Jimmie Rodgers Museum

Description

New Location - 1200 22nd Avenue
Open Thursday & Friday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Other days are by appointment only. Call 601.938.7427 in advance to make arrangements.

Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music, was born and raised in the Meridian area. The museum displays the original guitar of “The Singing Brakeman” and other memorabilia of his life and career, as well as railroad equipment from the era of steam-engine travel.