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Regards to Emily!

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  DIRECTOR’S LETTER Warmest greetings from the University Museum, members and friends, I’m writing this September letter with a very specific purpose: to celebrate and express our deep gratitude for nine years of dedicated service to the museum and visionary leadership of our education programs, our Curator of Education Emily McCauley. Emily departs her University … Read more

Live on the Lawn

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Due to inclement weather, our November 8, Live on the Lawn concert will take place inside the museum! Wendy Garrison will perform in the Speakers Gallery and free hot chocolate will be available. FRIDAYS: Sept. 6, Sept. 13, Sept. 20, Oct. 4, Oct. 18, Nov. 8, AND Nov. 15 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.   Fridays this … Read more

80th Birthday Celebration

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  Greetings from your University Museum, where we are celebrating the 80th year of the Museum’s founding in 1939 as the City of Oxford-owned Mary Buie Museum. We’d like to invite all of you to join us Tuesday, August 27th from 6 – 8 p.m. during the monthly Art Crawl as we cut an anniversary … Read more

Walton-Young House Art Installation

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Three local artists chosen to create high-visibility public art installations on historic house Local artists Rebekah Flake, Valerie Guinn Polgar, and Sarah Barch were selected to create custom art installations on the historic Walton-Young House, located next door to the University of Mississippi Museum. The purpose of this installation is to animate the house and … Read more

Director’s Letter

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  Greetings from the University Museum, where summer sees the professional staff embarked on many projects and initiatives that will appear in coming months. As occurs annually in this season, we’ve expressed our farewells of gratitude to several student workers who have graduated following their dedicated work with us in our Visitor Services, Education, Membership, … Read more