| Description | It's not just cotton! Cottonlandia focues on the five A's: art, archaeology, antiques, animal and agriculture. Located in the former Billups Petroleum headquarters, Cottonlandia offers visitors a chance to see an amazing array of artifacts. There are temporary art shows, which change every 2 months, and feature the works of Mississippi artists, as well as a large permanent gallery collection. "Leflore County's Historic Time Line and Military History" exhibits demonstrate the growth of the area from 1830-present, from a personal point of view of the residents of the county. Our Civil War area includes a real Blakely cannon and a diorama of the Battle of Fort Pemberton.
In the Archaeology Room, visitors can check out the largest collection of Native American trade beads in the Southeast, as well as an exquisite pottery and stone tools collection from the Humber-McWilliams site in northern Mississippi.
Adults and children alike delight in the life-size diorama of a Mississippi swamp, complete with realistic sound effects and wildlife. The Fossils, Feathers and Fur room allows visitors a hands-on learning experience about the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fossils and plants of our state.
The Agricultural Hall is filled with farming implements from the turn of the 19th century, along with domestic hardware--sewing machines, a butter churn, washboards and much more, but the highlight of the room is the 38-foot long dugout canoe!
The Malmaison Room is named after the home of Greenwood Leflore, the last Choctaw Tribal Chief prior to their removal to Oklahoma in the mid-1800s. It contains artifacts from Leflore's palatial home, as well as several period pieces. |
