In Ripley(opens in new tab), Mississippi, you don’t have to walk into a museum to learn the town’s history… you just have to walk down the street.
Over the past several years, this little downtown district has been given a glow-up thanks to local artists, students, and a few digital designers who turned the brick walls of downtown Ripley into an open-air archive. Today, there are more than 20 murals around town that nod to the town’s agricultural roots, its musical legacy, its literary ties, even its Chickasaw history.
