SELECTED MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS (2007)

JACKSON

MS Museum of Art (web site: http://www.msmuseumart.org/)
201 E. Pascagoula St.; T-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 12-5; $5.00 admission ($3 student); 601-960-1515
Betsy Bradley, Director
Dan Piersol, Deputy Director for Programs, dpiersol@msmuseumart.org
Robin Dietrick, Curator of Exhibitions, rdietrick@msmuseumart.org
Beth Batton, Curator of the Collection, bbatton@msmuseumart.org
Ivy Alley, Curator of Education, ialley@msmuseumart.org
Lianne Takemori, Curator of Education, ltakemori@msmuseumart.org
Maggie Lacey, Director of Marketing, mlacey@msmuseumart.org
Nina Moss, Director of Communications, nmoss@msmuseumart.org
Joanna Biglane, Registrar
Annette French, Visitor Services Coordinator
Elizabeth Blanks, Tour & Event Coordinator, eblanks@msmuseumart.org
Ann Harkins, Director of Membership & Annual Giving, aharkins@msmuseumart.org
Jordan Kime, Director of Development, jkime@msmuseumart.org
Mindy Kunz, Office Manager, mkunz@msmuseumart.org
Mitchell Marcum, Dep. Dir. of Finance & Administration, mmarcum@msmuseumart.org
Margaret Anne Mitchell, Museum Store Manager
Susan Garrard, Museum Store Consultant
L.C. Tucker, Chief Preparator
Melvin Johnson, Associate Preparator
James Steverson, Chief of Security

International Museum of Muslim Cultures (website: www.muslimmuseum.org)
Mississippi Arts Center, 201 E. Pascagoula St.; T-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 12-5
Emad Al-Turk, Board Chairman
Okolo Rashid, Executive Director/Board Secretary, rashido@bellsouth.net
e-mail: info@muslimmuseum.org or inmuseum@bellsouth.net

MS Museum of Natural Science (web site: www.msnaturalscience.org)
2148 Riverside; M-F 8-5, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 1-5; $5.00 admission; 601-354-7303
Libby Hartfield, Director, libby.hartfield@mmns.state.ms.us
John DeFillipo (lizardking700@yahoo.com) and Megan Ellis, Outreach Naturalists
Rebecca Gruneberg, Special Projects Coordinator, rebeccag@mmns.state.ms.us
Georgia Spencer, Education Coordinator, georgia.spencer@mmns.state.ms.us
Scott Peyton, Collections Manager, collections.manager@mmns.state.ms.us
Norton McKeigney, Exhibits Supervisor, norton.mckeigney@mmns.state.ms.us
Mary Stevens, Librarian, library@mmns.state.ms.us

Smith-Robertson Museum (web site: www.city.jackson.ms.us/CityHall/robertson.htm)
528 Bloom St.; M-F 9-5, Sat. 10-1, Sun. 2-5; $4.50 admission; 601-960-1457
(article: http://brownvboard.org/brwnqurt/02-2/02-2g.htm)
Pam Junior, Director, pjunior@city.jackson.ms.us

MS Dept. of Archives and History (website: http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/index.html)
H. T. Holmes, Director of MDAH
Julia Young, Director of Archives and Library
Lucy Allen, Director of Old Capitol Museum, lallen@mdah.state.ms.us
Kenneth P'Pool, Director of Historic Preservation
James Barnett, Director of Historic Properties, jbarnett@mdah.state.ms.us
Mary Alice White, Director, Eudora Welty House Museum, mawhite@mdah.state.ms.us

Museums and historic sites under the Dept. of Archives and History:

1) Old Capitol Museum (website: http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/new_museum/index.html;
e-mail: ocmuseum@mdah.state.ms.us)
Lucy Allen, Director, lallen@mdah.state.ms.us
Carol Rietvelt, Director of Education and Programs, crietvelt@mdah.state.ms.us
Cindy Gardner, Field Services Curator, cgardner@mdah.state.ms.us)

2) Museum of Mississippi History, Jackson (in progress)

3) Governor's Mansion, Jackson
Mary Lohrenz, Curator, mlohrenz@mdah.state.ms.us

4) Manship House Museum, Jackson (contact: Jean Schott, Curator of Collections,
jschott@mdah.state.ms.us)

5) Eudora Welty House Museum, Jackson (contact Mary Alice White, Director,
mawhite@mdah.state.ms.us, and Amy Steadman, Curator of Collections,
asteadman@mdah.state.ms.us)

6) Historic Jefferson College, Natchez (contact: Clark Burkett, historian at HJC,
hcburkett@mdah.state.ms.us)

7) Grand Village of the Natchez Indians (contact: Jean Simonton, gvni@mdah.state.ms.us)

8) Winterville Mounds, Greenville (contact: Mark Howell, mhowell@mdah@state.ms.us)
mailto:cbranyan@mdah.state.ms.us

Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum
1150 Lakeland Dr., 601-713-3365;
http://www.mdac.state.ms.us/n_library/departments/ag_museum/index_agmuseum.html
Charlie Dixon, Director (Charlie@mdac.state.ms.us)
Deborah Barlow, Sales & Marketing (Deborah@mdac.state.ms.us)

