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If you're a history buff, art aficionado, archaeology fiend, or dabbler in the sciences, our museum picks are perfect for a rainy day or afternoon excursion! Our selections center around notable collections of historical and cultural items. Many have excellent rotating displays in addition to exceptional permanent collections.
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 200 S Church St, Henning, TN 38041
Alex Haley's famous book, Roots, chronicled the lives of his enslaved ancestors from the pre-Civil War era till they achieved freedom. The book and subsequent miniseries have educated and informed many people about the horrors of slavery and the long road to freedom. Mr. Haley's childhood home gives visitors a chance to learn more about the...
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 3750 Norriswood St, CFA Bldg, Memphis, TN 38152
The name "Memphis" belongs not only to a Tennessee city but to Egypt's ancient capital. In tribute, a unique display of Egyptian art is exhibited at this museum. Among the unusual offerings are a loaf of bread made between 2134 and 1786 BC and a 2200-year-old mummy. Visitors can also view a collection of West African artifacts and showings of...
Belz Museum of Asian & Judaic Art
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 119 S Main St, Pembroke Square Bldg, concourse level, Memphis, TN 38103
Jack and Marilyn Belz's personal collection of rare Chinese art was the beginning of what's now this eponymous museum. Brimming with treasures from Asia and Europe, the facility depicts the Tang and Qing Dynasties with detailed ivory carvings, elegant cloisonné items, and many other precious artifacts, such as an imperial robe. Displays also...
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 2525 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Kids rejoice! At this museum, you're supposed to touch everything! Hands-on, interactive exhibits and activities for children are the focus here. Exhibit topics range from waterworks to health, recycling to house construction, money to transportation. The special Art Smart area has costumes and puppets for performing plays, as well as painting,...
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 1987 Indian Village Dr, Memphis, TN 38109-3005
Chucalissa is Choctaw for "abandoned house," and at this museum visitors can see reconstructed houses dating from the 15th century AD. The facility also depicts the life of Native Americans through a reconstructed village and other historic artifacts, such as a corncrib. Affiliated with C.H. Nash Museum, the complex includes trails and open areas...
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 4339 Park Ave, Memphis, TN 38117
Since 1976, this museum has housed a spectacular Impressionist collection including Degas, Monet and Pisarro. The late Hugo and Margaret Dixon willed the house and grounds to the people of Memphis in order to establish this museum. The original Dixon collection included works by French and American Impressionists. Before a visit, call to see if...
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 118 Adams Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
The Fire Museum of Memphis occupies an engine house built in 1910. The museum depicts the life of a firefighter and presents vintage equipment dating from the early 1900s. A great outing for the family, the museum offers visitors the chance to slide down a fire pole or sit in a fire engine. In addition, the "Fire Room" uses advanced technology to...
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 1934 Poplar Ave, Overton Park, Memphis, TN 38104
Located in a 1916 building that was given a space-expanding, award-winning addition, Memphis Brooks Museum features collections of fine and decorative arts from antiquity to the present. You'll find works representing French Impressionists, the Italian Renaissance, and Baroque masters, along with 20th-century American and modernist works. An...
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 125 N Front St, Mud Island, Memphis, TN 38103
Mississippi River Museum explores the 10,000-year history of America's most well-known river, noting how it developed and what the areas around it have drawn from the river. The museum also features the Memphis Belle, one of the famous B-17s that fought in World War II, and the Belle of the Bluffs, the reconstructed front half of an 1870s...
National Ornamental Metal Museum
Category: Museums - Memphis Attractions & Activities
Address: 374 Metal Museum Dr, Memphis, TN 38106
Visit this unique museum to view the amazing art and see artists at work. Museum facilities include four exhibition galleries, a gift store, a demonstration smithy, an outdoor sculpture garden and a river bluff pavilion built with 19th-century castings that once stood on historic Beale Street.
