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SUMMARY:"Crossroads" Exhibit in Columbia
DESCRIPTION:The Marion County Museum will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition\, from March 27 through May 8. \nCrossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs\, text\, and numerous interactive elements. Requiring a minimum of 750 sq. ft.\, the exhibit is designed for smaller venues to achieve Museum on Main Street’s goal of bringing the Smithsonian to small town America. The exhibit is free and open to the public to visit. The Mississippi tour of Crossroads is sponsored by a generous grant from Entergy Mississippi. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nIn addition to hosting the exhibition\, the Marion County Museum will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public. \nCrossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 3\, 3pm: Columbia Main Street Historic Tour\nApril 3\, 5pm: City Cemetery Historic Tour\nApril 17\, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-exhibit-in-columbia/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Columbia: Main Street Historic Tour
DESCRIPTION:On April 3\, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free walking tour of Main Street in Columbia. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Columbia through May 8. \nThe Main Street walking tour will cover six blocks of the oldest part of downtown Columbia\, Mississippi. Included in the tour are 905 Court House and the early activities surrounding Courthouse Square\, early retail dry goods buildings\, the Marion Theater and the original brick paved street in front of the building\, the original Columbia post office\, and more. The program will address historic preservation and community development in Columbia and Marion County and how the downtown area shaped the region’s economic development. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Marion County Museum and is open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nWeather date for the Main Street historic tour will be Saturday\, April 10. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 3\, 5pm: City Cemetery Historic Tour\nApril 17\, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-columbia-main-street-historic-tour/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Columbia: City Cemetery Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:On April 3\, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free walking tour of Columbia’s city cemetery. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Columbia through May 8. \nIn 1825\, Gen. Benjamin Lee purchased a parcel of land in Columbia just off Main Street\, for burial of himself and his descendants. Later\, several sections were added to this original parcel and the City Cemetery of Columbia grew. Among those buried there are persons from a number of founding business families from retail merchants to pharmacists\, doctors\, bankers\, newspaper publishers and more. This tour provides an opportunity to discuss the growth and changes in time of the City of Columbia through these early families. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Marion County Museum and is open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nWeather date for the Main Street historic tour will be Saturday\, April 10. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 17\, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-columbia-city-cemetery-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Columbia: Lampton Rural Center Tour
DESCRIPTION:On April 17\, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host a free program about the historic Lampton Rural Center near Columbia\, Mississippi. The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Columbia through May 8. \nLocated just four miles south of Columbia\, this community center was dedicated in 1949 to serve the largest black community in Mississippi. The first of its kind in Mississippi brought the whole of the Marion County community together in support of a much needed space for community and spiritual activity in the area. The building itself includes a gymnasium\, offices\, a library\, activity rooms and a kitchen. The Center was built with support from The Woman’s Division of Christin Service of the Methodist Church through its Board of Missions. A Vocational and Technical Center was built nearby under the management of both county and city school systems. The present director and administrative personnel will share much of their story\, changes over time and needs for the future. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Marion County Museum and is open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \nWeather date for the Lampton Rural Center tour and program will be Saturday\, April 24. \nUpcoming Crossroads events in Columbia:\nApril 30\, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation\, Dr. John Green
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/crossroads-columbia-lampton-rural-center-tour/
LOCATION:Lampton Rural Center\, 10 Rural Center Lane\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crossroads @ Columbia: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies
DESCRIPTION:On April 30\, the Marion County Historical Society in Columbia will host Dr. John Green\, state scholar for the Crossroads exhibit\, to present his free program\, “From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi through Population Studies.” The program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America\, on display in Columbia through May 8. \nMany popular images of rural people and places present them as homogeneous in terms of demographic\, social\, and economic characteristics and trends. This may lead to oversimplification of rural areas and limited efforts to meet the needs and priorities of people living in these places. Achieving a better understanding of rural communities requires defining our concepts and identifying indicators of rural life in terms of continuity and change. Following an exploration of the terms “rural” and “non-metropolitan\,” Dr. Green will share a series of graphical images and narratives about Mississippi’s rural people and places using population-level information\, emphasizing what these “snapshots” of rural life tell us about Mississippi and how we might use them to form a “collage” that captures both the similarity and diversity. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred. \nThe exhibit will be on display in the Marion County Museum and is open to the public Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm. Crossroads is free to visit. \n 
URL:https://www.mshumanities.org/event/4335/
LOCATION:Marion County Museum\, 200 Second Street\, Columbia\, MS\, 39429\, United States
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