Open Wednesday - Friday 9 - 4 pm
203 East Quitman St., Iuka MS 38852
Call us at 662.423.3500
Email our director, Linda Johnson at tchgs.assistant@gmail.com
Marriage Capital of the South
Living History Day at Old Courthouse Museum
August 31st 2024
Stay tune for Living History Day updates
WANTED: Vintage and newly handcrafted textile items for display at Iuka Old Courthouse Museum.
The Old Courthouse Museum will participate in this year’s Iuka Heritage Day with its own Living History event on Saturday, September 2nd. The museum will be open from 9:00 to 3:00.
The upstairs courtroom will serve as the display area for various types of textiles to include quilts, books, magazines, patterns, vintage linens, tapestries, and woven blankets. This serves as a request to bring your precious family memory items to the museum for display. Each item will be separately identified, well taken care of and returned to you the week following the event. Please provide a typed or hand written short info card with likely date and maker of the item as well as any known history. Items will we accepted now through Aug 30th. The museum is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00-4:00 to accept your items.
The Iuka Apron Museum will also provide a clothesline display of their wonderful collectible aprons.
Our Native American room will be open with a chance to meet members of the Cherokee Tribe that were such a hit at lasts year’s Heritage Day in Mineral Springs Park.
Historic tours of the museum will be given throughout the day.
In celebration of Iuka’s fame as the Marriage Capital of the South with over 44,000 marriages performed, mock Tom Thumb type weddings will be held for anyone wishing to profess their love and document the joyous event with a photo. Just a Kind Word Florist is providing wedding décor for the venue. “Weddings“ will $5 and pictures $5.
Traditional basket making and broom making techniques will be demonstrated.
Local area history books, t-shirts and memorabilia as well as refreshments will be available for purchase.
Museum entrance for the event is $5.
WANTED: Vintage and newly handcrafted textile items for display at Iuka Old Courthouse Museum.
The Old Courthouse Museum will participate in this year’s Iuka Heritage Day with its own Living History event on Saturday, September 2nd. The museum will be open from 9:00 to 3:00.
The upstairs courtroom will serve as the display area for various types of textiles to include quilts, books, magazines, patterns, vintage linens, tapestries, and woven blankets. This serves as a request to bring your precious family memory items to the museum for display. Each item will be separately identified, well taken care of and returned to you the week following the event. Please provide a typed or hand written short info card with likely date and maker of the item as well as any known history. Items will we accepted now through Aug 30th. The museum is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00-4:00 to accept your items.
The Iuka Apron Museum will also provide a clothesline display of their wonderful collectible aprons.
Our Native American room will be open with a chance to meet members of the Cherokee Tribe that were such a hit at lasts year’s Heritage Day in Mineral Springs Park.
Historic tours of the museum will be given throughout the day.
In celebration of Iuka’s fame as the Marriage Capital of the South with over 44,000 marriages performed, mock Tom Thumb type weddings will be held for anyone wishing to profess their love and document the joyous event with a photo. Just a Kind Word Florist is providing wedding décor for the venue. “Weddings“ will $5 and pictures $5.
Traditional basket making and broom making techniques will be demonstrated.
Local area history books, t-shirts and memorabilia as well as refreshments will be available for purchase.
Museum entrance for the event is $5.
Animalogy
June 7th at the Old Courthouse Museum
Presented by Bob Tater
Rain Forest themed. More details to follow.
Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation
When: June 20, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Old Courthouse Museum
203 E. Quitman Street----Iuka, MS
COMING THIS SUMMER!
The Old Tishomingo County Courthouse Museum would like to introduce you to an upcoming event that
will interest students of all ages. We are thrilled to present the Missoula Theater Play, ‘Pied Piper’ in
collaboration with the use of the Iuka Middle School gym. Auditions for the play are scheduled for
Monday, July 9, at 9:00 am at the Iuka Middle School gym on Quitman St. This will be a unique
opportunity for students to develop their acting skills and experience the thrill of live theater. To
guarantee a place in the audition, interested students are requested to call the museum at 662-423-
3500 between Wednesday and Friday at 9:00- 4:00. The audition list is expected to fill up quickly, and
we encourage students to begin calling now to get on the audition list. The play’s presentation will be
held on Friday, July 12 th at 5:30pm. Adult admission is $5.00 and children are FREE. The museum would
like to extend a heartfelt appreciation to the Tri-State Foundation who contributed to making this event
possible.
will interest students of all ages. We are thrilled to present the Missoula Theater Play, ‘Pied Piper’ in
collaboration with the use of the Iuka Middle School gym. Auditions for the play are scheduled for
Monday, July 9, at 9:00 am at the Iuka Middle School gym on Quitman St. This will be a unique
opportunity for students to develop their acting skills and experience the thrill of live theater. To
guarantee a place in the audition, interested students are requested to call the museum at 662-423-
3500 between Wednesday and Friday at 9:00- 4:00. The audition list is expected to fill up quickly, and
we encourage students to begin calling now to get on the audition list. The play’s presentation will be
held on Friday, July 12 th at 5:30pm. Adult admission is $5.00 and children are FREE. The museum would
like to extend a heartfelt appreciation to the Tri-State Foundation who contributed to making this event
possible.
Courthouse Museum Books, photo albums, mugs pictures, Courthouse cards, etc.
Need a gift for that person that has everything? How about a book to curl up with. Our specials are: Rosecrans Meets Price, The Diaries of Henry Little, Gunboats on Cavalry, the 150th Anniversary Re-Enactment Battle of Iuka, John Marshall Stone, and Civil War Generals. Any 3 for $15. Great teacher gifts, too! We also have mugs, cards and pictures, too.
Prices for Museum Visitors
Prices for Museum Visitors