Welcome to the
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM


 Bridging the Generations
The Heritage Museum seeks to connect our history and culture to today’s children and adults in an interactive way. The museum plays a vital role in our community by linking our past with the present. There is something of interest for everyone. Children and adults can enjoy a time of discovery, adults can experience nostalgia, and children can learn and play in the Children’s Corner.

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Where the Past Comes Alive
Established in 1976 to celebrate our nation’s 200th birthday, the Heritage Museum is housed in a renovated 1874 Mobile & Ohio railroad depot located at the corner of Russell and Fellowship Streets, in the heart of Starkville, Mississippi.

The museum offers a rich view of the history and culture of Starkville and Oktibbeha County through a permanent collection of artifacts that provide a window into our community’s bygone era.

The museum also hosts temporary, rotating exhibits – some of a contemporary nature – and sponsors special programs, events, and projects to keep visitors interested in returning.

We invite you to visit the museum for a closer look and a greater appreciation. Please remember to sign our guest register.

 

The Heritage Museum website is funded by the Friends of the Museum, which is responsible for the content and photos. Small Pond Graphics designed and maintains the website.

MUSEUM HOURS:

Tours are encouraged and available by special arrangement.

Volunteers are present whenever the museum is open.

1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays

By appointment
662.323.0211

Special events on selected Saturdays

Admission to the museum is free, but donations are appreciated.

Our Community Series programs on selected days

LOCATION:

VIEW LARGER MAP HERE

EVENTS:

December

-The museum will be open on Sunday, December 8, 2013, 1:30-4:30, during the Civic League’s Tour of Homes. There is no entry fee at the museum.
-The museum will be closed the last week in December and the first week in January for the holidays.
-A temporary display of crèches (nativity scenes) from around the world is featured at the museum (early December until Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, in January). Ellen Newsom’s partial representation of her extensive collection is on loan. Her collection has been gathered over a 20-year span. The crèches are of different sizes and materials and are truly fascinating.

 


2014
Four County Electric Power Association will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2014, most notably at its Annual Meeting in June. The Heritage Museum will join with 4-County in providing an exhibit at the museum featuring “before and after electricity” in the home. The museum is tentatively planning to sponsor a program on the impact on our community of acquiring electricity.

OPPORTUNITIES:

If you would like to join the Friends of the Museum (FOM), you can obtain a membership envelope at the museum, or you may download a membership form from the FOM page at this website.

RESOURCES:

Brochures are now available that showcase the museum’s updated exterior and its new exhibits. Find them at the museum and other locations around town.

A $10 DVD of the Feb. 22, 2012 Needmore Community program is for sale at the museum.

Ruth Morgan’s “From Days Past” articles and photos, which appeared weekly in the Starkville Daily News, can be accessed at library.msstate.edu/localhistory.

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