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
1152 Lakeland Dr., 601-982-8264; http://www.msfame.com
Michael Rubenstein, Executive Director
e-mail: generalinfo@msfame.com

Oaks House Museum (website: http://www.theoakshousemuseum.org/)
823 N. Jefferson St.; T-Sat. 10-3
(contact: oakshousemuseum@jam.rr.com or oakschairman06@yahoo.com)

MS Childrens Museum (website: http://www.mississippichildrensmuseum.com/index.html)
John Jordan, Executive Director (contact: childrensmuseum@jljackson.org)
Construction beginning in 2007

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BILOXI
City of Biloxi Museums (website: http://www.biloxi.ms.us/museums/; contact: braymond@biloxi.ms.us):

Beauvoir (website: http://www.beauvoir.org/)
Patrick Hotard, Director, director@beauvoir.org
Rusty Trowbridge, Business Manager, rtrowbridge@beauvoir.org
Jennifer Myers, Tours and Programs Coordinator, tours@beauvoir.org

Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art (http://www.georgeohr.org/)
Marjie Gowdy, Executive Director, marjie@georgeohr.org
Holly Zinner, Director of Operations, holly@georgeohr.org
Kim Moore, Business Manager, finance@georgeohr.org
Anna L. Stanfield, Director of Education and Exhibits, astanfield@georgeohr.org
Robert Brooks, Exhibit Design and Installation, bob@georgeohr.org

Others:
Biloxi Lighthouse
Biloxi Visitors Center
Biloxi Fire Museum
J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium
Mardi Gras Museum
Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum
Old Brick House
Pleasant Reed House
Saenger Theater
Tullis-Toledano Manor

Clarksdale
Delta Blues Museum (website: http://www.deltabluesmuseum.org/)
Shelley Ritter, Director, shelley@deltabluesmuseum.org
Mae Smith, Interpretation Specialist, mae@deltabluesmuseum.org

Corinth
Northeast Mississippi Museum (contact: Kristy White, northeastmiss115@bellsouth.net)

Flora
MS Petrified Forest, Earth Science Museum (website: http://www.mspetrifiedforest.com/)
contact: info@mspetrifiedforest.com

Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg Historical Society Museum (website: http://www.hahsmuseum.org/)
723 Main St.; M, T, Th 2-4:30 or by appt.; contact: hahsmuseum@megagate.com

Hernando
De Soto County Museum (website: http://www.desotomuseum.org/)
Brian Hicks, Director, director@desotomuseum.org

Indianola
BB King Museum (website: http://www.bbkingmuseum.org/; contact: director@bbkingmuseum.org)

Laurel
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (web site: www.lrma.org)
565 N. Fifth Ave.; 10-4:45 T-Sat.; 1-4 Sun.; 601-649-6374
George Bassi, Director, gbassi@lrma.org
Jill Chancey, Curator, jchancey@lrma.org
Allyn Boone, Director of Development, aboone@lrma.org
Mark Brown, Curator of Education, mbrown@lrma.org
Mandy Buchanan, Education Outreach Coordinator, mbuchanan@lrma.org
Tommie Rodgers, Registrar, trodgers@lrma.org
Holly Dodd, Director of Marketing, hdodd@lrma.org
JoLynn Helton, Business Manager, jhelton@lrma.org
Donnelle Conklin, Librarian, dconklin@lrma.org
Donna Smith, Assistant Librarian/Cataloger
Angie Jolly, Events Coordinator, ajolly@lrma.org
Pam Ward, Visitor Services Coordinator and Shop Manager, pward@lrma.org

McComb
McComb City Railroad Museum (website: http://www.mcrrmuseum.com/)
Jerry Clower Museum (E. Fork Rd., 601-684-8130)

Mound Bayou (website: http://www.moundbayou.org/)
contact: sanders-tax@msn.com>

Natchez
Historic Natchez Foundation (Ronald Miller, Executive Director; Mary Miller, Programs;
Edward Esau, Archives), hnf@natchez.org (website: www.natchez.org)
Rosalie Mansion (Rebecca Martin, manager@rosaliemansion.com; website: www.rosaliemansion.com)
Ocean Springs
Walter Anderson Museum (website: http://www.walterandersonmuseum.org/)
510 Washington Ave., e-mail: WAMA@WalterAndersonMuseum.org
Gayle Petty-Johnson, Executive Director
Patricia Pinson, Curator, curator@walterandersonmuseum.org
Dennis Walker, Registrar
Sharon Davis, Finance/Membership
Robert Sweeting, Museum Store Manager
Elizabeth Feder, Public Relations and Program Coordinator
Julie Franc, Administrative Asst./Tours

Philadelphia
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Museum, contact: tridout24@yahoo.com

Utica
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (website: http://www.msje.org/)
contact: information@msje.org
Macy Hart, President/CEO, Institute of Southern Jewish Life, hart@isjl.org
Rachel Komerofsky, Director of Education Services, komerofsky@isjl.org
Neola Young, Museum Registrar, nyoung@isjl.org
Kate Lubarsky, Museum Project Director, klubarsky@isjl.ofg

Vicksburg
Vicksburg Transportation Museum, lamarsue@bellsouth.net
Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation, vburgfoundation@aol.com
Old Courthouse Museum, courthouse1860@aol.com (website at http://www.oldcourthouse.org/)