Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience

Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience
Architect's rendering Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience
Established 2018
Location 2155 Front Street
Meridian, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°21′47″N 88°42′03″W / 32.3630551°N 88.7007163°W / 32.3630551; -88.7007163Coordinates: 32°21′47″N 88°42′03″W / 32.3630551°N 88.7007163°W / 32.3630551; -88.7007163
Type Art museum
Website www.msarts.org

The Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience (The MAX) is a museum that opened April 28th, 2018 in downtown Meridian, Mississippi. The 45 million dollar museum highlight Mississippi artists and celebrates the contributions of arts and entertainment enterprisers in every artistic discipline. The museum opened during Mississippi’s bicentennial celebration.[1] The institutions principal mission is education of the public by recognizing and honoring legendary artists and entertainers through interactive exhibits that visually, auditorily, and kinesthetically challenge, entertain, and inform visitors. The MAX will be housed in a contemporary, two-level structure that contains 58,500 square feet of space. The facility was designed and planned by Meridian-based architectural firm, LPK Architects, P.A.[2] with exhibit design by Gallagher & Associates.

The exhibits will be organized around six themes: Land, Community, Home, Church, People + Places, and Global Community. Within these six themes, there are 15 total permanent galleries of exhibits and 2 spaces for changing exhibits. Audio and video stories are used to communicate who, what, where, when, why, and how Mississippians have influenced all areas of the arts and the creative economy all over the world. Other elements will include a Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Hall of Fame, museum store, recording studio, both a 2D art studio (painting and drawing) and a 3D art studio (ceramics), multi-purpose gallery, outdoor amphitheater, and a courtyard.

Walk of Fame A Hollywood-style Walk of Fame, unveiled in 2009, will make its way from the nearby Mississippi State University Riley Center to the MAX site. New Walk of Fame stars will accompany the earlier state legends, including Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers, B.B. King, William Faulkner, Morgan Freeman, Walter Inglis Anderson, Hartley Peavey, Sela Ward and others.

References

  1. ↑ "Officials: Miss. Arts and Entertainment Center 'a go'". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Center - LPK Architects". lpkarchitects.com. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
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