The Marion County Museum will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from March 27 through May 8.
Crossroads is a traveling exhibit offered by the Museum on Main Street division of the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of six free-standing display units incorporating photographs, text, and numerous interactive elements. Requiring a minimum of 750 sq. ft., the exhibit is designed for smaller venues to achieve Museum on Main Street’s goal of bringing the Smithsonian to small town America. The exhibit is free and open to the public to visit. The Mississippi tour of Crossroads is sponsored by a generous grant from Entergy Mississippi.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.
In addition to hosting the exhibition, the Marion County Museum will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public.
Crossroads events in Columbia:
April 3, 3pm: Columbia Main Street Historic Tour
April 3, 5pm: City Cemetery Historic Tour
April 17, 3pm: Lampton Rural Center Tour
April 30, 8am:“From Snapshots to a Collage: Exploring Rural Mississippi Through Population Studies” presentation, Dr. John Green
