Mississippi Humanities Council

Jackson's Witness: The Freedom Memory Project Community Meeting
2026-07-18 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Smith Robertson Museum & Cultural Center, 528 Bloom St., Jackson, MS, 39202
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council and your local community to continue discussions about Jackson’s Freedom Memory Project.
Saturday, July 18, at 11 a.m.Smith Robertson Museum (528 Bloom Street)
The event is free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the conversation. Refreshments will be provided.
Info: knoelsweet@gmail.com

America250 Mississippi - Happy Birthday, America!
2026-07-18 14:30 - 16:30, 2026-07-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-19 14:30 - 16:30 | Main Street United Methodist Church, 162 Main St,, Bay St Louis, MS, 39520, United States
Happy Birthday, America is an original musical celebrating the 250th birthday of America, and Mississippi’s part in forming our country. Performed by a cast of kids and adults of all ages, audiences will be delighted at this sometimes funny, sometimes not, presentation.
Told through story and music, we guarantee you’ll be tapping your feet and singing along. It’s a true celebration of the red, white, and blue!
July 17 & 18 @ 7:00 p.m. and July 18 & 19 @ 2:30 p.m.
Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted.
This Official America250 Project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council, through support from the State of Mississippi.
Free parking available in the church lot on 2nd Street. Handicapped parking is also available on 2nd Street.

Sunday Screening: Everlasting
2026-07-19 14:00 - 16:00 | TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS, 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States
Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. A 60-minute showing of this two hour documentary features interviews with Evers’s family, colleagues, and historians honoring the life, work, and impact of Medgar Evers. Everlasting offers a personal look at his legacy as a husband and father in the fight for civil rights. Following the screening, a panel conversation will feature moderator John Spann of the Mississippi Humanities Council, director Taiwo Gaynor, and Olivia Spann, supervisory park ranger at the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

America250 Mississippi - Mississippi Women in Blues: Celebrating America 250
2026-07-19 15:00 - 17:00 | F.D. Hall Music Center – Jackson State University Campus, 1400 John R. Lynch St, Jackson, MS, 39217, United States
This production of Central MS Blues Society, Inc. will bring three blues artists, all Mississippi women who are known to blues lovers worldwide, will share their music and stories of their struggles and successes as African American blues women in America. The music will be accompanied by a Jackson area blues band. Free and open to the public! Parking across the street from F. D. Hall Music Center on the JSU Campus

Moss Point's Witness: The Freedom Memory Project Community Meeting
2026-07-23 12:00 - 14:00 | Ina Thompson Moss Point Library, 4119 Bellview Ave., Moss Point, MS, 39562, United States
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council and your local community to continue discussions about Moss Point’s Freedom Memory Project.
Thursday, July 23, at noonIna Thompson Library (4119 Bellview Ave)
The event is free and open to the public, and everyone is encouraged to participate in the conversation. Refreshments will be provided.
Info: jabaliincpresv@gmail.com

Speakers Bureau: "Mississippi Telling"
2026-07-30 16:00 - 18:00 | St Peter’s Episcopal Church, 113 N 9th Street, Oxford, MS, 38655, United States
Rebecca Jernigan presents “Mississippi Telling.”
Join scholar Rebecca Jernigan as she provides an overview of the storytelling Renaissance in America, with an emphasis on the oral tradition in Mississippi. The literary tradition of Mississippi owes much to the rich storytelling legacy that riddles the tales of our families and our communities, as reflected in the works of many of our best authors: Welty, Wright, Faulkner, Henley, and Williams. As part of the presentation, Dr. Jernigan performs as a storyteller, drawing on her rich repertoire of original tales and literary masterpieces, tailoring her choices to her audience, and offering material for children and adults.

