University of Mississippi Museum
Greetings, all and welcome from your University Museum and Rowan Oak! This month’s Director’s Letter will be concise but very heartfelt as I share news with you of considerable personal meaningfulness – my retirement from the University. This mid-summer (June 30) I will step down after nearly 13 years of University employment and my directorship … Read more
5th & University / September 2024 Director’s Letter Warmest of greetings everyone, from your University of Mississippi Museum. The weather may not yet say “Fall” but the return to campus of record numbers of students and faculty definitely does – – as also does the return of a certain outdoor sport whose field … Read more
5th & University / September 2024 Director’s Letter Warmest of greetings everyone, from your University of Mississippi Museum. The weather may not yet say “Fall” but the return to campus of record numbers of students and faculty definitely does – – as also does the return of a certain outdoor sport whose field … Read more
Warmest of December and Holiday greetings, everyone, and thank you always for your support, event participation, and exhibitions attendance. Our University Museum is blessed to exist in an ecosystem of such thoughtful supportiveness that I’m fond of observing that the enduring warmth of spirit of our members and our campus-plus-regional communities not only sustains us, … Read more
Warmest of greetings everyone, and a heartfelt expression of welcome to come see us any day that we are open (10-5 Tuesday to Friday, 10-4 PM Saturdays). I hope that all of you know already, or will commit to long-term remembrance, that the professional staff, student workers, and I are here to assist your needs … Read more
It was a perfect October night—cool, but not cold, with all the energy and optimism of a Thursday night of a football weekend in Oxford. Lights in the trees, wildflowers on the farm tables, music in the air, a cocktail in the hand: it was the first annual Harvest Supper on the grounds of Rowan Oak, … Read more
On July 6, 1962, the world lost one of its great literary luminaries, William Faulkner. Luckily, his works continue to entertain and inspire readers, while Rowan Oak gives the public the opportunity to live with Mr. Faulkner, if only for an hour. Last summer’s 2012 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference theme, “Fifty Years after Faulkner,” honored … Read more
The Orpheus Relief Project is a collaboration between the Georgia Museum of Art and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia and the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses. The project involves the public exhibition and interdisciplinary study of an important but little-known marble relief sculpture with possible vestiges … Read more
The UM Museum is honored to be awarded the following grants and designation during the 2012–2013 year. • Conservation Assessment Program from Heritage Preservation • National Recreation Trail Designation from the Department of the US Interior • Project Grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission • Programming Grant for NEH On the Road from the National … Read more
This summer, the University of Mississippi Museum along with 1,800 museums nationwide participates in Blue Star Museums, a program of the National Endowment of the Arts offering free museum admission to military families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Blue Star Museums enables American communities to thank our military families for their service and sacrifice … Read more