University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford

Name: University of Mississippi Museum
Address: 5th St. & University, Oxford, United States
Telephone: +1 662-915-7073

#5 among attractions in Oxford

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The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses is a museum and two historic houses owned and operated by the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The museum is designed to appeal to both a popular and scholarly audience, with a collection that emphasizes objects of regional interest. In addition to collections of Southern folk art, Greek and Roman antiquities, 19th century scientific instruments, and American fine art. Part of the museum complex is Rowan Oak, a historic literary legacy that was once the home of William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Rowan Oak was renovated and reopened to the public in 2001 and continues to draw international visitors each year. The Museum also owns the Walton-Young Historic House – once home to critic and satirist Stark Young. The Walton-Young House is not currently open to the public. ()

Established: 1939 (85 years ago)Coordinates: 34°21'51"N, 89°31'31"W

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5th St. & UniversityOxford United States

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+1 662-915-7073

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Nearby attractions include: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Rowan Oak, Statue of James Meredith, Barnard Observatory.

0.5 miW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport venue
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford
14 min walk • Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field is an outdoor athletic stadium located in University, Mississippi, United States. The stadium serves as the home for the University of Mississippi Rebels college football team. The stadium is named after Johnny Vaught and Judge William Hemingway.
~1650 ftS
William Faulkner, Museum, Historical place
Rowan Oak, Oxford
8 min walk • Rowan Oak is William Faulkner's former home in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog, an Irish immigrant planter from Tennessee.
0.6 miW
Memorial
Statue of James Meredith, Oxford
17 min walk • A statue of James Meredith stands on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. The statue honors Meredith, a civil rights activist who integrated the university in 1962. The statue was dedicated in 2006 and is located near a portal, which collectively make up the Civil Rights Monument.
0.5 miW
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Greek Revival architecture
Barnard Observatory, Oxford
14 min walk • Barnard Observatory is an academic building at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Completed as an observatory in 1859, it was part of the astronomy focus that chancellor Frederick A.P. Barnard had for the school.
~1530 ftNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oxford
8 min walk • St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi. It is noted for its historic Gothic Revival church building at 113 S. 9th Street, which once served as the pro-cathedral for what is now the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi.
0.6 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Kennon Observatory, Oxford
17 min walk • Kennon Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Mississippi. Built in 1939 and located on the university's campus in Oxford, Mississippi, it was named after Dr.
0.8 miNE
Museum, History museum
Lucius Q. C. Lamar House, Oxford
21 min walk • The Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar House is a historic house museum at 616 North 14th Street in Oxford, Mississippi. Its mission is "to interpret the life and career of the distinguished 19th-century statesman L.Q.C. Lamar within the context of his times and to encourage the ideal of statesmanship in the 21st century".
0.5 miW
Museum, History museum
Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Oxford
13 min walk • The Center for the Study of Southern Culture, located in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teaching of the Southern United States, including its culture.
~1960 ftE
34°21'57"N • 89°31'9"W
Southside Gallery, Oxford
10 min walk • Museum, Art museum
~1670 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Lyric Oxford, Oxford
9 min walk • The Lyric is a historical theater located in Oxford, Mississippi at 1006 Van Buren Avenue. It is one of North Mississippi's premiere live music venues, hosting a wide variety of acts.
0.9 miW
William Faulkner, Universities and schools
University of Mississippi, Oxford
24 min walk • The University of Mississippi, commonly known as Ole Miss, is a public research university adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi with a medical center in Jackson.

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Nearby attractions include Burns-Belfry Museum & Multicultural Center, Oxford (7 min walk), St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oxford (8 min walk), Rowan Oak, Oxford (8 min walk), The Lyric Oxford, Oxford (9 min walk).