Mississippi Museum of Art

380 South Lamar Street
Jackson MS 39201

Phone: 601-960-1515
Fax: 601-960-1505
Email: [email protected]

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Description:

As Mississippi's largest art museum, the Mississippi Museum of Art is home to some very extraordinary works of art. And it's not simply the best in local and regional art that we have on display. Every year, some of the best exhibitions in the nation come to Jackson. In 2003, the Mississippi Museum of Art marked its 100th anniversary as the state’s repository and exhibitor of local, regional, national and international art. Not unlike other Mississippi arts organizations the Museum had humble beginnings. From an initial collection of only several hundred works, the Museum’s Permanent Collection has grown to nearly 3,800 pieces with an emphasis on mid-nineteenth and twentieth-century American art.

With a mission “. . . to engage Mississippians in the visual arts,” the Mississippi Museum of Art offers year-round educational programs, often collaborating with other arts organizations, public and private schools, and community groups.  Each year, the Museum hosts The Scholastic Art Awards Mississippi Regional Competition in which middle, junior and senior high schools from around the state participate.  For the adults, “Unburied Treasures” is a monthly program that features art, music and literature. “Jazz, Art & Friends” is another popular program that combines the visual arts with the performing.