EXPLORE THIS CREATIVE SCENE NEW MUSEUM PUTS STARKVILLE ON THE MAP
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rom world-class museums to best-selling authors, Starkville is home to a thriving arts and culture scene, attracting tourists from around the world. With the recent addition of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum at Mississippi State University, Starkville is seeing a rise in visitors to Mississippi’s college town. “Even before we had our marvelous facility opened and were in temporary quarters, we had visitors from 48 of the 50 states and nations all around the globe,” said Dr.
John Marszalek, executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association. The library, which opened late last year, features memorabilia from throughout Grant’s life, as well as the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana. “The Williams Collection museum is equally as prestigious a collection as it focuses on one of the world’s largest formerly privately held collections of Abraham Lincoln materials,” said Stephen Cunetto, associate dean
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