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Arts & Culture

Art and culture are thriving on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  The Mississippi Gulf Coast has provided artistic inspiration for many nationally recognized artists.  Richmond Barthe, Dusti Bonge, Walter Anderson, George Ohr, Lori K Gordon, and Marty Wilson are just a few of the artists who called the Mississippi Gulf Coast home.  From Bay St Louis to Pascagoula you will find many shops and galleries exhibiting and selling works by regional artists.

The Walter Anderson Museum of Art features original works of art by Walter Anderson  and the Anderson family as well as rotating exhibits by regional and national artists.  The Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art features Ohr-iginal art by George E Ohr, the self proclaimed "Mad Potter" of Biloxi.  TIME Magazine recently selected Biloxi's Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, designed by Frank Gehry, for 2008 Style & Design 100 Issue.  The Frank Gehry designed Ohr Campus opened three of the five Gehry designed buildes November 2010.  Both the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art are affiliated with the Smithsonian Museum.

The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum, temporarily operating at Edgewater Mall, tells the history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a seafood port.  The new museum, to be built at Point Cadet Plaza, will include just over 20,000 sq ft of exhibit space and will host permenant hurricane exhibits and an exhibit that will feature the Nydia, a 30-foot gaff-rigged cabin sloop. The new museum is expected to open mid-2013.

Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home completed a nearly $4 million restoration in 2008 and the Library and Hayes Pavilions have been replicated to the Davis period.  Construction on the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library will continue through 2011 with an opening scheduled in 2012.

The Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport allows children to explore and expand their world through interactive exhibits and art activities.