Wonderful museum. Free entry. We all learned a lot about history that you cant just learn in books. The kids really enjoyed it. Gentleman at the beginning was super helpful in guiding us the right direction and they had a wonderful map. He also informed us that we could tour the new Capitol building as well. Great place!

Enjoyed the history and the views. Free self guided tour. Awesome museum.

Beautiful and free! Undergoing repairs to exterior now, dont know what else is planned. Glad Mississippi is preserving it and the history.

Fantastic that this building has been preserved and is continuously being renovated. Great historical site and free!

Beautifully restored with helpful docents and plenty of exhibits. Definitely worth carving an hour or two out of your day to explore Mississippi history.

While the new capitol is beautiful, this old building is historical. Lots of great displays inside, and a mummy!

It is being renovated but is an awesome building built in 1839.

Outstanding! Great museum that gives you a detailed and unique yet insightful journey through time. Learn the history of Mississippi and how the wars shaped thought and opinions. Also wonderful art and architecture here.

Well done museum. Excellent set up & service.

This was an extraordinarily well done museum, particularly for being free. Informative and interactive while not being too detailed. Gives a good appreciation for both Mississippi history as well as the building itself‘s history. A top thing to do in Jackson.

Awesome afternoon of exploring! The museum is free of charge and filled with great exhibits! They also have different ways of experiencing the museum depending on your interest (i.e. architecture, politics, hidden secrets, etc.). They provided a scavenger hunt for our kids, which included prizes for answering all the questions correctly. This experience far exceeded my expectations and I highly recommend it for anyone in the area!

Fun historical museum on the state capitol.

Some very nice exhibits regarding reconstruction of the building, history of Mississippi, and Mississippi constitutions.

Not very good with mentioning slavery that played such a critical role in the states history. Otherwise, very aesthetically pleasing.

Very interesting learning the history behind the old Capitol. You dont see attention to architectural detail like this in new buildings.

We had a wonderful experience with our PTK/Honors students.

We have had the pleasure of making several visits to the Old Capitol Museum since its renovation. The Old Capitol has undergone an extensive renovation, post Hurricane Katrina, and if you have not visited recently it is surely a must see in Jackson. Step back in history and enjoy one of the finest museums in Jackson. Much history to see, enjoyable and fast moving enough even for younger children. If you only have a few stops that you can make and this is one of your options, we highly recommend a visit.

Very excellently restored and great exhibits. Mississippi Hall of fame portraits were excellent to see.

Friendly staff at the reception. Entry is free. Those who are interested in architecture and history, can visit this place. Building has three floors accessible for visitors for self guided tour, it has lift too.

Amazing

Very informational and offered a great lesson on Mississippis history.

Great museum with a lot of good history. The tour guide was very friendly and answered all of our questions. (even the stupid ones)

Ive been to the museum several times on my own and with family. Great place, friendly people. Went to see chief Frank Williams speak about Ulysses Grant reconstruction and civil rights. It was as expected also well spoken with a abundantly amount of knowledge. Thanks for a great time !!!

Great MS State history. No charge all tax payer funded. Very nice place

Beautiful inside! Definitely a nice spot to explore a bit!

Beautiful. Definitely watch the video at the beginning of the self guided tour.

Cool and informative. Free admission and has good exhibitions.

Great free self guided tour of the old Capitol and the history of Mississippi.

This is a great museum. Considering its free, its very much worth visiting. Its a beautifully restored old building with something for everyone. There are exhibits on the history of state government as well as on the history of the building itself and the politics that went into its building, retirement, and restoration. For an architecture buff its interesting to see the unique curved staircases and the beautiful rotunda and dome as well as the cutaway details of the restoration.

Great experience re-living youth memories on return visit to Mississippi. Old Capitol was not busy at all on this Sunday, and will be closing starting tomorrow for repairs, so Im glad it worked at to visit this trip. Very enjoyable time.

Its free and its awesome! Amazing place for cool history and pictures

My daughter and I loved it. There was more things to see than I expected.The details of the architecture and the size of the capitol was amazing.

Very interesting historical view of the original capitol.

It happened that I went when there was no people at all, so it was an experience.Good information and amazing interactive material for any ages.I recommend to stop by to learn more about the Capitol and history about Mississippi.

It is worth the trip. So much great information

Had no idea this even existed. Was the best part of my trip! Very informative and beautiful structure.

Beautiful building! Nice museum secretary that told us what what to do to see Jackson. Really helpful!

Very educational. Lots of history

I live a block away and come often. The history in those beautiful walls

It was an informative stop while in Jackson and free.

Great Mississippi history lives here!

Clean and well taken care of. Very informative and I love it where kids can interact with some of the exhibits and learn history of the state.

Very good renovation of the Old Capitol as it was originally. The first floor exhibits and videos are comprehensive and informative, the rooms are laid out in their original purpose-Senate, Supreme Court, Library etc and there is a Hall of Fame room with portraits of famous Mississippians. Definitely worth a visit.

