Memphis
Memphis is the largest city in Tennessee in the United States of America and is known mainly as Elvis Presley's hometown.
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- Memphis International Airport (IATA: MEM), [1].
- Northwest Airlines [2] 90% of flights
- AirTran Airways, [3] Atlanta, Orlando.
- American Airlines, [4] Chicago O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Saint Louis.
- Continental Airlines, [5] Cleveland, Houston George Bush Intercontinental, Newark.
- Delta Airlines, [6] Atlanta, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City.
- Frontier Airlines, [7] Denver, Las Vegas, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale.
- United Airlines, [8] Chicago O'Hare, Denver.
- US Airways, [9] Charlotte, Phoenix.
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- Greyhound, 203 Union Avenue, +1 800-231-2222, [10].
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Below is a small grip from the many museums that Memphis has.
Sun Studio
The Sun Studio is the place where the Rock'n-Roll was born. The Sun Records label provided shelter for artists like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. These artists have grown up here. Other artists like B.B. King and Roy Orbison also recorded a lot of numbers here. The studio is also often seen, alongside Rock'n-Roll, as the birthplace of the pop music that currently prevails.
National Civil Rights Museum
The National Civil Rights Museum is located in the former Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. He was shot. The museum has a permanent exhibition and describes the civil rights struggle of African-Americans from the arrival of the first black slaves in British colonies in 1619 to the assassination of King in 1968.
Brooks Museum of Art
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, created in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. It has, among other things, large collections from the renaissance and baroque.
Children's Museum of Memphis
The Children's Museum of Memphis is a museum that is all focused on children.
Graceland
Graceland is Elvis Presley's former home. It's one of the most visited homes in the United States, with over 600,000 people coming every year. The house is in exactly the same state as it was on the day Elvis Presley died. It was included in the National Register of Historical Places on 7 November 1991.
Pink Palace
The Pink Palace Museum is a museum that focuses on archeology and chemistry.
Memphis Walk or Fame
The Memphis Walk of Fame is a public exhibition on Beale Street. It is specifically designed for Memphis musicians only. It honors artists like W. C. Handy, B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, and Alberta Hunter.
Victorian Village
Victorian Village is a historical place in Memphis where old houses are. Some now serve as a museum.
Stax Museum
Stax Museum is a museum located on 926 McLemore Avenue. The building served first for Stax Records. Artists like Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. And the MGs, Sam & Dave and many others took numbers. Numbers were recorded from the '60s to the '80s. It's the only museum that focuses entirely on Soul music.
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