On December 1, the Ocean Springs Municipal Library will host Dr. Susan Glanville to present her program "Lessons From the Way of Water for Native Americans." Glanville will explore with the audience the role of water in the worlds of the first inhabitants of our land and people of modern times. The free program will […]
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 […]
On December 11, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will present a free and open to the public presentation of Story Time With Uncle Story. The program, which will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, will feature the children's book The Great Big Water Cycle Adventure by Kay Barnham. Following […]
On December 11, join the Mississippi Humanities Council for a special December edition of Ideas on Tap. “Ideas on Tap: Investing in Green” will focus on the relationship between environmentalism and economic development. Is it possible for the two to exist in harmony? How do we prioritize one over the other? We’ll look at local […]
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 […]
On December 22, join the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum for a free and open to the public presentation of "Animal Encounter." Animal Encounter, presented by Corey Wright of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, features a presentation about aquatic animals that are native to Mississippi. Wright will bring along some of the featured animals […]
On December 26, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host a free and open to the public program featuring the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model's Augmented Reality Sandbox, which will be on display through January 5. The Augmented Reality Sandbox is a hands-on sandbox exhibit combined with 3-D visualization applications. Simply mold […]
On December 26, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host a free and open to the public program featuring the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model’s Augmented Reality Sandbox, which will be on display through January 5. The Augmented Reality Sandbox is a hands-on sandbox exhibit combined with 3-D visualization applications. Simply mold […]
On January 8, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will present a free and open to the public presentation of Story Time With Uncle Story. The program, which will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, will feature the children’s book Did A Dinosaur Drink This Water? by Robert E. Wells. Following storytime will […]
On January 12, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will present a free and open to the public presentation about the Mississippi River Basin Model. The program will feature Sarah McEwen, president of the Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model, who will discuss the history of the model, its uses, and its importance today. […]
On January 19, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host a free and open to the public interactive presentation about water pollution. The program will feature Melissa Wells, Education Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, to present MDEQ's Enviroscape Table. The Enviroscape Table provides a hands-on, interactive demonstration of the sources […]
On February 19, the Tenn-Tom Waterway Transportation Museum will host Dr. Jim Giesen of the MHC’s Speakers Bureau to present his free program, “Ebbs and Flows of Mississippi History.” The free program will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit Water/Ways, on display at the Tenn-Tom Waterway Transportation Museum through March 8. There are […]
