Tunica County River Park — Attraction in Horn Lake

A museum focusing on the Mississippi River and how it has affected the history of the region. Exhibits on fossilized fish from prehistoric times along with aquariums containing many of the most interesting species of fish and turtles found in the river today. Also, an exhibit on the land dwelling species found in the forests along the rivers banks containing many fine mounted specimens on them. An extensive display of Native American artifacts leads into areas covering DeSoto's expedition into the region along with the early French settlements and the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States and the lives of the early flatboat-men that traveled the river transporting their harvest to market. Upstairs one will find exhibits on the history of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an interactive exhibit that puts one INSIDE an early diving bell designed by the famous inventor James B. Eads. There are also sections highlighting the War Between the States, the history of agriculture in the area, the efforts of the government to control the river through dredging and the building of levees, and in an exhibit on the Great Flood of 1927, what happens when all those efforts prove insufficient those tame something as powerful as the Mighty Mississippi. An elevator takes visitors to a third floor open air observation deck offering panoramic views of the river itself. I would have liked to have seen more models of historic riverboats from the past however. The adjoining River Park contains buoys on display and has a couple of observation piers for a more "up close" look...

This is really an underrated place and has gotten some unfair reviews. The exhibits were great. The view was awesome! The aquarium was not much but that wasn’t important to us. This place was probably fantastic before Covid but the lack of visitors to this place has hurt. As we travel this great country of ours, we have seen museums, attractions and places of interest that have closed or only opened a few days a week. We can do better than this America. We are going to lose our history if we don’t support places like Tunica River Park. I’m only sad that the paddle boat was not there. I would visit this...

This place was a lot of fun. Cool exhibits and a lot of information as well as some interesting theories. The thing that's amazing to me is how it seems almost deserted even though it is staffed and we'll maintained we were the only guest there for quite a while, so you can probably go and have the place all to yourself. My daughters and wife really enjoyed the river right next to the museum, lots of cool driftwood and there were some neat sand formations left from the flooding. If you are looking for a place to go it's very nice, almost like a secret. I recommend this place and I'm very certain we will go...