A summer camp, on the museum road
Summer brings with it a host of camps for kids of every age, from swimming and tennis to canoeing and cooking.
Nissan gives $500,000 to Miss. history museums
Nissan Motor Co. is donating $500,000 to help fund exhibits and a dining area at two Mississippi history museums being built in downtown Jackson.
Dream 365: Week-long commemoration honors past, with eyes to the future
“If you look at where we are today and we try to make plans for where we will go tomorrow, you have to remember how you got to where you are,” said Learnard Dickerson. With the Rev. Tony Montgomery and Lavonne Harris, he is a co-founder of Dream 365, a now week-long commemoration in Columbus of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
At age 90, Winter remains active advocate for state museums
Mississippi turned 196 years old Tuesday. The goal of state leaders is to open a historical and civil rights museum under one roof by the time it turns 200. To achieve that, it is relying on a Mississippian whose experience in state government has few rivals: Former Governor William F. Winter.
Civil War museums changing as view on war changes
NEW ORLEANS — Inside Louisiana’s Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battle.