On December 8, join the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for the grand opening of the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibit, Water/Ways. Water/Ways, which will be on display through January 19, is free and open to the public.
The grand opening will feature a program by Water/Ways state scholar, Dr. James Giesen. His talk, “Water Ways: Ebbs and Flows of Mississippi History,” will discuss the many ways in which water and agriculture have gone hand-in-hand in Mississippi’s history, from the rise of independent African American and white farmers after the Civil War, to the 1927 flood, to the glistening catfish ponds of the late twentieth century.
The grand opening will also feature an exhibition from the Mississippi branch of the National Water and Climate Center. The NRCS will have its Soil Health Rainfall Simulator on site demonstrating the effects of conservation practices such as no-till farming, cover crops, residue management, and prescribed grazing effects that improve soil health and water cycling on agricultural land.
Water/Ways is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution and sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council. The exhibit explores water’s connection to all aspects of our society, including the endless motion of the water cycle, water’s effect on landscape, settlement and migration, and its impact on culture and spirituality.
Future Water/Ways events in Jackson:
December 11, 10 am: Story Time with Uncle Story, The Great Big Water Cycle Adventure
December 11, 5:30-7pm: Ideas on Tap: Investing in Green
December 15, 10am: History of the Ross Barnett Reservoir
December 22, 10am: Animal Encounters
December 26-January 5, all day: Augmented Reality Sandbox interactive display
January 8, 10am: Story Time with Uncle Story, Did A Dinosaur Drink This Water?
January 12, 10am: Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model presentation
January 19, 10am-2pm: Enviroscape Table interactive display