Speakers Bureau: “Developing Community Spaces: Storytelling, Stewardship, and the Soul of Place”
2026-08-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Margaret Walker Alexander Library, 2525 Robinson St, Jackson, MS, 39209
Kevin Brown presents “Developing Community Spaces: Storytelling, Stewardship, and the Soul of Place”
In “Developing Community Spaces,” Kevin Brown explores how physical spaces—especially neglected lots, abandoned properties, and overlooked landmarks—can be transformed into powerful sites of memory, cultural identity, and civic healing. By honoring and acknowledging a community’s past, these forgotten sites can become reflections of historical pain and new hope.
Drawing from Kevin’s work creating Gertrude’s Garden in the historic Burglund District of McComb, Mississippi, this presentation offers insight into revitalizing historical spaces, engaging the community through oral histories, art, and public programs, and connecting with state-wide resources. “Developing Community Spaces” shares a living model of how the humanities can come alive through the land itself.

Mississippi Stories Grants Workshop
2026-08-05 10:00 - 11:30 | zoom
Join the Mississippi Humanities Council program staff on Wednesday, August 5, from 10-11:30 a.m. for a Zoom webinar exploring the new Mississippi Stories Grants. The webinar is free and open to all.
After the webinar, participants may request a one-on-one consultation regarding programs or events they are planning.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mhc-mississippi-stories-grants-workshop-tickets-1994204456211

Sunday Screening: Cole: Bridge to Justice
2026-08-16 14:00 - 16:00 | TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS, 222 NORTH STREET , JACKSON, MS, United States
Join us for a free event featuring a screening of Cole: Bridge to Justice at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 16, in the Craig H. Neilsen Auditorium at the Two Mississippi Museums. This 75-minute documentary traces the remarkable journey of Donald R. Cole, PhD—from his pivotal role as one of the “Ole Miss Eight,” who challenged segregation at the University of Mississippi, to his emergence as a national advocate for education, equity, and justice. Through archival footage, candid interviews, and powerful storytelling, the film follows Cole’s evolution from student activist to distinguished scholar, educator, and leader, whose work has expanded opportunities for Black students and scholars. Following the screening, a panel conversation will feature Don Cole, filmmakers Antonio Tarrell and Castel Sweet, and moderator John Spann of the Mississippi Humanities Council. For more information, call 601-576-6850 or email info@mdah.ms.gov.

Speakers Bureau: "All Things Mississippi: The Beautiful Landscapes and the Great Strength of the People"
2026-08-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Anguilla Methodist Church, 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, 38721, United States
Anne McKee presents “All Things Mississippi: The Beautiful Landscapes and the Great Strength of the People”
Anne McKee is recognized statewide as a passionate teacher of Mississippi history. Through the art of storytelling, Anne McKee uplifts the accomplishments of famous Mississippians and shares explores the history of a land and a people like no other. Native to the state, McKee’s love and support for Mississippi began in childhood as she sat at the knees of relatives to learn the Mississippi story—a story for her that is always new and fresh. She dresses in costumes representing the time period of the stories featured on the day of her programs, and at times, if the audience is willing, involves attendees in her stories.

Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Greenville
2026-08-22 - 2026-10-03 | Greenville Higher Education Center, 2900 US-1 South, Greenville, MS, 38701
Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Greenville

Join MHC in Greenville for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi!
August 22-October 3, 2026
Greenville Higher Education Center at Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville Campus
662-332-8500 | msdelta.edu/ghec/
Exhibit hours:
Across 2026-2027, the Mississippi Humanities Council presents Spark! Places of Innovation, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring Utica, Meridian, Greenville, Oxford, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport. Special thanks to our statewide sponsor, Cadence Bank, for making this possible!
ABOUT SPARK!:
The story of human history is written in inventions and innovations. Across our nation. And right here in Mississippi. Join us in 2026-2027 to catch a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring the state…and spark some new ideas of your own.
Spark! uses photographs, digital stories, objects, and interactive elements to explore the places, people, and circumstances that ignite innovation and invention in rural communities across our nation. The exhibit also offers a springboard for diverse local programming, spotlighting the stories, ideas, and innovations of Mississippians — and a call to contribute to the future of the towns we call home.

