JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – In honor of the lives and work of Gov. William Winter and First Lady Elise Winter, admission will be free at the Two Mississippi Museums on February 21, 2026.
Museum officials said the free admission was made possible by Jones Walker LLP, which acquired Watkins, Ludlam, Winter and Stennis, where William Winter worked for more than 50 years.
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Known for his staunch support for public education in Mississippi, Winter helped raise endowment funds to bring Mississippi’s schoolchildren to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
Winter served on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) Board of Trustees for more than 50 years and was president for nearly that long. He died December 18, 2020, at the age of 97. Elise Winter, who was a community activist and author, died just six months after her husband on July 17, 2021.
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