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Open Houses, Receptions & Celebrations


  • Reception to honor Borden Plant employees following the plant’s closing (June 2006, before museum’s renovation)
  • Grand Reopening open house, following completion of interior renovation (December 2008)
  • VIP open house, to increase awareness of the museum by local officials, and homemade ice cream (July 2009)
  • Farewell party for Chester McKee, longtime museum trustee and supporter (September 2009, Bill Poe’s home)
  • Party to honor MSU landscape architecture students and faculty for rain garden/phase 1 construction (April 2010, Bill Poe’s home)
  • Open houses for openings of rotating exhibits (ongoing)
  • Night at the Museum celebrations: cookouts and free outdoor movies, hosted by MSU landscape architecture students (ongoing)
  • Garden party to honor volunteers who helped with museum activities (May 2011, Mike and Wanda Thorne’s home)
  • Opening reception for My Oktibbeha children’s photo exhibit (May 2011)
  • GSDP dedication of Oktibbeha County’s Mississippi Blues Trail marker, located on the museum’s grounds (November 2011)
  • Celebration honoring museum supporter Stuart Vance upon the publication of his book Aviation in the Golden Triangle (Bill Poe’s house, November 2011)

* Protocol for museums prohibits food, drinks, and live plant materials inside museums. Since the museum’s interior renovation, refreshments are served outdoors at open houses and receptions. Celebratory parties are held at private locations.

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

Our Community Series programs on selected days

LOCATION:

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EVENTS:

February
February 11, 10:00-Noon
Annual children’s valentine-making session at the museum

February 1-14
A station will be set up with supplies for adults and children to “make your own valentines” during museum hours of operation. Vintage valentines will be on display.

February 22, 10:00 a.m.
Celebrating Black History Month at the museum, a program on the history of the Needmore area of Starkville will be presented by black leaders of the community

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OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUM
206 Fellowship Street • Starkville, MS 39759 | Phone: 662-323-0211

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