The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art will host a daylong celebration marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of potter George E. Ohr today through 4 p.m. at its transitional home off Beach Boulevard in west Biloxi.
Visitors to the museum can see George Ohr pottery and the current Mississippi Clay Invitational exhibition, browse the Ohr gift shop and have free cake and ice cream, which will be served throughout the day.
Admission is free for individuals, but groups of eight or more pay a small fee.
The museum is at 1596 Glenn L. Swetman Drive, directly north of Miramar Children’s Park on U.S. 90 and a couple blocks east of Rodenberg Avenue.
For more on the museum and its programs, click here.
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