gallery Hattiesburg Forrest Southeast Art Website, part of William Carey College
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Gulfport Harrison Southeast Children's website
Magnolia Hall Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Has a collection of pilgrimage costumes, dolls; Website
The Magnolias (Aberdeen, Mississippi) Aberdeen Monroe North Historic house website, 1850s Greek Revival mansion
Manship House Museum Jackson Hinds Southwest Historic house Restored antebellum middle-class home; Website
Marie Hull Gallery Raymond Hinds Southwest Art website, part of Hinds Community College, regional and local exhibitions in a variety of media
Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum Biloxi Harrison Southeast Industry - Maritime Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the museum is to be rebuilt next to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art
Marshall County Historical Museum Holly Springs Marshall North Local history website, includes antiques, dolls and doll houses, clothing, tools, household items
Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum Cleveland Bolivar Delta Railroad website
McComb Historic Railroad Museum McComb Pike Southwest Railway Website
McRaven House Vicksburg Warren Southwest Historic house Plantation house with furnishings from three periods
Melrose Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Pre-Civil War estate, part of Natchez National Historical Park
Meridian Museum of Art Meridian Lauderdale East central Art
Meridian Railroad Museum Meridian Lauderdale East central Railroad website
Merrehope Meridian Lauderdale East central Historic house 20 room Victorian mansion
Military Memorial Museum Brookhaven Lincoln Southwest Military information
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum Jackson Hinds Southwest Multiple Website, agriculture and forestry industry
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Hattiesburg Forrest Southeast Military Located at Camp Shelby
Mississippi Entomological Museum Starkville Oktibbeha East central Natural history website, part of the Mississippi State University, displays on insects and other entomological subjects in the foyer of the Clay Lyle Entomology Building
Mississippi Governor's Mansion Jackson Hinds Southwest Historic house
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum Meridian Lauderdale East central Technology Located in the Soulé Steam Feed Works, steam engines
Mississippi John Hurt Museum Carrollton Carroll Delta Music - Blues / Historic house website, bluesman John Hurt's shanty home
Mississippi Museum of Art Jackson Hinds Southwest Art Has more than 4,000 works by Mississippi artists; website
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Jackson Hinds Southwest Natural history Located in Lefleur's Bluff State Park
Mississippi Petrified Forest Flora Madison Southwest Natural history Grounds have a nature trail among petrified logs in addition to museum with petrified wood and fossils
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Jackson Hinds Southwest Hall of fame - Sports Has touch-screen kiosks and hands-on exhibits; collection of items, interviews, and film footage of state athletes; home of the Conerly Trophy; Website
Mississippi State University Department of Art Gallery Starkville Oktibbeha East central Art Website, part of the Mississippi State University
Mitchell Farms Collins Covington Southeast Agriculture Restored farm buildings on a working farm; Website
Mount Locust Inn Natchez Adams Southwest Historic building information, Mississippi's only remaining frontier inn, part of the Natchez Trace Parkway
Municipal Art Gallery of Jackson Jackson Hinds Southwest Art website, contemporary art gallery
Museum of the Mississippi Delta Greenwood Leflore Delta Multiple website, art, archaeology, agriculture, antiques and animals
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Natchez Adams Southwest Ethnic - Jewish website, guided tours of 1843 Temple B'nai Israel
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience Utica Hinds Southwest Ethnic - Jewish website, open by appointment, located at the Henry S. Jacobs Camp, features objects from disbanded congregations across the region
NAPAC Museum Natchez Adams Southwest Ethnic - African American information, run by the Natchez Association for the Preservation of Afro-American Culture
Natchez National Historical Park Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Includes the William Johnson House, owned by a free African American barber, and the 19th century Melrose estate
Naval Construction Battalion Center - Seabee Heritage Center Gulfport Harrison Southeast Military / Maritime Website
Neshoba County-Philadelphia Historical Museum Philadelphia Neshoba East central Local history information
North Delta Museum Friars Point Coahoma Delta Local history information, includes pioneer, Civil War and American Indian artifacts
Noxubee County Historical Society Museum Macon Noxubee East central Local history information, information
Oakes African American Cultural Center Yazoo City Yazoo Delta Ethnic - African American website
Oaks Museum Jackson Hinds Southwest Historic house Mid 19th century period house
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art Biloxi Harrison Southeast Art Features pottery of George Ohr, dedicated to the ceramics of George E. Ohr
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Starkville Oktibbeha East central Local history information
Old Capitol Museum Jackson Hinds Southwest History Former state capitol building
Old Court House Museum Vicksburg Warren Southwest Local history Built about 1858, local history museum with antiques, Civil War artifacts, decorative arts, local memorabilia
Old Number One Firehouse Museum Greenville Washington Delta Firefighting Website, former cotton-factoring office (built about 1923) converted into a firehouse in 1931; old equipment, hands-on displays, children's dress-up area