Speakers Bureau: “Mississippi Telling”
2026-08-26 15:30 - 17:30 | Boys and Girls Club of North Mississippi, 1242 S Green St, Tupelo, MS, 38804, United States

America250 Mississippi - Fabric of Our Future: Mississippi's Children Celebrate America250
2026-08-28 17:00 - 20:00 | Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, 246 Dolan Avenue, Gulfport, MS, 39507, United States
Join Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for a special America250 community celebration featuring the unveiling of a one-of-a-kind quilt created by children from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Through their artwork, young participants have shared their hopes and dreams for the future of Mississippi and America.
The evening will feature the official community quilt unveiling, the MAC America250 Public Art Exhibit, a WINGS Performing Arts performance, family-friendly activities, and recognition of the local quilters and community partners who helped bring these collaborative projects to life.
The Fabric of Our Future project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Mississippi Humanities Council.
The MAC America250 project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission, through support from the State of Mississippi and the National Endowment for the Arts.

SPARK!: Why Greenville?!
2026-08-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Greenville Higher Education Center, 2900 US-1 South, Greenville, MS, 38701
Grand Opening of Spark!: Places of Innovation at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus.
This session will highlight some of the workforce and industry opportunities offered by the city. Business partners will unpack what drew them to the city and why they chose to invest their projects in the Delta. This session will also push against the negative narrative that the city is past its prime and opportunities for the next generation are no longer available.

Speakers Bureau: "Before Natchez: A Journey Through Humanity’s Deep South"
2026-09-09 14:30 - 16:30 | Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at The University of Southern MIssissippi, 118 College Dr #5055, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, United States
Rev. Tracy Collins presents “Before Natchez: A Journey Through Humanity’s Deep South” on September 9, at 2:30 p.m.
This presentation captures Dr. Tracy “Rev” Collins’s descent into the intricate layers of history–an exploration that blurs the boundaries between myth, memory, and human experience in the Deep South. Before Natchez traces the evolution of humanity in the region now called Mississippi, beginning with the ancient seas that shaped its fertile river basin and the rise of the Mississippian peoples, ancestors of the Yazoo, Biloxi, and Natchez tribes.
From this deep past emerges a story of encounter and exchange. When the French arrived, they called the powerful Natchez people “Indians,” but their world was already one of complex diplomacy, trade, and cultural synthesis. Collins examines how the Natchez engaged with African peoples brought to the region–often through French mediation–and how shared technologies, beliefs, and social structures fostered forms of cooperation that challenge the conventional narrative of slavery.
This presentation invites audiences to reconsider early Mississippi as more than a colonial frontier. It becomes a crucible of humanity itself–a place where cultures met, mingled, and sometimes collided, revealing both the promise and peril at the heart of the American story.

America250 Mississippi - America250 Lunch Lecture Series - How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 - 1920
2026-09-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum, 1150 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS, 39216, United States
This is the last of the series of luncheon lectures coming to the MS Ag & Forestry Museum. The highlight of this lecture will be How We Pickled Our Food: 1850 – 1920. In the Heritage Center Auditorium, September 11th from Noon – 1PM.

Join Research Historian Casey Heilman, for an opportunity to sample some of the popular flavors of the past. For over 7 years she served as the Living History Coordinator for a small 1847 first person historical site in Findlay, Ohio. She has given presentations for ALFAM, MCWCC, and other institutions.

This official America250 project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council, through support from the State of Mississippi.

SPARK!: Creating the Skills We Need!
2026-09-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Greenville Higher Education Center, 2900 US-1 South, Greenville, MS, 38701
This session is part of the Spark!: Places of Innovation exhibit at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus.

This session will feature MDCC’s collaborative work between the South Delta Planning and Development District, The Industrial Company (TIC), and the Capps Center to create an innovative workforce pipeline in the Mississippi Delta. The NCCER prepares applicants for work opportunities to build a new energy plant in the Mississippi Delta. The session will review how the program translates to job creation and economic vigor.

