The National Center for the Mississippi River: a center for exploring river culture, science, and technology

For the past three years, Tulane University has led a partnership with academic, private, and public entities on local, regional, state, and national scales to develop an ambitious project - the National Center for the Mississippi River. Based on research and education, the Center´s mandate is to be inclusive of all aspects of the Mississippi River. In the long-term, the Center will house research laboratories, classroom space, conference rooms, and a major museum potentially affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution. It will sponsor both tightly focused and interdisciplinary investigations of the science, economics, nature, art, culture, and history of the Mississippi, as well as its relevance to other rivers of the nation and the world.