Bang for the buck: Starkville museum owner starts GoFundMe to raise $150K for field cannon
An addition to the Starkville Civil War Arsenal building sits virtually empty, with only construction materials scattered throughout the space that is scheduled to be finished this week.
Arts, entertainment museum coming to Meridian
For too long, Meridian has been a drive-through city for many along Interstate 20.
Organizers hope a new museum featuring the state’s rich arts/entertainment history will change all that.
GRAMMY Museum Mississippi to celebrate grand opening
GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi will officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, March 5 in Cleveland, Mississippi.
War correspondent’s family donates collection to museum
John R. Henry brought two duffle bags home from World War II. He locked them, put them in the attic and told his wife Margaret to never touch them.
Tenn-Tom museum opens in Columbus
A ribbon will be cut today on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum in Columbus.
Fire at Mississippi Ag Museum ruled accident
The fire that destroyed three buildings at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum started by accident, the fire marshal said Thursday.
No evidence of arson in Ag Museum fire
The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum is expected to remain closed to the general public until Dec. 1.
Officials assess fire damage at Miss. Agriculture Museum
A two-alarm fire at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum was believed to have started in a barn, but fire investigators were sifting through the charred debris to determine the exact cause, fire officials said Friday.
No deaths in fire at Mississippi Agriculture Museum
At least two buildings were destroyed but no people or animals were killed or seriously injured as a large fire burned Thursday evening at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Jackson.
R&B Hall of Fame for Clarksdale
The Official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame will be in Clarksdale, says founder and CEO LaMont Robinson.
Country Music Museum grows to match genre
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is no longer bursting at the seams, thanks to a $100 million expansion that has more than doubled its space and allowed it to add more interactive and contemporary exhibits.
‘Mockingbird’ author Lee settles lawsuit
“To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee has settled the federal lawsuit she filed against a museum in her south Alabama hometown over its sale of souvenirs featuring her name and the title of her book, court documents show.
Sinkhole swallows cars at Corvette Museum
It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and concrete fragments.
NYC’s Metropolitan museum shows off football trading cards
Football at the Met. No, not Metlife Stadium where the Super Bowl will make history next month. The Met, as in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
N.Y. court says gold tablet belongs to German museum
ALBANY, N.Y. — In a ruling rejecting any claims to the “spoils of war,” New York’s highest court concluded Thursday that an ancient gold tablet
Blues museum to call St. Louis home, sweet home
ST. LOUIS — Die-hard music lovers, casual fans and globe-trotting tourists readily embrace Chicago as the home of the blues, spurred in large part by
Jimmie Rodgers Foundation honors legend with CD release
In recognition of the 80th anniversary of the death of “The Father of Country Music,” Meridian native son Jimmie Rodgers, and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Meridian’s Jimmie Rodgers Festival, the Jimmie Rodgers Foundation on Thursday released a unique CD recorded in Meridian’s Jimmie Rodgers Museum.
Did you know? The Lee Home’s museum holds a wealth of history, just waiting to be explored
This Valentine’s Day, sumptuous chocolates in heart-shaped boxes and scented bouquets will be in abundance. But the historic Stephen D. Lee Home in Columbus will receive a Valentine of a different kind, one far more valuable and long-lasting.
Arsenal of history: Starkville man turns Civil War collection into museum
The building sits just off the beaten path in the Sunset subdivision west of Starkville. From the outside, it has no distinct features. The brown metal, coupled with white bay doors, gives the 2,200-square-foot structure the appearance of a storage unit. It doesn’t even have an address. But a step inside takes visitors back to the 1860s.