- 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 (November 2011, Bill Poe’s home)
- Chili supper to show appreciation to MSU students/faculty and desk volunteers (April 2012, Suzy and Jim Turner’s home)
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Directors visit to museum (October 2012)
- Pizza lunch to show appreciation to MSU landscape architecture students/faculty for their work on the pavilion, donated by Friends of the Museum (December 2012, on site)
- Summer Solstice Celebration of Water, with Robert Damm leading a circle of drumming participants. The pavilion’s stairwell was opened for viewing of the rooftop garden. (June 2013, hosted by Kasia Gallo and Bill Poe, in museum’s pavilion)
- MSU architecture students held their annual Beaux Arts Ball in the museum pavilion. (April 2013)
- An open house celebrated three national Hall of Fme inductees in three different professional sports who called Starkville home. Bailey Howell and relatives of Cool Papa Bell and Jerry Rice were on hand to meet visitors. The museum’s Board of Trustees hosted the event and provided refreshments in the pavilion. About 100 visitors attended the open house (October 2013)
- The Beaux Arts Ball for MSU architecture students was held in the museum’s pavilion. (April 2014)
- An open house celebrated the new Jones Shoe Shop exhibit (October 2014)
- The Oktibbeha County Barn Quilt Trail kicked off at the museum (October 2014)
- The Flames blues band performed at the museum’s pavilion (October 2014)
