JACKSON — Based on information provided by the Mississippi State Department of Health about the coronavirus epidemic, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will close all sites and offices beginning Friday, March 13.
Closing until further notice will be:
» The Museum of Mississippi History in Jackson
» Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson
» Eudora Welty House and Garden in Jackson
» Mississippi Governor’s Mansion in Jackson
» Old Capitol Museum in Jackson
» William F. Winter Archives and History Building in Jackson
» Grand Village of the Natchez Indians in Natchez
» Winterville Mounds near Greenville
All public events at MDAH sites through the end of March have been postponed, including the weekly History Is Lunch program, the opening reception of the Mississippi Distilled Prohibition exhibit on March 20, and the Mississippi Freedom Seder event on April 2, all at the Two Mississippi Museums.
The Bettye Jolly Lecture at the Eudora Welty House and Garden on March 19, the New Stage Theater event at the Old Capitol Museum on March 31, and the Pow Wow at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians on March 28, have also been postponed.
For more information, email info@mdah.ms.gov or call 601-576-6822.
