Memphis - National Civil Rights Museum

 
A short distance south of Beale Street, at 406 Mulberry Street, is the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr was shot in 1968. The building is now occupied by the National Civil Rights Museum, which traces the history of civil rights movements in the United States. Its centerpiece is the hotel room with the balcony on which Martin Luther King was killed.

Exhibits at the museum include artifacts from the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka case and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Address: National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, TN 38103-4214, United States
Phone: 1 (901) 521-9699, Fax: 1 (901) 527-1229
Hours:
June 1 to August 31: 9am-6pm; Sun: 1pm-6pm; Closed: Tue
September 1 to May 31: 9am-5pm; Sun: 1pm-5pm; Closed: Tue, Tue
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24), Easter - Christian

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