• 1994

    George Ohr Arts and Cultural Center

    A Mississippi citizens group, with funding support by the Knight Foundation, opens the George Ohr Arts and Cultural Center, Biloxi, MS.

  • 1998

    New Building Fund

    The Jeremiah O’Keefe family contributes $1M to the capital campaign, kicking off the new building fund in honor of Mr. O’Keefe’s late wife Annette.

    1998

  • 1999

    New Building Design

    Frank Gehry, Gehry Partners LLP, begins design of the new Museum. Design process takes four years 1999-2003.

  • 2004

    Museum Construction Begins

    2004

  • 2005

    Hurricane Katrina

    August 29 Hurricane Katrina destroys both the new Museum construction as well as the George Ohr Arts and Cultural Center, then current home to the Ohr Museum.

  • 2010

    Phase 1

    November 6, Ohr-O’Keefe patron Jerry O’Keefe, Museum architect Frank Gehry and Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway cut the ribbon to open Phase I of the new Museum including the Mississippi Sound Welcome Center, IP Casino Resort Spa Exhibitions Gallery, Gallery of African American Art, and the Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center

    2010

  • 2012

    Biloxi Center for Ceramics opens

    City of Biloxi Center for Ceramics opened September 2012.

  • 2013

    The Pods

    Construction underway on the John S. and James L. Knight Gallery (the Pods) scheduled to open in 2014.

    2013

  • 2014

    First Pod Opens

    The first Pod opened on July 12, 2014 (George Ohr’s 157th birthday). The remaining three await funding to complete the interiors of the buildings.