Housed in an old dairy barn, the museum contains more than 2,000 artifacts and exhibits, including Elvis memorabilia, an impressive collection of Chickasaw Indian artifacts, and a space hangar with equipment used on NASA moon missions. The space exhibit is complemented by the first Christian flag to orbit the moon, one of the first American flags to fly on the moon, and one of only two stamped envelopes to be canceled on the moon.
Group tours are available by request.
In the rural countryside along Mississippi 370 near Baldwyn lies the Brices Crossroads National Battlefield, where Confederate cavalry under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated Union troops and forced their withdrawal to Memphis. The Union initiated the battle with one objective - to make it impossible for Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to interfere with General William I. Sherman's railroad supply line from Nashville to Chattanooga during the Atlanta campaign. Union troops marched out of Memphis to hold Forrest in Northeast Mississippi. Outnumbered more than two to one, Forrest's men routed the Union troops. The battle was considered a major tactical victory for the Confederacy, but did not diminish the effectiveness of Sherman's campaign as supplies continued to flow.