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The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum (MSIM) was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It accomplishes this mission through an array of exhibits on shrimping, oystering, recreational fishing, wetlands, managing marine resources, charter boats, marine blacksmithing, wooden boat building, net-making, catboats/Biloxi skiff, shrimp peeling machine and numerous historic photographs and objects. The Wade Guice Hurricane Museum within the museum, featuring 1,400 square feet (130 m2) of exhibit space and a state of the art theatre. The Museum has brought life to local maritime history and heritage by replicating two 65-ft two-masted Biloxi Schooners.
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Features George Ohr's pottery works. George Ohr is called the "Mad Potter" of Biloxi. The five-building museum omplex was designed by architect Frank Gehry to "dance" with the ancient live oak trees on the site.
A hard rock and live music theme. It has exhibits of clothes that were worn by celebrities from Michael Jackson to Madonna. Rock music blasts around the property.