Historic Section Guidelines

Historic Section Guidelines. The maximum legal capacity for the Mansion’s historic section is 225 persons as authorized by the Jackson Building Permit Office and the Jackson Fire Marshall. Specifically, the maximum numbers are 123 persons for the first floor of the historic section and 102 persons for the second floor of the historic section. The Department of Archives and History employs a full-time Mansion curator who is responsible for the management of the Mansion’s historic collection and the administration of the docent program for public tours of the historic section. The Mansion curator also serves as the state property officer for the Mansion and is required to maintain a descriptive inventory and be responsible for the care and custody of all furniture and furnishings in the Governor’s Mansion that have been catalogued by the Department of Archives and History. However, the Department of Finance and Administration shall maintain a descriptive inventory of and be responsible for the care and custody of all publicly owned furniture and furnishings in the Governor’s Mansion that have not been catalogued by the Department of Archives and History, including flat silver and silver hollowware. It is unlawful to remove any state property under the custody of the curator from the Mansion without authorization of the curator as stipulated by the Mississippi Code 1972, 39-5-21. Also, no state property on the MDAH inventory should be relocated within the Mansion without the approval of the Mansion curator. News coverage or personal filming must be approved by the Mansion curator prior to filming. Professional/commercial filming at the Mansion is subject to the terms of the commercial filming agreement approved by the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and History. The entire Mansion is a smoke-free building (both the historic and non-historic sections). Only trained service animals are permitted in the historic section of the Mansion.