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Visitors to Starkville have a special
advantage. They have the opportunity to see the historic highlights
of the town as well as receive educational tours of Mississippi State
University. Starkville is at the crossroads of the past, present,
and future. This is a powerful combination that makes Starkville a
progressive and exciting place to tour.
ENTERTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL TOURS
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS
THE ARTS |
ENTERTAINMENT
Starkville offers a variety of entertainment opportunities from concerts
to rodeos. Check our Calendar
of Events to see what's coming up.
Mississippi Horse
Park & Agri-Center
Home to several
regional rodeo events, the Horse Park serves as Mississippi's only full
service Horsepark. Other events held on the grounds include the World Famous
Lipizzaner White Stallions, Monster Truck Nationals and Thrill Show and
barrel races. For more information on current Horsepark events, call 662.325.9350
• website
Movie Theater
Hollywood Premier Cinemas
1010 Hollywood Blvd
www.hollywoodpremiercinemas.com
662.320.9000
Bowling
Bulldog Lanes
400 Highway 12 West
662.323.2892
Skating Rinks
Skate Odyssey
830 Hwy 25 South
662.323.8821
EDUCATIONAL TOURS
We invite you and your family to visit these educational
attractions during your stay in Starkville.
Mississippi State
University
Founded in 1878 as Mississippi A&M. Located just off Highways 182 and 12 in Starkville,
the campus offers many different attractions. See our MSU
link for more information or visit www.msstate.edu
A.B. McKay Food Research and Enology Lab
See how research produces MSU wine, juices, and jellies from local muscadine
grapes. A guided tour ends with a wine tasting, if desired. Tours are available
by appointment. North Farm located on the MSU campus. 662.325.3011
Arboretum
A guided tour of annuals, perennials, landscaping, plants, flowers, and
trees is available from spring through fall. Tours by appointment only.
MSU campus. 662.325.2000
Aquaculture Research Center
Enjoy learning more about the latest in catfish farming and freshwater shrimp
research. Tours are available by appointment. MSU campus. 662.325.3087
Aspen Bay Candle Co.
Starkville is famous for the candles made by its own Aspen Bay Candle Company.
A tour of this local family's facility is free. Group tours of manufacturing facility at 1010 Lynn Lane available Mon - Thurs for groups of ten or more. Gift shop open Mon - Sat, 9:30am - 6:00pm at 500 Russell Street Suite 12 (Cotton Crossing). 662.323.0929
www.aspenbaycandles.com
CAVE™
You can enter the 4th dimension when you take a tour at the Engineering
Research Center for computational field simulation. The ERC gives visitors
the chance to try out their virtual reality programs in the CAVE™ (Computer
Automatic Virtual Environment). Ride a virtual roller coaster or fly through
a forest. Tours by appointment only. 662.325.7642
Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum
This splendid collection consists of more than 200 self-playing musical instruments, 22,000 pieces of sheet music, 15,000 recordings, and related items which document the history of the music business since the mid-1800s. Located in the Mitchell Memorial Library, MSU Campus. 662.325.2559
http://library.msstate.edu/ragtime
Clay Lyle Entomology Museum
This museum features the third largest insect collection in the Southeast.
You can view insects both under a microscope and in display cases. A lecture
is included. Tours are available by appointment. 662.325.2085
Cobb Museum
This is a showcase for more than 350 tools and primitive machinery. MSU
Campus, Forest Products Lab. Mon - Fri, 8am - 5pm. 662.325.2116
College of Veterinary Medicine - Wise Center
A tour of the full facility, including classroom, laboratory, and animal
clinic is available with advanced notice. 662.325.2283
Dunn Seiler Museum
Rocks, fossils and other geological pieces including a triceratops skull
and sabertooth tiger head. MSU campus. Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm. 662.325.3916
Herzer Dairy Science Cheese Factory Tour and Cardwell Cheese Shoppe
An overview of the dairy plant concludes with a slide show describing the cheese making process. Cheese and homemade ice cream samples are for sale in the gift shop. Tours available by appointment. 662.325.3200
http://msucheese.com
John Grisham Room
One of the newest attractions at MSU is the John Grisham Room in the Mitchell
Memorial Library. It is the only complete collection in the US of this Mississippi
author's papers and publications. It includes literary manuscripts, legislative
files, photographs, signed works, international editions, and other materials
on display. The room is open Mon - Fri, 9am - 4pm. Call 662.325.2559 for
more information.
