OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum has unveiled its annual holiday keepsake, a commemorative edition to honor the university’s 175th anniversary. The memento features the university’s beloved state state champion northern catalpa tree, which is said to be as old as the university itself, said Melanie Antonelli, the museum’s curator and collections manager.Read the story …
Museum’s Holiday Keepsake Honors University’s 175th Anniversary
Annual memento features university's beloved champion tree
December 7, 2023 by
SouthTalks Focus on Creativity in the South
Lectures begin Sept. 6 with discussion of changing minds
August 27, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Creativity in the South is the programming theme for the 2023-24 academic year at the University of Mississippi‘s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. The fall SouthTalks series begins by recognizing that the U.S. South is a region of profound contrast. “Extreme poverty exists uneasily alongside extreme wealth,” said Katie McKee,Read the story …
Food, Science and Art on the Menu at Museum Summer Camps
Programming highlights interdisciplinary learning for children
June 20, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – This summer, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a variety of learning opportunities for children in first through fifth grades during June and July. “With all of our camps, I’m trying to connect them to some cross-curricular content,” said Rosa Salas Gonzalez, museum educator. “We want to let them do thingsRead the story …
Decade of Donated, Community-Funded Work on Display at UM Museum
'Recent Acquisitions' exhibit highlights breadth, variety of art collection
May 24, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum‘s newest installation, “Recent Acquisitions,” highlights the varied and expansive collection of artworks that have been donated or funded by the community in the last 10 years. Among the selected works are wood carvings, watercolor and oil paintings, pieces that blend the line between painting and sculpture, andRead the story …
‘Friends of Theora’ on Display at University Museum
Exhibit demystifies life and personhood of famous Mississippi artist
January 24, 2023 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Think of Theora Hamblett and you’ll likely see bright, multicolored trees from a bird’s eye view, or maybe a self-taught spinster whose visions inspired her to create art that would hang in the Museum of Modern Art. But that’s not all Hamblett was. A new University of Mississippi Museum exhibit, “Friends ofRead the story …
Museum Unveils 2022 Keepsake Ornament
Design features 60th anniversary of university's integration
November 29, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses has unveiled its 23rd annual holiday keepsake, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the university’s integration. Each year, the design alternates between subjects in the museum’s permanent collection, at the university and around Oxford. This year’s keepsake was chosen to honor the enrollment of JamesRead the story …
UM Honors James Meredith and Commemorates 60 Years of Integration
Signature event features recognitions and awards for first African American to enroll at the university
September 29, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Culminating nearly a year’s worth of planning, University of Mississippi representatives, alongside city, state and national officials, said thank you Wednesday night (Sept. 28) to the man who moved history forward 60 years ago. A crowd of hundreds of students, faculty, staff, community members, U.S. marshals, and national, state and local governmentRead the story …
Museum Recognized by Mississippi Heritage Trust
Heritage Award honors stewardship of Faulkner's Rowan Oak
June 10, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For more than two decades, the University of Mississippi Museum has been the steward of Rowan Oak, Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner’s home and grounds, with the support of university leadership and the Facilities Management Department. The museum’s efforts were publicly recognized Thursday (June 9) with an award from one of theRead the story …
Art that Makes You ‘Feel Seen’
Jacob Hoshimoto transports visitors to fantastic landscapes, plans UM Museum lecture for Tuesday
April 14, 2022 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When visitors step into artist Jacob Hashimoto’s abstract worlds at the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses, he hopes that they can see faint reflections of the world they know and use them as a gateway to new ideas and perspectives. Within “The Other Sun,” the artist’s exhibit at the museum,Read the story …
Record Support Greets Harvest Supper’s Return
Popular event secures resources for UM Museum and Historic Houses
December 13, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The annual Harvest Supper fundraiser set new records for attendance and private support for the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses when it returned this fall after being postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. About 600 people attended the recent sold-out event, which generated $175,000, said Diane Scruggs, of Oxford,Read the story …