Museums & Arts

Mississippi Delta Art & Museums

If the Delta is anything, it is a place of history and creativity. From Civil Rights to the Civil War; from the birthplace of the blues to the birthplace of Kermit the Frog; from dozens of writers to artists and painters, the Delta has experienced it all.

Discover why they say “the blues were born, not written” as you comb through the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. Meander through the art, sculptures and quirky creations of local Delta artists at Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art. Explore the journey of Hernando Desoto as he entered the Mississippi Delta at the Desoto County Museum. And discover the very birthplace of The Muppets at the Jim Henson Museum.

Whatever you're in search of, you can find the history and creativity of the Delta carefully preserved in museums and art galleries throughout the region.

13625 US Hwy 61 North
Tunica Resorts, MS 38664
888-488-6422
tunicatravel.com
Make your first stop in Tunica the all-new Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center, located at the entrance of the Tunica Resort area along U.S. Highway 61. This new center, housed in an original 1895 train depot, is your exclusive source for up-to-the-minute information about Tunica. Its friendly staff is ready to assist you with directions, hotel in...
1003 W Sunflower Road
Cleveland, MS 38733
662-846-4780
This museum honors the 85 year old Patriarch and Red Sox Hall of Fame member, Boo Ferriss. He was a teammate of Ted Williams. This facility was partially funded by the Yawkey Foundation/Boston Red Sox.
Ewing Hall Delta State University
Cleveland, MS 38733
668-846-4311
The "life casts" are exact replicas of blues musicians faces, created using damp gauze and plaster. The results are astonishing, three-dimensional images of the facial structure of the musicians. This collection features 55 life casts of a disappearing generation of blues performers.
6575 Windchase Blvd
Horn Lake, MS 38632
662-253-3100
www.acbl.org/
Located inside the American Contract Bridge League's headquarters, this state-of-the-art, interactive museum is home to the world's largest collection of bridge memorabilia, trophies, videos and other artifacts related to the game of bridge. The museum also contains the ACBL Hall of Fame, as well as the Albert H. Morehead Memorial Library. Situated...
2701 Scott Rd.
Hernando, MS 38632
www.jimandersonpottery.com
Most of Jim Anderson’s handmade stoneware pottery is thrown on a potter's wheel. He uses the best quality stoneware clay available and mixes his glazes by hand. His pottery is dishwasher safe, nontoxic, oven proof, and can be used in the microwave. All of Jim’s pottery is made by hand, which attributes to the beauty of his handma...
400 Second Street
Indianola, MS 38751
662-887-9539
www.bbkingmuseum.org
The B.B. King Museum is a 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility which uses the life story of world renowned blues artist, and native son, Riley (B.B.) King, as a framework to tell about the Mississippi Delta region and the origins and influence of blues music. Centered around the last standing brick cotton gin in Mississippi, the Museum uses...
1107 Washington Street
Vicksburg, MS 39180
601-638-6514
601-636-5010
www.biedenharncoca-colamuseum.com
Open all year except New Year's day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Restored 1890 building where Coca-Cola was first bottled anywhere in the world in 1894. Museum contains reproduction bottling works, Coca-Cola memorabilia, 1900 soda fountain and restored 1890 candy store. Ice-cold Cokes, ice cream floats, Mississippi-made Luvel dipped ice cr...
1003 W. Sunflower Rd
Cleveland, MS 38733
662.846.4626
www.bolognapac.com/
The Mississippi Delta, and particularly Cleveland, is rich in visual and performing arts. At the center of the lively entertainment scene is the Bologna Performing Arts Center at Delta State University, which attracts nationally acclaimed shows from Blues to Broadway.  The Wright Art Center Gallery, also on the Delta State Campus, features rot...
114 Delta Avenue
Clarksdale, MS 38614
662-627-4344
www.cplclarksdale.lib.ms.us
Collection of Mississippi pottery, artifacts, and archaeological research materials 
252 Delta Avenue
Clarksdale, MS 38614
662-624-5992
cathead.biz
Cat Head specilizes in Delta blues CDs and videos, southern books and blues & folk art, photography, live music, and books on all things Southern.  Website and in-store chalkboard-weekly music events, and area festival information. 
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