On December 15, join the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for a free and open to the public program about the history and usage of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. The program will feature Bobby Cleveland of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. Accompanying the talk will be a unique historic visual display created by the PRVWSD. The display will remain on site through December 21, 2018.
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 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