Deadline: Mississippi Stories Grant
2026-09-15 | MS
The Mississippi Stories Grant program, supported by the Mississippi Legislature and the Mississippi Department of Archives & History, is designed to help Mississippians share the stories that matter most to them and their communities. The Mississippi Stories program is rooted in the idea that some of our most meaningful history is found in the voices and lived experiences of everyday people.
This new grant program will support community projects to collect and share first-hand accounts of the lives, histories, and experiences of Mississippians. While such projects may include traditional oral history initiatives that will be professionally archived, these grants will also support Mississippi story-based projects that result in museum exhibits, online exhibits, podcasts, documentary films, or other media. While interviews remain central, the Mississippi Stories Grant encourages creative ways to bring these stories to life and make them accessible to the public.
By “Mississippi stories,” we mean personal narratives grounded in first-hand testimony and individual perspective, rather than interpretations or retellings of someone else’s experiences or history. Examples of fundable projects might include:

An interactive digital kiosk and audio-equipped display that allows museum visitors to listen to people’s voices alongside photographs, letters, and historical artifacts.
A project like Academy Stories, a web-based initiative which gathers and shares personal narratives discussing a significant event or period in Mississippi history.
Documentary films that can weave first-person oral history recordings into the narrative as on‑camera interviews or voiceover, using the speaker’s own words, emotions, and memories to frame historical events, provide context, and ground the film’s interpretation of the past in lived experience.
History exhibits, such as those at the Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum in Cleveland, which enhance visitors’ experience by incorporating first-person interviews into the exhibit text or audio/visual displays.
Oral history interviews on a particular topic or community that will be archived and made accessible.

All stories and materials produced through these grants, whether presented in physical or digital form, must be made accessible to the public at no cost.
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded three times a year, with deadlines on September 15, January 15, and May 1. For 2026 and 2027, no matching funds are required. Projects will be reviewed by a grant committee, with final recommendations approved by the Mississippi Humanities Council board. All Mississippi Stories grant applications must be submitted through our online portal.

Speakers Bureau: “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country"
2026-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Anguilla Methodist Church, 631 Front St, Anguilla, MS, 38721, United States
James “Jim” Giesen presents “Ain’t That America? History and Culture in the Country”
Since 1920 the number of farmers in America has been dropping, yet the place of farming — and of rural life generally — in the American mind is stronger than ever. The images we encounter in country songs, labels at the grocery store and in country-fried restaurants tell us that to live the rural life is to live the most American of lives: to work honestly, for long hours and for mostly internal rewards. Our culture presents farmers as nothing short of heroes. But this was not always the case. This talk charts the rise, fall and rise again of the American farmer and rural life in the American consciousness with images from music videos, snippets of song lyrics, Cracker Barrel billboards and even some Congressional testimony. It seeks to answer the questions, why does this particular image of the farmer hold such sway, and what do the changes in that image over time tell us about Americans’ insecure relationship with its history?

Speakers Bureau: "'Stand Fast Mississippians!' The First Regiment ‘Mississippi Rifles’ during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848"
2026-09-17 12:00 - 14:00 | Walthall County Library, 707 Union RD, Tylertown, MS, 39667-2261
Grady Howell presents “‘Stand Fast Mississippians!’ The First Regiment ‘Mississippi Rifles’ during the War with Mexico, 1846-1848”
“Stand Fast Mississippians!” Is a thoroughly researched, nonfiction narrative, detailing as completely as possible the history of Col. Jefferson Davis’ First Regiment “Mississippi Rifles” during the American War with Mexico.

Speakers Bureau: "Language, race, and identity in the Gulf South"
2026-09-22 12:30 - 14:30 | Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS, 39507, United States
Thomas D. Lewis presents “Language, race, and identity in the Gulf South”
Ideas about language are ideas about people. This means that the ways we think about languages and dialects are necessarily connected to the ways we think about the people who use those dialects and languages. This presentation explores how this fact shapes the sociolinguistic context of two Gulf South communities: New Orleans, LA and Jackson, MS. In each city, I show how both language use and discourses about language in the community are shaped by beliefs about race and ethnicity. My analysis demonstrates that language use and ethnic, racial, and linguistic identity in these communities are shaped by ideas about race and language in interesting and surprising ways. This is particularly important in majority minority communities like Jackson and New Orleans because it illustrates the subtle ways in which language, race, privilege, and discrimination are connected.