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South Farm
Guided tours of beef cattle production and research as well as swine, sheep
and poultry units are available with advanced notice. 662.325.8472
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS
Chapel of Memories & Carillon Tower
Constructed with bricks from the Old Main Dormitory, which was the nation's
largest dorm when it burned in 1959, the Chapel has a beautiful sitting
garden that is attached. The Carillon bells play at noon and 5pm daily.
The chapel is used for services, weddings, and other student activities.
662.325.8317
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum
Local artifacts are on display in this unique restored GM&O Railroad
Depot. Open Tues - Thurs, 1pm - 4pm. Admission is free. 662.323.0211
Distinctive Districts
Cotton District
The most photographed area in the community and a model for "New Urbanism",
this district was formerly a collection of row houses and shanties associated
with the neighborhood cotton mill. This district is now filled with award-winning,
brightly colored buildings evocative of Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans.
662.323.5132
http://thecottondistrict.net
Downtown Starkville
The city's earliest identity as "Boardtown" disappeared with the
sawmill and boardwalks, but Starkville has kept the flavor and character
of its "boomtown" years around the turn of the century. Several
restored brick stores from Main Street's wagon-high sidewalks. Well-preserved
churches and the 1925 Hotel Chester (on the National Register of Historic
Places) add character and charm. 323-3322
Greensboro Street Historic District
The cotton hauling wagons that negotiated "Greensboro Road" to
the Tombigbee River were gone by the time Starkville's prosperous merchants
and professionals made Greensboro Street the address of choice for their
Victorian, Tudor-Revival, Bungalow and Craftsman homes from the 1860s through
the 1930s. 323-3322
Nash Street Historic District
MSU Scholars and staff members built this neighborhood, Starkville's earliest
subdivision, in Tudor-Revival, Bungalow and Craftsman styles, dating from
the 1930s and 1940s. 323-3322
Overstreet Historic District
These houses, built close to downtown and to Overstreet School (circa 1894),
form Starkville's largest historic district. Homes range from ornate Queen
Anne to mid-twentieth century Craftsman and Bungalow styles. An occasional
cook's house or smoke house can be seen behind the main houses and are reminders
of another era. This district is bordered by Washington Street to the west,
Wood Street to the south, South Montgomery to the east and Hogan Street
to the north. 323-3322
THE ARTS
Support for the Arts is strong in Starkville. That makes it easy for tourists
to be able to enjoy something cultural every time they visit.
While in Starkville, you can attend a performance by the Starkville
Community Theater Company in their newly renovated downtown auditorium.
For performance information, contact the theater. 108 E. Main Street. 662.323.6855 • website
The mission of the Starkville Area Arts Council is to promote music, dance, theater, literature, and the visual arts in order to enhance the vitality of the Greater Starkville area. Visit www.starkvillearts.org for a list of activities to enjoy while you are in town.
If visual art is more to your taste, stop by the MSU
Department of Art Gallery in McComas Hall, which showcases exhibitions
of regional and national scope. Hours vary, so please call ahead. 662.325.2970
The Department of Music Education always
provides the community with a variety of concerts by their distinguished
faculty, and the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus has a yearly concert series
that is sure to please.
Music lovers won't want to miss The Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum, located on the fourth floor of MSU's Mitchell Memorial Library. Here you'll see musical instruments dating from the 1880s to the 1930s, including a handsome mahogany Aeolian Orchestrelle Player Reed Organ and a Link Automatic Piano. Also included in this extensive collection are more than 22,000 pieces of sheet music and 13,000 records. • WEBSITE
It is the popular Lyceum Series that
brings all the Fine Arts together. With innovative programming, this series
presents the finest to Starkville throughout the school year. 662.325.4201 • website
The Starkville-MSU Symphony Association offers a wide assortment of free concerts throughout the year, beginning with the popular Pops on the Plaza held each October. • WEBSITE
Come and explore the arts with us! Check our Calendar
of Events to see what is happening when you are in town.
ENTERTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL TOURS
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS
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