Looked cool but was closed

Yes, I know it serves as a very important marker for MS history. I just find it very boring, and does not contain nearly as much as the two new museums. The Old Capitol tries to explain MS history and its own history, but it really should just focus on its own history. Especially, because they have the new Museum. Otherwise I would go check it out if you were visiting.

The Old Capitol Museum is the actual spot of the states first official state house. Now turned into a museum it is filled with history and information on the past of the building and how state politics works. It is free to all citizens of the state. It charges a nominal fee to non residents. Not sure how much havent been in a while. If its still the same it was not much i think around $7.00 or less.

Great venue for IT guys to hold a security conference, very nice space

Love the information it has in it. Good to take the family.

Met a wonderful gent here who toured us around! Our youngsters need to see this monument!

Significant historical building that has become a beautiful and educational museum.

Amazing place if you want to plunge into history. The reception staff is really nice and this is a must visit place whenever youre in town.

I was there for the Mississippi Humanities Gala. What a wonderful space!

Very nice tour for kids and adults. Very informative

Historical. Traditions preserved.

Very nice and beautiful. The staff was helpful und nice. I would definately come back!

Its so beautiful inside and they have fun activities you can like a scavenger hunt. Its so lovely and free!

A good stop to get acquainted with Mississippi. This great, heavy stone, intricate, architecture is astounding! Its a shame not to see this kind of quality work anymore. Its an easy walk through museum. Most of it is interactive, meaning its equipped with sound speakers and some videos that tell you summaries of the history that revolved around and/or associated with the state capitol.

Dont be silly and get informed before entering a museum so youll know what topic to expect.I enjoyed this museum. It is well taken care for and a lot of attention goes in the exhibitions. Of youre into (American) politics, history or youre a local from the state, its a must see. Im Dutch but still found it interesting as I got to learn about the above topics.The staff is very friendly. They took the time to answer all my questions. in total Ive spent 3 hours at this museum.The museum is interesting too for children. The museum took the effort to interact with young visitors by asking questions that make them feel as a detective.

Nice place to get out of the heat and stroll through the historic rooms occupied by the state political figures of antebellum and late 19th century. The remodel looks great inside and one of the rooms has a hole in the plaster to display the original brickwork underneath. Enjoyed the creaky wooden floorboards.

I have never stayed here. I was driving by and I understand it was an old YMCA that was converted to a guest . I know nothing about the place. I looked via Google at some photos. It was not impressive to me.

Great restoration - beautiful building. Worth the time.

Historic and interesting.

Fascinating place, also check out the art deco war memorial next door

Wonderful experience. Nice and helpful hostess. Beautiful architecture. Must see the renovations and historical significance.

Very interesting...so glad it has been preserved!

A fantastic experience! Really gives you a feel for the political goings on of a bygone era. Very friendly staff, patrolled by an equally friendly Capitol Police Force. Very much worth a visit.

Really enjoyed the exhibits, although some were closed. Love to learn about my states history and its people. Also the war memorial next door is moving and worth the time.

Amazing detail, Id really encourage you to go

Worth visiting

Its three stories of Mississippi history and so much that I never knew about our state! Admission is free to get in as well. Took me about a hour to totally walk through. Open 9am to 5pm. Closed mondays though!

Great Jackson History here.

Great place. Loved learning the history of Mississippi

Very nice museum. Interactif activities look good for kids

Was a nice place to visit and learn about what the Capitol building was used for. Free entry. Great helpful and friendly staff.

I had a great experience. The food was excellent. Great atmosphere.

Great museum that shows the history of Mississippi. Kids loved exploring the different rooms. Best part is that its free.

This is a great museum to visit to learn about Mississippis history. With static and interactive displays, it is enjoyable for all ages.

Very well done. Good use of historical structure

Beautiful at Christmas! And musical events sound amazing in the rotunda when you can catch them.

The job Mississippi has done to restore this museum and national landmark is incredible. Well worth the visit.

Nice museum.

It is a great museum on Mississippi history. It is located near the new civil rights museum so that is a bonus as well.

Nice and free.

A grand old building. It was a real pleasure to tour this wonderful example of antebellum governmental architecture.

We had a lot of fun visiting the museum. Always intresting

Absolutely Beautiful! This is an amazing trip back into history! A must see for everyone! ☆☆☆☆☆

History of the building and its use in government. Wish the exhibits changed. If you saw it since the remodel it hasnt changed.

Wonderful museum about Civil War era with neat interactive features and historic replicas of what took place in the former Capitol

Great old building. Beautiful architecture

Nice old building.

What a awesome place! If you are in town, make this place a stopď

One part of the Mississippi history beautiful building

Great place historic place to visit

Great place to learn more about the government in Jackson MS

Nice and well organized

Well worth a vist

Beautiful inside and out the architecture is a must see

Very interesting and educational

Clean and lots of history

Mississippi history, good for history people a bit dull for others. Closed on Mondays