Speakers Bureau: "Wanted – 1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers"
2026-09-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County, 329 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401
Tracy Carr presents “Wanted – 1,000,000 Frogs: Weird and Wonderful Things Found in Old Mississippi Newspapers”

A monkey named Jocko who lived at the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, the biggest cabbage in Coahoma County, and lots and lots of crime: these are the stories found in Mississippi’s historical newspapers. Ranging from the late 1800s to midcentury, these newspaper articles from across the state are given context (and some fact-checking) in this presentation.
What can old news tell us about Mississippians of the past? We can learn what was important and interesting to them, through both the “news” articles and the advertisements. We can learn what trends came and went and how attitudes changed. We can learn how easy it was to shape the public’s perception of events, and what power someone writing and article for a newspaper had in the days before fact-checking and accountability. Learning what information people had about an event or person helps to inform why those people were the way they were.
While some remain mysteries (including why the Mitchell brothers, farmers from Jonestown, were looking for a million frogs in an advertisement), the interesting and odd news items that made it into the papers are researched and explained. Topics discussed include embezzlements, murders, bootlegging, accidental deaths in large dough mixers, hookworms, fish falling from the sky, and a Holmes County psychic, among others.

Consumed: Black Subjectivity in Art
2026-09-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Mississippi Museum of Art, 380 South Lamar Street, Jackson, MS, 39201
Who gets seen, what gets collected, and who confers value? Join us for a timely conversation on the art world’s complex relationship with Black artists and subject matter, featuring Gagosian director and art and culture writer, Antwaun Sargent.
Antwaun Sargent is a writer, curator, and a director at Gagosian. His recent books are The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion (2019) and Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists (2020). His recent exhibitions include the group show series Social Works; Social Abstraction; and solo presentations of artists Virgil Abloh, Derrick Adams, Awol Erizku, Cy Gavin, Lauren Halsey, Rick Lowe, Tyler Mitchell, and Amanda Williams.

Free and open to the public.

SPARK!: What to do in the Delta?
2026-10-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Greenville Higher Education Center, 2900 US-1 South, Greenville, MS, 38701
This session is part of the Spark!: Places of Innovation exhibit at the Greenville Higher Education Center on the Mississippi Delta Community College Greenville campus.

This session will bring together city and community leaders to highlight strategies for bringing industry and workforce innovation to their cities and towns. The session will highlight current innovation and low-hanging opportunities for collaboration between municipalities MDCC Greenville will work in collaboration with the city, county, and the Mississippi Municipal League to offer Certified Municipal Officer (CMO) credits (https://mmlonline.com/cmo-education/) to local leaders in attendance. This session will assist community leaders in understanding how to get started on their own “innovative projects”.

America250 Mississippi - The Town Creek Celebration & Archaeology Exposition Festival
2026-10-03 | Dorothy J. Lowe Memorial Library / Nettleton, 165 Young Avenue, Nettleton, MS, 38858, United States
The Town Creek Celebration & Archaeology Exposition is a one-day, multi-generational cultural heritage event hosted in Nettleton, Mississippi. Designed to honor the region’s Indigenous, civic, and civil rights history, the event will take place at Lowe Library and surrounding venues. Through interactive exhibits, live demonstrations, oral history recordings, and educational panels, the project will foster community pride, historical awareness, and inclusive learning.
Activities will include Indigenous dance and music performances, flint knapping demonstrations, genealogy workshops, and civil rights panels featuring renowned historians and advocates. Attendees will also contribute to a large-scale place-name mapping exhibit, highlighting the Chickasaw and Choctaw linguistic heritage embedded in Mississippi’s geography. All oral histories and genealogy resources will be archived at Lowe Library, ensuring long-term educational access and cultural preservation.
The event is expected to engage over 500 participants, including youth, elders, educators, tribal members, and civic leaders. Its inclusive design ensures that every attendee, regardless of age, background, or experience, can participate meaningfully in the celebration and contribute to the preservation of local history.

