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Winterville Mounds backers want bigger, more modern museum

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:09:21 +0000

WINTERVILLE — Historians, tourism officials and others are pushing to get started on a multimillion-dollar facelift at Winterville Mounds State Park north of Greenville. They hope to expand the site and transform the museum into a contemporary and interactive history of Native American heritage in the Mississippi Delta. The Delta Democrat Times reports various organizations [...]

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Local officials hoping for state help in funding Wynette museum

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:29:04 +0000

TREMONT — Officials in northeast Mississippi are hoping for some money from the state to help to finance construction of the Tammy Wynette Museum in Tremont. Wynette, a country music legend who died in 1998, is a native of the Tremont area in Itawamba County. She was married for six years to George Jones, who [...]

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Museum set to show off $3 million worth of renovation

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:37:21 +0000

LAUREL — It’s the home stretch for the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, with officials poised to unveil exciting new additions for next week’s 90th anniversary celebration. Last week, Jeannette Walker peered eagerly through the glass top of the doors leading from the museum’s American Gallery to the Stairwell Gallery. Fixed in her gaze was [...]

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Tornado damage assessments continue as President declares disaster

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:21:58 +0000

SOIUTH MISSISSIPPI — President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the State of Mississippi following a massive tornado that destroyed or heavily damaged more than 800 homes in the southern part of the state. Obama signed the declaration yesterday and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in Forrest and Lamar [...]

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Tourism tax collections up in the Land of Elvis

Associated Press — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:05:37 +0000

TUPELO — Tourism tax receipts in Tupelo hit at least $300,000 benchmark in three of the first four months in the current fiscal year, the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau says. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports tax revenue rose almost 4 percent for the fiscal year. November’s revenue was $311,809 — a record for [...]

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Lease signed for site of Grammy Museum Mississippi

MBJ Staff — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:20:26 +0000

CLEVELAND — Delta State University has entered into a lease agreement with the Cleveland Music Foundation to provide the property for the construction of the Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland. Delta State University president Dr. John M. Hilpert and Lucy Janoush, president of the Cleveland Music Foundation, the non-profit entity set to build the museum, [...]

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Expansion project nears completion at Coast museum

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:27:29 +0000

OCEAN SPRINGS — Rosemary Roosa and her staff at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs are awaiting the completion of the museum’s $750,000 expansion project. Roosa, the museum’s executive director, says the end of January is the deadline. Groundbreaking on the project was in July. The project is being paid for through [...]

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After one year, museum expansion nears completion

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:48:26 +0000

LAUREL — There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Hidden from public view in the lower-level vault are all sorts of treasures, including the painting “A Child’s First Steps” by 19th century French artist Jean-Francois Millet. The work, copied famously by Dutch painter Vincent van [...]

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Expansion plans revealed for Elvis’ childhood home

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:31:11 +0000

TUPELO — Two new statutes of Elvis Presley will be placed at his birthplace in Tupelo. “We’re putting an emphasis on Elvis the boy instead of Elvis the entertainer,” said birthplace chairman Henry Dodge. “Elvis the boy is our story.” Dodge said the statues and a nine-table picnic area that can seat more than 50 [...]

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Bryant presents $1M check for Delta music museum

MBJ Staff — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:00:01 +0000

CLEVELAND — Gov. Phil Bryant visited the Delta State University campus yesterday to present a $1-million check to the Cleveland Music Foundation as the first installment for the establishment of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in Cleveland. GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is planned to be a more than 20,000-square-foot facility dedicated to exploring the past, present and future [...]

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