National Civil Rights Museum
Built around the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was shot in 1968, it tells the story of the civil rights movement from slavery to today.
- Open
- Closed Tuesdays; check the website
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- 450 Mulberry St, Memphis, TN 38103Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk south of Beale Street.
Why Go
The motel's facade and Room 306 are preserved as they were on April 4, 1968. Exhibits walk you through the Montgomery bus boycott, the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington and the Memphis sanitation workers' strike. Across the street, the boarding house from which the shot was fired is part of the museum.
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