The Town Creek Celebration & Archaeology Exposition is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2026, as a full-day public event hosted at Lowe Library and surrounding venues in Nettleton, Mississippi. Programming will begin at 9:00 AM and continue until 8:30 PM, culminating in a patriotic fireworks finale.
Planned Activities Include:

9:00 AM – Opening Ceremony: Welcome remarks and overview of the day’s events
9:30 AM – Indigenous Place-Name Mapping Exhibit Opens: Interactive map of Mississippi with magnetic markers for Chickasaw and Choctaw town names
10:00 AM – Oral History Recording Station Opens: Video interviews with older citizens begin; historic audio archive available for listening
10:30 AM – Flint Knapping Demonstration & Artifact Showcase: Live tool-making demo and relic identification station
11:30 AM – Chickasaw Dance & Music Performance: Traditional regalia and live music presentation
1:00 PM – Indigenous-Inspired Art Workshops Begin: Hands-on sessions led by certified art educators
2:30 PM – Genealogy Panel & Family Tree Distribution: Expert guidance and free four-generation family tree charts
4:00 PM – Civil Rights & Historical Perspectives Panel: Featuring Kenneth Mayfield, Al Arnold, Mitch Caver, and Brad Deramus
6:00 PM – Natchez Trace Interpretation: Presentation by National Park Service ranger
7:30 PM – Patriotic Finale: Live performance of The Star-Spangled Banner followed by a choreographed fireworks display

Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Oxford
2026-10-10 - 2026-11-21 | Oxford Lafayette Library, 401 Bramlett Blvd , Oxford, MS, 38655, United States
Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Oxford

Join MHC in Oxford for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi!
October 10-November 21, 2026
Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library
662-234-5751 | lafayettems.com/places/lafayette-county-oxford-public-library/
Exhibit hours:
Across 2026-2027, the Mississippi Humanities Council presents Spark! Places of Innovation, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring Utica, Meridian, Greenville, Oxford, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport. Special thanks to our statewide sponsor, Cadence Bank, for making this possible!
ABOUT SPARK!:
The story of human history is written in inventions and innovations. Across our nation. And right here in Mississippi. Join us in 2026-2027 to catch a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring the state…and spark some new ideas of your own.
Spark! uses photographs, digital stories, objects, and interactive elements to explore the places, people, and circumstances that ignite innovation and invention in rural communities across our nation. The exhibit also offers a springboard for diverse local programming, spotlighting the stories, ideas, and innovations of Mississippians — and a call to contribute to the future of the towns we call home.

Speakers Bureau: “The Marquis de Lafayette Visits Mississippi”
2026-11-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Monticello Methodist Protestant Church, 937 F E Sellers Hwy, Monticello, MS, 39654, United States
William “Brother” Rogers presents “The Marquis de Lafayette Visits Mississippi”
In 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette visited Natchez on his farewell tour of America. Learn more about who he was and why this historic event was significant.

Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Hattiesburg
2026-11-28 - 2027-01-09 | Eureka School, 412 East 6th Street, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401, United States
Spark! Places of Innovation exhibit in Hattiesburg

Join MHC in Hattiesburg for the Spark! Places of Innovation tour of Mississippi!
November 28, 2026-January 9,2027
The Historic Eureka School with the 6th Street Museum District
601-268-3220 | hattiesburgeureka.com
Exhibit hours:
Across 2026-2027, the Mississippi Humanities Council presents Spark! Places of Innovation, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring Utica, Meridian, Greenville, Oxford, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport. Special thanks to our statewide sponsor, Cadence Bank, for making this possible!
ABOUT SPARK!:
The story of human history is written in inventions and innovations. Across our nation. And right here in Mississippi. Join us in 2026-2027 to catch a new Smithsonian traveling exhibit touring the state…and spark some new ideas of your own.
Spark! uses photographs, digital stories, objects, and interactive elements to explore the places, people, and circumstances that ignite innovation and invention in rural communities across our nation. The exhibit also offers a springboard for diverse local programming, spotlighting the stories, ideas, and innovations of Mississippians — and a call to contribute to the future of the towns we call home.
