Author William Faulkner, satirist Stark Young, and art collector
Mary Skipwith Buie share something in common—they've all lent
their legacies to The University of Mississippi Museum.
Originally opened in 1939, the complex encompasses the one-time
home of Faulkner, Rowan Oak; registered Mississippi landmark
Walton-Young Historic House, which housed famed satirist Stark;
and a historic art museum built around Buie’s private
collection. Today, the museum uses its three sites to preserve
and showcase the artistic past and cultural heritage of the
American South through exhibits, demonstrations, and education.
Guides lead scheduled tours though the historic homes and the
museum exhibitions to avoid waking napping sculptures. Rotating
exhibits center on genres such as Southern folk art by self-
taught painters, ancient Chinese ceramics art, and mixed-media
works by modern artists. The four permanent collections provide
a home for lasting assemblages of 19th-century scientific
instruments; Greek and Roman works of ar