The Museum of the Mississippi Delta in Greenwood will host Crossroads: Change in Rural America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition, from May 14 through June 25.
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 Museum of the Mississippi Delta will also host a series of programs that are free and open to the public.
Crossroads events in Greenwood:
May 20, 11:30am: “Why We Call It Soul Food” presentation, Dr. Brinda Willis
June 5, 10am: Trials of the Earth community book discussion
June 12, 10am: “Rural Roots: What Did I Learn?” presentation, Rev. Herron Wilson and Gene Dattel
June 17, 6pm: A Place Like Mississippi reading and signing, Ralph Eubanks
June 24, 6pm: Trials of the Earth reading and signing, Kerry Hamilton
“Crossroads Children” events:
My Growing Delta workshop (rising 3rd-6th grades)
May 25, 8:45am
May 26, 12:45pm
My Growing Delta workshop (rising 7th grade)
June 10, 8:45am
June 11, 12:45pm
My Musical Delta workshop (rising 5K-rising 2nd grades)
June 15, 10:30am
June 22, 10:30am
