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Meet Your Guides
STORYTELLER, AUTHOR, MIXED-MEDIA FIBER ARTIST, TEACHER, SPEAKER
Diane Williams
“Lock me in a museum after midnight, and my dreams and imagination will soar.”
author, freelance writer, singer-songwriter, Musician, teaching artist, speaker, instructor
Richelle Putnam
“Dare to Dream. Dare to Discover. Dare to Do. Dare to be a lifelong learner.”
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The Miss-Lou Military Museum
The Miss-Lou Military Museum and Veterans Welcome/Information Center opened in Natchez on Nov. 12, 2023, at 107 Jefferson Davis Blvd. The museum is operated by the Home With Heroes Foundation Inc., a private non-profit organization helping and honoring veterans and their loved ones. The hours are Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and…
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History is Lunch
On March 13, 2024, Richelle Putnam and Diane Williams presented “A Guide to Mississippi Museums” as part of the History Is Lunch series. No related posts.
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Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
The town of Cleveland was once known as Coleman’s Station, located halfway between Memphis, Tennessee and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The new name was a homage to President Grover Cleveland. It is said that he was one of the first train passengers to travel through Cleveland. The steam engines traveling through in the early days transported timber…
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SMMEII’S 2024 Literary Arts Festival
The mission of the Southwest Mississippi – Early Innovative Intervention Studies Multiplex is to grow the creative capacity of Southwest Mississippi residents, children, families, and citizen-artists by encouraging innovation and cultural appreciation in early phases of life. They envision: a safe community where marginalized people embrace their social responsibilities and are compelled to use their…
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The Two Mississippi Museums
“The Two Mississippi Museums preserve the painful stories and truths of our ancestors and are a testament to the deep resolve we have to heal our communities.” The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opened in 2017. They are identified as the Two Mississippi Museums. The two buildings are joined and…
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Teddy Bear Museum
The Teddy Bear House Museum returns visitors to the magical wonder of childhood. Initially housed in the New Orleans home of Rick Lenart and Cornel Jeansonne, the duo recognized the need for more space and a permanent home and relocated the teddy bear collection to Picayune, Mississippi. Why Mississippi? On November 14, 1902, President Teddy…
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“Nobody ever flunked a science museum.”
– Frank Oppenheimer“Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.”
– Pablo Picasso“I love doing normal things … I also love to go to art and history museums.”
– Christina Aguilera
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