News and Updates

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MCM Hosts MCSA Chess Tournament

MCM Hosts MCSA Chess Tournament

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Bicentennial

Mississippi Children’s Museum to Host Bicentennial Arts Competition in Partnership with Mississippi Department of Education, Office of Governor Phil Bryant and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

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Discovery Night

Discovery Night is the Mississippi Children’s Museum’s (MCM) signature family fundraising event. This year, the event is held to coincide with the Mississippi Science Fest (September 22 &23). This special evening celebrates children’s literature and delves into the fascinating world of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM).

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Mississippi Science Fest

The 2017 Mississippi Science Fest (MSF) presented by C Spire, launches September 22-23 in Jackson, Mississippi’s LeFleur Museum District (LMD). Leaders from all four museums of the LMD organized the event to showcase the Magnolia State’s innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) industries and organizations!

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2017 ACM Great Friends to Kids Award

2017 ACM Great Friends to Kids Award to the Junior League of Jackson

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Neon Night

Mississippi Children’s Museum will be celebrating its 4th annual Neon Night, the museum’s signature summer fundraising event

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Curious George - Let's Get Curious!

Summer 2017 PlayBook: Volume 2, Issue 2

In This Issue:Curious George™: Let’s Get Curious!, Encouraging integrative learning, Storytelling Festival and Visiting Artists, Planting the Seeds to Read, Magnolia Book Awards, MCM Partners Annual Meeting, Naming of the Gertrude C. Ford Literacy Garden…

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Junior League of Jackson

Junior League of Jackson Presents Final $600,000 of $1 Million Gift to the Mississippi Children’s Museum

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Curious George

Curious George™: Let’s Get Curious!

Curious George™ Exhibit Swings to the Mississippi Children’s Museum

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Celebrate Everyday

Spring 2017 PlayBook: Volume 2, Issue 1

In This Issue:
STEM Community Partnerships, MCM-Meridian Report, Forget-Me-Not Fund, New Nissan Car Exhibit, Annual Donors, and By the Numbers FY16

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MCM-Meridian Takes a Trip to Omaha, Nebraska to Review Exhibit Construction Progress

The Mississippi Children’s Museum – Meridian exhibits are under
construction at Heartland Scenic Studio in Omaha, Nebraska!

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