380 South Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201

601.960.1515

New Museum Hours

Tuesday - Thursday

11 AM - 7 PM

Friday - Sunday

11 AM - 5 PM

Tuesday - Thursday (Senior Hours)

10 AM - 11 AM


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Learn & Engage

The Mississippi Museum of Art offers educational programs and activities for learners of all ages.

School Visits and Teacher Resources

The Museum School

Our mission to "engage Mississippians in visual art" extends beyond our collection and beyond our building. As an organization servicing our community through the visual arts, we know that art can build relationships, engage difficult subjects, and expand the potential of each Mississippian.

–Merry Barnes, Director of School Programs

From the Education Blog

Viking Portraits with Jason Bouldin (VIDEO)

Art Lab - Exquisite Corpse

Big City Art. Southern Hospitality

Hack the Museum

Dispatches from the Field: Walking (and Painting) to School

Whole Schools Initiative at MMA

Social Practice - Museum School Engages on Many Levels

daniel johnson’s Aha Moment

Education Events

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Look and Learn with Hoot | O ooh! Picasso by Mil Niepold and Jeanyves Verdu

Friday, September 18, 2020

10:30 AM

PRE-RECORDED VIDEO

This month we’ll read a story about one of the artists whose work is in our exhibition Van Gogh, Monet,…

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Creative Healing

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

12:30 PM - 2 PM

Pre

Creative Healing Studio is a weekly art therapy gathering for adults being treated for cancer or those…

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Concluding Session | Teacher’s Workshop | Finding Courage in Our “New Normal” Through work in Van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Their Times

Friday, September 25, 2020

5-7 PM

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Vincent van Gogh once asked, “What would life be like if we had no courage to attempt anything?”…

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Art in Mind

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

10:30 AM

REGISTRATION REQUIRED, ZOOM

Art in Mind is offered to individuals experiencing memory loss or mild cognitive impairment. Participants…

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Creative Healing Studio

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

1 PM - 2:30 PM

REGISTRATION REQUIRED, ZOOM

Creative Healing Studio is a weekly art therapy gathering for adults being treated for cancer or those…

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