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This list of museums in Mississippi encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Mississippi Children's Museum is a children's museum with locations in Jackson, Mississippi and Meridian, Mississippi. The location in Jackson is situated within the LeFleur's Bluff Education and Tourism Complex, [1] and it was completed in 2010. [2] In 2021, the museum was awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. [3] [4]
The five-building museum campus was designed by architect Frank Gehry to "dance" with the ancient live oak trees on the 4-acre (1.6-hectare) site. Construction of museum buildings began in 2004. [4] In August 2005, the museum was damaged during Hurricane Katrina, when a casino barge was washed onto the semi-constructed facility.
More on: K-12 education, Medicaid legislation still on table in Mississippi. The Mississippi Children’s Museum is also expanding its after-school program, which currently serves more than 130 ...
The children's museum has a Be a Maker space with materials for kids to create their own projects. The space is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on days the museum is open (unless a scheduled event is going ...
Second oldest children's museum in the U.S.; recognized as LEED Gold certified by the U.S. Green Building Council; founded in 1913 Bronzeville Children's Museum: Chicago: Illinois: Only African-American children's museum in the U.S. Bronx Children's Museum: The Bronx: New York: Founded in 2005. Brooklyn Children's Museum: Brooklyn: New York
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The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum (MSIM) was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.It accomplishes this mission through an array of exhibits on shrimping, oystering, recreational fishing, wetlands, managing marine resources, charter boats, marine blacksmithing, wooden boat building, net-making, catboats ...