Museum investment seen as boost for downtown
by Ted Carter
Published: April 10,2011
Tags: Ben Allen, Downtown Jackson Partners, H.T. Holmes, Malcolm Shepherd, Mississippi Department of Achieves and History, Museum of Mississippi History
History enthusiasts are relieved and pleased by a state Legislature appropriation last week of $38 million to build a new Museum of Mississippi History and a civil rights museum on state land just north of the William F. Winter Archives and History Building, 200 North Street. But supporters of downtown development are trading high-fives, as [...]
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