Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum

10/11/2026

We’re grateful for kind words like these. 💙

Serving Clarke, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, and Newton counties is at the heart of what we do, and we’re proud to help connect generosity with community needs across East Mississippi.

Learn more about CFEM and the communities we serve on our website https://cfem.org/ today.

10/10/2026

Museum Closure & Website Update

Soulé Steam Museum is closed today, Saturday, October 10, due to the potential for high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.

Our website is also temporarily unavailable because of an issue with our hosting provider, Network Solutions. We are working to restore access as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.

Stay safe!

09/16/2026

🎊 EAST MISSISSIPPI GIVES IS TOMORROW! 🎊

Thursday, September 17 is East Mississippi Gives — a day to celebrate and support the nonprofit organizations that make East Mississippi a better place to live, work, learn, and serve.

We hope you’ll remember the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum / Soulé Steam Museum when you make your gifts tomorrow. Your support helps us preserve the historic Soulé Steam Feed Works, share our region’s industrial heritage, welcome students and visitors, and keep this remarkable place alive for future generations.

🎉 JOIN THE IN-PERSON CELEBRATION | 5:00–8:00 PM

Come downtown and join the East Mississippi Gives celebration on 5th Street!

🎶 Live music from The Palindromes all evening at THIRD THURSDAY
Presented by Meridian Council for the Arts
🚚 Food trucks
🥤 Beverages
🎊 Nonprofit organizations from throughout our community

Whether you give to Soulé Steam Museum or another organization close to your heart, September 17 is a day to find your generosity and support East Mississippi!

❤️ Give local. Support local. Preserve what makes our community special.

Use this link to donate: https://cfem.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/nonprofit?nonprofit_id=1170

08/25/2026

Here’s great video for everyone who have asked: “Why don’t you have a steam sawmill to demonstrate how a Soule’ Spee-d-twin steam engine is used.” Thank you Kory for making this interesting and informative video about a steam-powered sawmill!

What does it take to turn logs into lumber using steam power?Step...

08/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who made SPARK! Places of Innovation such a meaningful and inspiring experience at the Soulé Steam Museum!

A special thank you goes to our partners and supporters—including the Mississippi Humanities Council, Visit Meridian, Meridian Main Street, educators, volunteers, and collaborators—who helped us bring these stories of innovation to life. Your dedication, creativity, and support made it possible for visitors to explore how ideas become inventions and how innovation can shape a community and our world.

And, of course, thank you to everyone who came to visit! We loved seeing families, students, educators, longtime friends, and first-time visitors exploring the exhibition, asking questions, and discovering the remarkable stories behind innovation.

While the Smithsonian’s SPARK! Places of Innovation exhibition now continues its journey to Greenville, Meridian’s story of innovation continues at Soulé! Our locally curated companion exhibit, featuring innovators and innovations from Meridian and our region, will remain on display through the Soulé Steam Show, November 6–7.

We are grateful to everyone who helped us share these stories and to everyone who walked through our doors this summer to discover them. Thank you for making SPARK! at Soulé such a special experience for our community.

08/15/2026

Today is the day!

Maker Faire Meridian — the area’s Greatest Show and Tell — is happening today at the Soulé Steam Museum! Come see some really neat demonstrations, meet creative makers, and experience the fun of making things firsthand.

While you’re here, don’t miss the Smithsonian exhibition SPARK! Places of Innovation. Our companion local exhibit, curated by the Soulé Steam Museum, tells the stories of Meridian-area innovators — including some surprising facts and achievements you may have never heard before!

Come spend part of your Saturday with us and celebrate making, creativity, innovation, and local history!

📍 Soulé Steam Museum
🕙 Today, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

07/25/2026

The Soule’ Steam Museum presents Smithsonian’s SPARK! Places of Innovation traveling exhibition and our exciting new local companion exhibit.

Exhibition is open Tuesday-Saturday through August 15 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. with FREE admission. You’re invited to experience this one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the people, ideas, and innovations that have shaped Meridian and East Mississippi.

Presented by Museum on Main Street, a partnership of the Smithsonian Institution and Mississippi Humanities Council, SPARK! Places of Innovation explores how innovation happens in small towns and rural communities. Our companion exhibit highlights the remarkable inventors, industries, artists, entrepreneurs, and community leaders whose ideas have helped shape Meridian and East Mississippi.

Discover inspiring stories of invention, medicine, aviation, manufacturing, music, and industrial innovation while exploring the museum’s historic belt-driven factory, working steam engines, and hands-on exhibits.

📍 Soule’ Steam Museum
🗓 Open Through August 15
Tuesday-Friday
FREE ADMISSION
🕘 Opens daily at 10:00 a.m.

07/08/2026

07/02/2026

You don’t want to miss this exhibit!

This event will explore how unique people and circumstances drive creativity in rural American communities.