Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
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The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a state history museum in Jackson that chronicles the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi, highlighting key events, figures, and artifacts from the movement.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights museum
ⓘ
history museum ⓘ state museum ⓘ |
| architect |
Eley Guild Hardy Architects
ⓘ
Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism ⓘ |
| category |
African-American museums in Mississippi
ⓘ
Civil rights movement museums ⓘ History museums in Mississippi ⓘ Museums in Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| city | Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Fannie Lou Hamer
ⓘ
Freedom Rides ⓘ
surface form:
Freedom Riders
James Meredith ⓘ Medgar Evers ⓘ victims of racial violence in Mississippi ⓘ |
| constructionCost | approximately 90 million US dollars (shared with Museum of Mississippi History) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo |
African American history in Mississippi
ⓘ
civil rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ |
| exhibits |
artifacts from the civil rights movement in Mississippi
ⓘ
documents related to civil rights legislation in Mississippi ⓘ oral histories from civil rights activists ⓘ photographs documenting civil rights struggles in Mississippi ⓘ |
| features |
interactive exhibits
ⓘ
large light sculpture in "This Little Light of Mine" gallery ⓘ multimedia presentations ⓘ themed galleries arranged around a central space ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Jim Crow era in Mississippi
ⓘ
Freedom Summer ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Freedom Summer
racial violence and resistance in Mississippi ⓘ school desegregation in Mississippi ⓘ struggle for civil rights in Mississippi ⓘ voting rights movement in Mississippi ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
State of Mississippi appropriations
ⓘ
private donations ⓘ |
| governingBody | Mississippi Department of Archives and History ⓘ |
| hasGallery |
"A Closed Society"
ⓘ
"A Tremor in the Iceberg" ⓘ "Black Empowerment" ⓘ "Freedom Struggle in Mississippi" ⓘ "I Question America" ⓘ "Mississippi in Black and White" ⓘ "This Little Light of Mine" central gallery ⓘ "Where Do We Go From Here?" ⓘ |
| hasPermanentExhibition | chronological narrative of civil rights in Mississippi from 1945 to 1976 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://mcrm.mdah.ms.gov/ ⓘ |
| inauguratedOn | 2017-12-09 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Museum of Mississippi History complex
ⓘ
Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Jackson, Mississippi
|
| mission |
to educate the public about the history and legacy of the civil rights movement in Mississippi
ⓘ
to honor those who fought for freedom and equality in Mississippi ⓘ |
| near |
Mississippi State Capitol
ⓘ
Old Capitol Museum ⓘ |
| openedToPublicIn | 2017 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2017-12-09 ⓘ |
| owner | State of Mississippi ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Museum of Mississippi History complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History complex
|
| sharesComplexWith |
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Museum of Mississippi History complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Mississippi History
|
| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| typeOfMuseum | state history museum ⓘ |
| visitorStatistics | hundreds of thousands of visitors in first years of operation ⓘ |
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