278 north 73 miles to Clarksdale and the Delta Blues Museum (closed Sundays). 278) to Greenville for beef tamales at the original Doe’s Eat Place (closed Sundays) on the Mississippi Delta Hot Tamale Trail.Įat and Stay: Doe’s Eat Place, Greenville, and the Thompson House, Leland Oxford/Tupeloįrom Greenville, take U.S. For supper, drive 40 miles southwest (via U.S. Before leaving town, make a pilgrimage to historic Dockery Farms, the former cotton plantation known as “the birthplace of the blues” (and a stop on the Mississippi Blues Trail). Visit the Mississippi Gallery to learn about homegrown music legends like Leontyne Price. Write, record, and mix an original blues song in the museum’s interactive pods. 278) is the new (opened 2016) GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi in Cleveland. A 35-minute drive north (via MS 448 and U.S. King, who is buried on the museum grounds. Listening stations and other interactive exhibits tell the story of the late blues icon B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center (closed Mondays November to March). Learn about the region’s deep musical roots in Indianola at the B.B. 49) from Jackson to the Mississippi Delta. Unauthorized use is prohibited.Ĭrank up the blues for the 95-mile drive north (via U.S. Or, see who’s playing at Hal and Mal’s.Įat and Stay: Brent’s Drugs and Old Capitol Inn Indianola/Greenville/Cleveland End the day on a quintessentially Mississippi note by listening to live blues (Thursdays to Saturdays) at Underground 119. Continue the afternoon’s artsy theme in Fondren, the historic-hip neighborhood located a 10-minute drive north of downtown.
Through July 2018, check out the museum’s special Mississippi bicentennial exhibitions. Break for lunch at Preserve, the new (open December 2017) farm-to-table restaurant inside the Mississippi Museum of Art (closed Mondays).
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Galleries are packed with highly interactive exhibits (linger in the Civil Rights Museum’s “This Little Light of Mine” central gallery to get the full effect), so spend a few hours at each museum. Mississippi’s capital and largest city boasts two new (open December 2017) state-of-the-art museums: the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the neighboring Museum of Mississippi History (both closed Mondays). The roughly 800-mile route begins and ends in Jackson, leads through rural areas and college towns, and includes stops on the Mississippi Blues Trail.
Celebrate legendary musicians, literary giants, and civil rights pioneers on a scenic capital-to-the-coast loop through Mississippi.
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