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Withers Collection Museum & Gallery

Withers Collection Museum & Gallery Welcome to the Withers Collection Museum & Gallery, the Memphis museum of photography that shares historically important photos honoring civil rights and black history. With a mission to 'educate the public about the history we treasure', the Withers Collection proudly displays 60 years of African American history captured by one…
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Mississippi River Museum

Mississippi River Museum The Museum & Aquarium's vision is to become the world's leader in interpreting and protecting the life, history, and culture of our rivers, to create a more global, knowledgeable and engaged citizen. - Mississippi River Museum Welcome to the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, a Smithsonian Institute affiliate institution located in…
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Mud Island River Park

Mud Island River Park Welcome to Mud Island River Park! This fun downtown public park opened in 1982 on the south end of the Mud Island peninsula. To the west, it is bordered by the Mississippi River and to the east, Wolf River Harbor. It is easily accessible by the Skybridge. The centerpiece of this…
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Center for Southern Folklore

Center for Southern Folklore "Celebrating the arts, music, and heritage of the South from the cultural crossroads of Memphis" - Center for Southern Folklore Welcome to the Center for Southern Folklore, the non-profit organization celebrating the people, music, and traditions of the region. This cultural complex holds multimedia archives that document the culture of the…
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Overton Park

Overton Park Welcome to Overton Park, Memphis' huge public park that includes a 9-hole golf course, a zoo, 2 playgrounds, an art museum, and a 126-acre forest. Trust us, there is no way your group is going to get bored here at Overton!! Taking up a total of 342 acres, this public park was first…
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Fire Museum of Memphis

Fire Museum of Memphis The Fire Museum of Memphis is a non-profit organization that exists to promote education of fire and life safety, to reduce injury, life-loss, and property-loss related to fire and to recognize and preserve the heritage of the fire service and its contribution to the community. - Fire Museum of Memphis mission…
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Metal Museum

Metal Museum With 3.2 acres of land, rotating exhibitions, a permanent collection, sculpture gardens and a smithy and foundry the Metal Museum is one of the most unique things to do in Memphis. - Metal Museum Welcome to the Metal Museum, or as it was once known, the National Ornamental Metal Museum. This museum is…
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National Civil Rights Museum

[caption id="attachment_6197" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit Memphis Travel[/caption] National Civil Rights Museum Student groups exploring historic Memphis, Tennessee, must be sure their agenda includes a stop at the National Civil Rights Museum, established in 1991 at the former Lorraine Motel, where beloved civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. A recent…
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Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum

Rock 'n' Soul Museum Student groups of music fans exploring the river city blues birthplace of Memphis will truly enjoy a stop at this fine institution, a shining tribute to decades of struggle, upheaval, change and triumph that inspired people everywhere to re-think the way they listened. Visitors here are introduced to the brave musical…
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Backbeat Tour

Backbeat Tour Student groups on Blues City getaway may want to enlist the considerable talents of the good, capable folk at Backbeat Tours in providing a unique specialty entertainment excursion with that “personal touch”. Their fantastic outings have been featured time and time again on tv and in the news and treat guests to extraordinary…
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