Mid North Mid North is home to many museums and recreational outlets, including LeFleur's Bluff State Park. Offering fishing, camping and even a nine-hole public golf course, the park also houses the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Across the street, a large, state-owned complex is home to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum. Minor league baseball is played at Smith-Wills Stadium.

Medgar Evers Home Museum

2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Dr.

601-977-7839. (Office of EDC at Tougaloo College)

The Civil Rights Movement leader was slain here, in the driveway of his home and represents just one of the thousands in Mississippi who sacrificed so that change could take place. For an appointment to visit the Medgar Evers home, telephone contact number listed above.

Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum And National Agricultural Aviation Museum

1150 Lakeland Dr

Jackson, MS 39216

(601) 713-3365

Toll-Free: (800) 844-8687

Monday-Saturday 9 am-5 pm; closed January 1, December 24-25

Complex, covering 39 acres, includes museum exhibit center, forest trail, 1920s living history town and farm. Picnicking.

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

1152 Lakeland Dr

Jackson, MS 39216

(601) 982-8264

Open Mon-Sat 10 am-4 pm

A variety of interactive exhibits can be found here, such as touch-screen television kiosks that access archival sports footage. Through interactive technology, visitors can play championship golf courses, soccer, or pitch horseshoes.

Mississippi Museum Of Art

201 E Pascagoula

Jackson, MS 39201

(601) 960-1515

Monday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm, Sunday from noon; closed holidays

Exhibitions of 19th- and 20th-century works by local, regional, national, and international artists. The museum's collection includes African-American folk art; photographs. Special exhibitions; sculpture garden; hands-on children's gallery; restaurant, gallery programs, films; instruction, sales gallery.

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

(601) 354-7303

2148 Riverside Dr

Jackson, MS 39202

Monday-Friday 8- 5;  Saturday 9- 5; Sunday 1- 5.

The striking expanses of glass and octagonal skylights set the tone at this state-of-the-art facility. Life-size habitat displays include a 100,000-gallon aquarium system that houses over 200 species of native fish, reptiles, amphibians, and aquatic invertebrates. A 1,700-square foot greenhouse is home to alligators, turtles, and fish.   A lush native plant garden, and over 2.5 miles of walking trails wind through the 300-acre natural area, extending the experience to the outdoors. Outdoor exhibits feature The Liberty Garden honoring the memory of those who perished on September 11, 2001 and The Millennium Grove which insures the perpetuation of America's famous and historic species of trees.

Oaks House Museum

823 N Jefferson St

Jackson, MS 39202

(601) 353-9339

Open Tuesday-Saturday 10-3.

This Greek revival cottage, built of hand-hewn timber by James H. Boyd, former mayor of Jackson, was occupied by General Sherman during the siege of 1863. Now owned by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, the museum is furnished with period furniture throughout, including a sofa from Abraham Lincoln's law office in Springfield, Illinois.

Old Capitol Museum

100 S. State St

Jackson, MS

8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday; 9:30am - 4:30pm, Saturday and 12:30pm - 4:30pm, Sunday.

Built in 1833 and used as the state seat of government until 1903, this building is a National Historic Landmark. One of the country's most elegant examples of Greek revival architecture, the museum houses exhibits that detail every significant period of Mississippi's history. It also features the first permanent exhibit in the country on the Civil Rights Movement.