Oren Dunn City Museum Tupelo Lee North Open air website, includes local history museum, Tupelo Veterans Museum, 1870s dogtrot cabin, church and school, two fire trucks, 1948 Lee County Book Mobile, Memphis trolley car turned local eatery Dudie's Diner, and Frisco Caboose
Pearl River Community College Museum Poplarville Pearl River Southeast Local history website, history of Pearl River Community College
Pemberton's Headquarters Vicksburg Warren Southwest Historic house Part of Vicksburg National Military Park, headquarters for Confederate General John C. Pemberton during most of the 47 day siege of Vicksburg
Pleasant Reed House Biloxi Harrison Southeast African American Opening September 2009, operated by appointment with the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art
Rankin County Historical Museum Brandon Rankin Southwest Local history website, includes a store, house and post office
Robert Johnson Blues Museum Crystal Springs Copiah Southwest Music - Blues website, blues and local history
Roberts Schoolhouse Hattiesburg Forrest Southeast Education information, part of University of Southern Mississippi, one-room schoolhouse built in 1899 and used until 1922, authentic furniture and books from the 1800s to 1920s, open by appointment
Rock 'n Roll & Blues Heritage Museum Clarksdale Coahoma Delta Music - Blues and Rock 'n' Roll Website
Rosalie Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house Built about 1820, National Historic Landmark Federal-style house
Rosemont Plantation Woodville Wilkinson Southwest Historic house website, built about 1810f family home of Jefferson Davis
Rowan Oak Oxford Lafayette North Historic house Home of William Faulkner
Sam B. Olden Yazoo Historic Museum Yazoo City Yazoo Delta Local history website, located in the Triangle Cultural Center
Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum West Point Clay East central Transportation website, area transportation history, includes model railroad display
Scranton Nature Center Pascagoula Jackson Southeast Natural history website
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Jackson Hinds Southwest Ethnic - African American website, site of Jackson's first school for African-Americans, displays history and achievements of African-American Mississippians
Stanton Hall Natchez Adams Southwest Historic house 1857 mansion with Natchez antiques and many original furnishings
Stennis Space Center Hancock County Hancock Southeast Aerospace Interactive exhibits, tours of America's largest rocket engine test complex, motion simulator ride
Strawberry Plains Audubon Center Holly Springs Marshall North Multiple information, nature center and historic antebellum Davis House open for tours
Tishomingo County Archives and Museum Iuka Tishomingo North Local history Website
Tunica Museum Tunica Tunica Delta Local history website
Tunica Riverpark Tunica Resorts Tunica Delta Multiple website, includes a museum about the natural, cultural and maritime history of the Mississippi River, aquariums, observation platform, nature trail and river cruise
Tupelo Automobile Museum Tupelo Lee North Automotive Over 100 antique, classic and collectible automobiles
Union County Heritage Museum New Albany Union North Multiple website, complex includes local history museum with changing exhibits of art and culture, a caboose, country store, jail cell, doctor’s office, blacksmith shop and barn
University of Mississippi Museum Oxford Lafayette North Multiple Includes fine art, Greek & Roman antiquities, folk art, scientific instruments
USM Museum of Art Hattiesburg Forrest Southeast Art Website, part of University of Southern Mississippi
USS Cairo Museum Vicksburg Warren Southwest Ship museum Restored Union ironclad gunboat raised after a century, contains artifacts found on board, part of Vicksburg National Military Park
Veranda House Corinth Alcorn North Historic house Website, 1857 Greek Revival mansion, tours by appointment
Veterans Memorial Museum Laurel Jones Southeast Military information, information, includes books, newspapers, and documents from all war eras and over 100 movies and documentaries
Vicksburg Battlefield Museum Vicksburg Warren Southwest Military website, models and a film about the Battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg Warren Southwest Military Includes visitor center with exhibits, 1,330 monuments and markers, a 16-mile tour road, a restored Union gunboat, and a National Cemetery
Walter Anderson Museum of Art Ocean Springs Jackson Southeast Art Works of Walter Inglis Anderson, adjoins the community center where Anderson painted in the 1950s
Walter Place Estate Holly Springs Marshall North Historic house website
West End Hose Company No. 3 Museum & Fire Education Center Biloxi Harrison Southeast Firefighting website, historic firefighting tools and equipment, educational fire prevention center for children
West Point Friday House Museum West Point Clay East central Local history website
Wilkinson County Museum Woodville Wilkinson Southwest Local history website, website, includes exhibits on Lester Young, William Grant Still, Anne Moddy and Scott Dunbar, and local folk art
Winterville Mounds and Museum Greenville Washington Delta Archaeology - Native American One of the largest Indian mound groups in the Mississippi Valley
Wright Art Center Cleveland Bolivar Delta Art website, part of Delta State University, contemporary art gallery
WROX Museum Clarksdale Coahoma Delta Media website, history and equipment from the historic WROX-AM radio station
Yellow Fever Martyrs Church Museum Holly Springs Marshall North History - Medical information, about the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878
Yesterday's Children Antique Doll and Toy Museum Vicksburg Warren Southwest Toy website, dolls and toys of the 19th and 20th century

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