The Catfish Row Museum provides a cultural heritage experience that showcases the unique and diverse aspects of Vicksburg — from its music, history and storytelling to its vibrant food heritage, worship and the visual arts.
Read more about the broad cultural exploration of the events, places, stories and vices that helped shape historic Vicksburg’s culture.
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Summer Chef Series to open with ‘Recipes, Roots and the Southern Table’
By Jim Beaugez The 2025 Summer Chef Series at Catfish Row Museum, an annual tasting and storytelling series featuring live cooking demonstrations and engaging conversations with noted chefs, will open Sat., June 7, with a program that pairs historical research with practical cooking. Historian Andrew P. Haley and chef Danielle Sypher-Haley will lead “Recipes, Roots…
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Uncover Your Roots at Catfish Row Museum Genealogy Workshop
The workshop is part of Vicksburg Voices, a storytelling initiative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Prize Alumni Storytelling Cohort. The genealogy workshop is co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church of Mississippi’s Becoming Beloved Community initiative.
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Story Ebersole to Share Ms. Clotee’s ‘Melt-in-Your-Mouth’ Biscuit Recipe at Catfish Row Museum
Curious cooks will have to visit Catfish Row Museum this Saturday to learn all the secrets of Ms. Clotee’s biscuits. The event begins at 1 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Keep readingCatfish Row Museum is one of six Mississippi sites to host “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America”
The Catfish Row Museum in Vicksburg is one of six Mississippi sites selected to host “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America.
Keep readingCatfish Row Museum receives grant to expand partnership with Mississippi Main Street and the Mississippi Humanities Council
We have great news! The Catfish Row Museum is grateful to receive a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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