About Us
From the woodworker in northeast Mississippi to the potter in Ocean Springs, to the metal worker who creates art from cotton machine parts in the Delta, people who create craft connect the distinctive Mississippi craft heritage to Mississippi communities and to the Mississippi landscape. The Mississippi Craft Center is the only museum in the region that tells the story of that connection. We know a basket made from swamp cane rather than white oak is made by Choctaw Indians because they lived in areas where swamp cane thrived. Craft work inMississippi, like our music, our art, our literature, and our history, is as much a part of what makes Mississippi distinctive as our natural resources. 
Crafts in America have always been prized for their beauty, as well as their utility. The genius of American craft is how a common and utilitarian basket or wooden bowl may become a piece of art when transformed from materials of the land – wood, clay, fiber, metal and minerals by the hands of master craftsmen. The Mississippi Craft Center is all about educating people about this natural resource and marketing the talents of Mississippi artisans. Crafts tell a story, but the story of craft is untapped potential for economic development.
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