Our Mission

A list of things we want to accomplish

• Create a Mississippi non-profit corporation for the purpose of raising money to build or rent a permanent structure in Ocean Springs or Biloxi, which will house a museum  and tourist attraction that will open by January of 2021.
• Elect a board of directors from the pool of direct descendants of the Baleine Brides.
• Publish and sell copies of a book containing the genealogies of those brides who founded large families in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Illinois.
• Compile and maintain access to the family genealogies on a central computer database in the museum.        
• Create a short film, which tells the story of the Baleine Brides, to be shown once every hour in the auditorium of the museum.
• Display tableaux in the museum which will illustrate significant places and events in the story, including early maps of Mississippi.
• Display a one-fifth scale model of the flute La Baleine with a cross-sectional view of the ship.
• Display historical artifacts from the period when Biloxi was the capitol of Louisiana.
• Staff a souvenir and gift shop to sell items bearing the copyrighted La Baleine logo.
• Provide a logo pin and certificate of membership to eligible descendants for a fee.
• Organize an annual convention for certified descendants to be held in Biloxi or Ocean Springs, Mississippi.