The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses complex serves as a cultural center for the university community and beyond. Among it’s holdings are Southern folk art, Greek and Roman antiquities, 19th century scientific instruments, and American fine art. Part of the museum complex is Rowan Oak, a historic literary legacy that was once the home of William Faulker, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

The museum complex began with the opening of the Mary Buie Museum in 1939 as a result of the vision of Mary Skipwith Buie of Oxford, an avid collector and an academically trained artist. She left her personal art collection to the city of Oxford in her will, and these items are in the Museum’s permanent collections.

For more information about current and future exhibitions please visit the The University of Mississippi Museum web site