Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in 2017
Location within Mississippi
Established	2011 (funding); December 9, 2017 (opening)
Location	Jackson, Mississippi
Coordinates	32°18′07″N 90°10′41″W / 32.301807°N 90.17809°W / 32.301807; -90.17809 (Mississippi Civil Rights Museum)
Type	Public
Visitors	500,000+
Director	Michael Morris
Website	mcrm.mdah.ms.gov

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a museum in Jackson, Mississippi located at 222 North St. #2205. Its mission is to document, exhibit the history of, and educate the public about the American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. state of Mississippi between 1945 and 1970.^[1] The museum secured $20 million in funding from the Mississippi Legislature in April 2011 after Governor Haley Barbour testified in favor of its funding.^[2] Ground was broken in 2013,^[1] and the museum opened on December 9, 2017. The museum is administered by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

According to Mississippi State Senator John Horhn, it is the first state-sponsored civil rights museum in the United States.^[3]