JACKSON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – The Nissan Foundation has named the Two Mississippi Museums as a 2024 grant recipient.

Officials with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAC) said the $50,000 grant will help fund field trips during the 2024-2025 school year, defraying costs for admission, travel, and on-site lunches for students. The gift will continue to help bring thousands of students each year from Title I schools to the Two Mississippi Museums.

“We are grateful to the Nissan Foundation for their continued support of our field trip program,” said Katie Blount, MDAC director. “Students are our most important visitors. Nissan’s support creates opportunities for them to learn and interpret history free of charge at a state-of-the art museum complex.”

“We’re honored to support the work of the Two Mississippi Museums,” said Chandra Vasser, president of the Nissan Foundation and Nissan’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. “The Nissan Foundation is about building community by valuing diversity, and this field trip program from the Two Mississippi Museums brings that mission to life.”

The Two Mississippi Museums are located at 222 North St. in Jackson.

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