Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is a museum located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is the largest museum in Mississippi.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Jackson, Mississippi
- Also known as: “mdwfp.com”
- Address: 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belhaven University and Eudora Welty House.
Belhaven University
University
Belhaven University is a private evangelical Christian university in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1883, the university offers traditional majors, programs of general studies, and pre-professional programs in Christian ministry, medicine, dentistry, law, and nursing. Belhaven University is situated 4,100 feet west of Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
Eudora Welty House
Museum
The Eudora Welty House & Garden is a historic house museum located at 1119 Pinehurst Street in Jackson, Mississippi. It was the home of author Eudora Welty for nearly 80 years. Eudora Welty House is situated 1 mile southwest of Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Hospital
University of Mississippi Medical Center is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi and is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. University of Mississippi Medical Center is situated 1 mile northwest of Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flowood and Jackson.
Flowood
Town
Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Flowood is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located northeast of the state capital.
Jackson
Jackson is the capital of the state of Mississippi. While it may not offer much in terms of tourism today, Jackson can be used as a stopover for getting to other parts of the state or further.Pearl
Pearl is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, sitting on the east side of the Pearl River from the state capital, Jackson. The population was 26,000 in 2018.Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Hinds, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.32415° or 32° 19′ 27″ north
Longitude
-90.15652° or 90° 9′ 24″ west
Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)
Open location code
864F8RFV+M9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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