With the nation’s largest, privately held material on Abraham Lincoln, the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, the John Grisham Room, the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum, and nine other museums housing items from insects to historic costumes and textiles, you will find a museum for every interest here in Starkville.
Museums & Exhibits
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Gallery

Boasts the nation’s largest, privately held research and display material on Abraham Lincoln, as well as the country’s most comprehensive privately held Lincoln and Civil War library
Mississippi Entomological Museum

The third largest collection of insects in the southeastern United States, with 1 million specimens, is housed in the Mississippi Entomological Museum. Included is a collection of more than 40,000 images by noted entomological photographers Ross Hutchins and David Young.
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24th Annual Magnolia Independent Film Festival
Story State
GSDP Virtual Annual Awards Banquet
Power-Up Class
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