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MLK Weekend Celebration

Join us at the Two Mississippi Museums to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday, January 18. This free admission day, sponsored by FedEx, will include a Voting Rights Act tour by museum staff at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and a gallery talk by Freedom Rider Hezekiah Watkins at noon in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. For more information on the extended MLK Weekend Celebration, click here.  

Upcoming Events

September 9, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

At noon on Wednesday, September 9, Ralph Eubanks, author of When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land, will examine the history and economy of the Mississippi Delta as part of the History Is Lunch series. Eubanks, faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi

September 10, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us at 11 a.m. Thursday, September 10, at the Two Mississippi Museums to embark on a behind-the-scenes tour of the MDAH Historic Objects Collection led by Nan Prince, MDAH director of collections, and Hong Li, MDAH collections manager.

September 13, 2026, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Admission to the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson is free every Sunday.