University of Mississippi Museum Education Blog

Monday Museum Mysteries are back! In this biweekly feature, we unlock the vault and share hidden treasures from our collection. Try your hardest to answer the questions asked, and when you think you know, check out the bottom of the post for the correct answer! This semester, Monday Museum Mysteries is teaming up with the  Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies , so each post will focus in some way on women and their impact on the world!  This week on Monday Museum Mysteries, we are celebrating Native Americans! November is American Indian Heritage Month. There are many different tribes in the United States, and in Mississippi, there are 21 different tribes and groups. One tribe makes beautiful baskets to use and sell. Do you know who they are? The baskets are usually weaved out of cane. They were usually woven by women, but men and boys often helped collect the cane for the baskets. The baskets used to be the natural cane color, but these Native Americans developed a way

Check out all of the different museum happenings this November and December as we wrap up 2017! November 4, 10-noon (drop-in) Let's Move! Family Day on the Trail  November 6, 13, 27, December 4, 11, 18 - 8:30 a.m.  Free RebelWell Yoga in the Galleries  November 6 and December 4, 4:30-5:30 p.m.  Milkshake Mash-Up for Grades 6-12-    Older students are invited to participate in a fun art project where we mash up two artists in one project and sip on delicious milkshake (free).  November 3 and December 1, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Drop in for  Free Sketch Friday  and sketch in the galleries!  November 3 and December 1 , 10:30 a.m.  Public Library Story Time - Find us at the Lafayette Oxford Public Library for Story Time. November 9, 3:45-4:30 p.m.-  Mini Masters (Art for Ages 2-5)   at the Powerhouse November 17, 7 p.m.- An Evening with the Artist: Randy Hayes November 30, 3:45-4:30 p.m.-  Mini Masters (Art for Ages 2-5 )  at the Museum Decembe