Mississippi State University offers many historical and educational attractions to please the entire family.

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

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

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

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

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 in 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 Building & Cheese Tour
An overview of the dairy plant concludes with a slide show describing the cheese making process. Cheese and homemade icecream samples are for sale in the gift shop. Tours are available by appointment. 662.325.3200

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