Thursday, February 1, at the Two Mississippi Museums. Free Admission Day. In honor of the National Day of Racial Healing, the Two Mississippi Museums will offer free admission on Thursday, February 1. Free admission is made possible by the Foundation for the Mid South.
Friday, February 2, 10 a.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. The Four Immortal Chaplains Program. Join us for the Four Immortal Chaplains Program in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. This program is organized by the Mississippi National Guard commemorating four Mississippi chaplains who died on the S.S. Dorchester during WWII. The men—a rabbi, a Catholic priest, a Methodist, and a Dutch Reform minister— acted bravely by giving up their life vests to soldiers on the sinking ship. This ceremony will honor their lives and bravery. A reception will follow the event.
Saturday, February 3, at 10 a.m. at the Winter F. William Archives & History Building African American Genealogy Workshop. Joyce Dixon-Lawson will present African American Genealogy at the William F. Winter Archives & History Building. Dixon-Lawson will discuss how to trace African American genealogy. This workshop will introduce a wide variety of sources for genealogical research. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov. Space is limited for these workshops, and the program is free and open to the public. Registration for this event is available here. Follow us for updates on future workshops at mdah.ms.gov.
Monday, February 5, noon Online. #WeltyatHome:A Curtain of Green. Readers are invited to tune in with Suzanne Marrs, Eudora Welty's friend and biographer, for an online discussion of Eudora Welty's short story collection, A Curtain of Green and Other Stories. This series will end on Monday, February 12. For more information, visit https://welty.mdah.ms.gov/events or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.
Wednesday, February 7, noon at the Two Mississippi Museums. History Is Lunch. Timothy R. Buckner will present “The Barber of Natchez Reconsidered” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Museum of the Two Mississippi Museums and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Copies of The Barber of Natchez Reconsidered will be available for sale with a signing to follow.
Sunday, February 11, 2 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. Butterfly In the Sky. Join us for a screening of Butterfly In the Sky in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. This film follows the journey of the popular PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow,” and the challenges its memorable host, LeVar Burton, and creators faced while inspiring children to read.
Tuesday, February 13, 6 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. Evers Lecture: Joy Reid. Featuring a conversation between author and MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid and literary scholar Ebony Lumumba, the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 13, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Reid, host of The ReidOut, and Lumumba, chair of the English department at Jackson State University, will explore the legacy of Medgar and Myrlie Evers. Reid will also sign copies of her new book, Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America, prior to the event at 5 p.m. Registration is not required.
Wednesday, February 14, noon at the Two Mississippi Museums. History Is Lunch. Jefferson Mansell will present “Enslavement to Enlistment: A Profile of the Men of the 58th USCT” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Saturday, February 17, 6 p.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. MLK Night of Culture. Join us for the annual MLK Night of Culture at 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 17, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums. Hosted by local Jackson artist 5th Child, this year's theme honors the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Artists will perform original pieces centered on freedom, voting rights, and education. This program is free and open to the public. FedEx is sponsoring free admission to the Two Mississippi Museums on Saturday, February 17.
Wednesday, February 21, noon at the Two Mississippi Museums. History Is Lunch. Grace Elizabeth Hale will present “In the Pines: A Lynching, a Lie, a Reckoning” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen of the Museum of the Two Mississippi Museums and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Copies of In the Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, a Reckoning will be available for sale with a book signing to follow.
Wednesday, February 21, at the Two Mississippi Museums. William Winter Free Day. In memory of former governor William Winter’s life and work, the Two Mississippi Museums will host a free admission day on Wednesday, February 21. This event is made possible by Jones Walker LLP.
Thursday, February 22, noon at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Camellia Talk & Flash Sale. Learn how to grow camellias at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Paige Mizell of Mizell Camellia Nursery will lead a discussion on how to grow camellias, and visitors can purchase camellias from a pop-up sale that will last until all plants are sold. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Eudora Welty Foundation. For more information, contact 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.
Friday, February 23, 8:30 a.m. at the Eudora Welty House & Garden. "Looking at Welty Looking at Short Stories" Teacher CEU Workshop. Join us for “Looking at Welty Looking at Short Stories” Teachers' CEU Workshop in the Eudora Welty House & Garden. Suzanne Marrs, Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence and Millsaps College emerita professor of English, and Michael Pickard, assistant professor of English and creative writing at Millsaps College, will lead a discussion on the topic "Looking at Welty Looking at Short Stories."
Light refreshments and lunch will be provided, and participants will have an opportunity to tour the Welty House at the conclusion of the CEU Workshop. Click here for more information regarding registration and payment methods. For more information, contact 601-353-7762 or email info@eudoraweltyhouse.com.
Thursday February 22–Friday, February 23 at The Inn at Ole Miss. 2024 Mississippi Historical Society Meeting. The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS) will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, February 22, through Friday, February 23, in Oxford. See the agenda. Early registration is $60 for MHS members and $95 for non-members. Registration after Friday, February 16, is $85 for MHS members and $120 for nonmembers. Register here. For more information, email mhs@mdah.ms.gov or call 601-576-6850.
Sunday, February 25, 11 a.m. at the Two Mississippi Museums. Black History Month Family Day. Join us for Family Day at the Two Mississippi Museums. Families are invited to participate in hands-on art activities, craft stations, guided gallery experiences, and opportunities to explore stories of Black Mississippians featured in the museums as part of Black History Month programming.
Wednesday, February 28, noon at the Two Mississippi Museums. History Is Lunch. David Evans will present “Going Up the Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s” as part of the History Is Lunch series. The program will take place in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium of the Two Mississippi Museums and stream live on the MDAH Facebook page and YouTube channel. Copies of Going Up the Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s will be available with a book signing to follow.
Admission to the Museum of Mississippi History, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, and special exhibitions is free every Sunday. For more information on these events, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.
