Popping the Cork on Prohibition
Experience stories of Prohibition, piety, and politics in the "wettest dry state" at this immersive new exhibit exploring Mississippi's complex relationship with alcohol—from the colonial period to today.
Prohibition
In the United States, Prohibition was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages beginning in 1920. For the state of Mississippi, Prohibition began in 1908—twelve years before National Prohibition became law.