Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg, the city’s interpretive tour of homes, is returning for a second year with some changes and additions.

“We’ve expanded what we’re doing and made tickets more user friendly,” said Carolyn Stephenson, owner of Annabelle, a home on Speed Street, and president of the Vicksburg Bed & Breakfast Association.

The association and the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau are sponsoring the tour, which kicks off Thursday and wraps up April 5.

Each venue on the tour will offer visitors a look back in time. Presenters will be decked out in period attire. At Cedar Grove mansion, visitors can sample period foods and spirits. And, at Duff Green Mansion, demonstrations of medical practices using authentic Civil War instruments will be offered.

VCVB Executive Director Bill Seratt said he’s anticipating a successful run this year.

“We’re were able to get information out earlier and distribute it more widely earlier,” he said.

“We want visitors to see more of the city and eat at our restaurants,” he added.

New to the 16-home tour this year are the Bazsinsky House, Christ Episcopal Church and The Jacqueline House African-American Museum.

“I’m going to lecture on the trials and tribulations of African-Americans in Vicksburg,” said Tillman Whitley, curator of the Main Street museum. His lecture — set for 6 p.m. March 19 — will be in addition to tours of the museum.

“We’re the only African-American museum in Vicksburg, and we’re trying to tell the African-American story,” he said. Whitley has been the museum’s curator since it opened in 1995. Among the museum’s items are memorabilia of Dr. Jane McAllister of Vicksburg, the first black woman to earn a doctorate in education from Columbia University.

Christ Episcopal Church will offer the Candlelight Old Town Walking Tour at 6 p.m. Friday. David Mitchell, owner of the Bazsinsky House, will deliver a lecture, “Narrative of the Jews in Vicksburg,” at 6 p.m. March 27.

For the first time, a combined ticket price is being offered. For $25, visitors can see three homes. Otherwise, the per-home price is $10, same as last year.

Contact Manivanh Chanprasith at mchan@vicksburgpost.com

If you go

Tapestry kicks off Thursday and runs through April 5. Tickets are $10 per home or $25 per three, and are available at each home and the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau at 3300 Clay St. Call 601-636-9421.

The homes:

• Anchuca Historic Mansion, 1010 First East St. — 11 a.m.: Thursday, March 18, 25 and April 1; 10 a.m.: March 13, 20, 27 and April 3.

• Annabelle, 501 Speed St. — 1 p.m.: Friday, March 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 and April 2.

• The Baer House, 1117 Grove St. — 1 p.m.: March 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, April 3 and 5.

• Bazsinsky House, 1022 Monroe St. — 10 a.m.: March 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and April 5; 6 p.m. March 27, David Mitchell, speaker.

• Duff Green Mansion, 1114 First East St. — 3 p.m.: Friday, March 14, 19, 21, 26, 28, 29 and April 2.

• The Corners Mansion, 601 Klein St. — 2 p.m.: Friday, March 19, 26 and April 2; 11 a.m.: March 13, 20, 27 and April 3.

• Cedar Grove mansion, 2200 Oak St. — 11 a.m.: Friday, March 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 and April 2.

• Christ Episcopal Church, 1115 Main St. — 9 a.m.: March 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, April 3 and 5; 6 p.m. Friday; Candlelight Old Town Walking Tour.

• The Cobb House at Southern Cultural Heritage Center, 1302 Adams St. — 2 p.m.: Thursday, March 15, 18, 22, 25, 29, April 1 and 5.

• The George Washington Ball House, 921 Main St. — 4 p.m.: March 13, 20, 27 and April 3; 11 a.m.: March 15, 22, 29 and April 5.

• The Jacqueline House African-American Museum, 1325 Main St. — 9 a.m.: Thursday, March 18, 25 and April 1; 3 p.m.: March 15, 22, 29 and April 5; 6 p.m. March 19, Tillman Whitley, speaker.

• Linden Plantation Gardens, 505 Duncan Road — 4 p.m.: Thursday, March 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 and April 1.

• Southern Cultural Heritage Center, 1302 Adams St. — 6 p.m. Thursday; screening of “God’s Architects” by Zach Godshall; free; 6 p.m. March 13, Sister Paulinus Oakes, Sisters of Mercy, speaker.

• The Old Court House Museum, 1008 Cherry St. — 4 p.m. Friday, March 19, 26 and April 2; 2 p.m.: March 14, 21 and 28; 6 p.m. April 3, Alan Huffman, author of “Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History,” speaker.

• The Martha Vick House, 1300 Grove St. — 1 p.m.: Thursday, March 18, 25 and April 1; 2 p.m.: March 13, 20, 27 and April 3.

• The Mary Harwood House, 600 Fort Hill Road — 10 a.m.: Thursday, March 18, 25 and April 1; 3 p.m.: March 13. 20, 27 and April 3.

• The Shlenker House, 2212 Cherry St. — 3 p.m.: Thursday, March 18, 25 and April 1; 10 a.m.: Friday, March 19, 26 and April 2.