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MUSEUM OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY
222 NORTH STREET
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

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Explore 15,000 years of history and learn how our shared past influences our future together.

First Peoples
13,000 BC—AD 1518
Cultural Crossroads
1519—1798
Joining the United States
1799—1832
Cotton Kingdom
1835—1865
The World Remade
1866—1902
Promise and Peril
1903—1927
Bridging Hardship
1928—1948
Forging Ahead
1946—Present
Enduring Cultures
Sense of Duty
The Soul of the State

Explore the Galleries at the Museum of Mississippi History

Explore Mississippi

Many of the homes, colleges, and historic sites discussed in this gallery still exist today. Journey beyond the museum walls and explore the places where history happened.

William Johnson House

William Johnson House Explores the lives of free African Americans in the pre-Civil War South

210 State Street
Natchez, Mississippi

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Grand Village of the Natchez Indians

Grand Village of the Natchez Indians A 128-acre site featuring three prehistoric Native American mounds, a reconstructed Natchez Indian house, museum, and gift shop

400 Jefferson Davis Boulevard
Natchez, Mississippi

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First Peoples: 13,000 BC–AD 1518

Bridging Hardship: Great Depression, New Deal and World War II 1928–1948

Cultural Crossroads: Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans 1519–1798

Forging Ahead: Civil Rights, Diversification, and Innovation 1946–Present

Joining the United States: Territory, Statehood, and Treaties 1799–1832

Enduring Cultures

Cotton Kingdom: Enslavement and Civil War 1835–1865

Sense of Duty

The World Remade: Freedom, Reconstruction, and Counter Revolution 1866–1902

Soul of the State

Promise and Peril: Progressivism, Repression, and World War I 1903–1927

Promise and Peril:
Progressivism, Repression and World War I
1903–1927

Cultural Crossroads:
Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans
1519–1798

Bridging Hardship:
Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II
1928–1948

First Peoples:
13,000 BC–AD 1518

Sense of Duty

MUSEUM OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY
222 NORTH STREET
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Explore the Galleries

Explore Mississippi

William Johnson House

Grand Village of the Natchez Indians

First Peoples: 13,000 BC–AD 1518

Bridging Hardship: Great Depression, New Deal and World War II 1928–1948

Cultural Crossroads: Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans 1519–1798

Forging Ahead: Civil Rights, Diversification, and Innovation 1946–Present

Joining the United States: Territory, Statehood, and Treaties 1799–1832

Enduring Cultures

Cotton Kingdom: Enslavement and Civil War 1835–1865

Sense of Duty

The World Remade: Freedom, Reconstruction, and Counter Revolution 1866–1902

Soul of the State

Promise and Peril: Progressivism, Repression, and World War I 1903–1927

Promise and Peril: Progressivism, Repression and World War I 1903–1927

Cultural Crossroads: Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans 1519–1798

Bridging Hardship: Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II 1928–1948

First Peoples:13,000 BC–AD 1518

Sense of Duty

MUSEUM OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY 222 NORTH STREET JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Explore the Galleries

Explore Mississippi

William Johnson House

Grand Village of the Natchez Indians

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Promise and Peril:
Progressivism, Repression and World War I
1903–1927

Cultural Crossroads:
Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans
1519–1798

Bridging Hardship:
Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II
1928–1948

First Peoples:
13,000 BC–AD 1518

MUSEUM OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY
222 NORTH STREET
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI