2 Mississippi Museums: Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum / Jackson, MS - The museums are located on a prominent downtown site along North State Street next to several civic buildings. The site includes a civic plaza and common entry court. The museums share a centralized entry hall, reception area, auditorium and grand stair. The first floor houses a museum store and catering kitchen with offices, galleries and a ceremonial office suite on the second floor.
Project data: 88.9 Million; 324,894 SF; completed in 2017; ECD Architects, a Joint Venture of Eley Guild Hardy, Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons Ltd. and Dale Partners
“These museums have been compared to the Smithsonian, they are so well done."
Maggie Wade, WLBT