Tag: Blues
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Mississippi Blues Museum
Mississippi Blues Museum Lower Level of the Fondren Art Gallery & Framing 3242 North State Street Jackson MS 39216 The Mississippi Blues Museum opened on October 5, 2023, proclaiming blues musicians, blues music, and blues culture. Inside, you will find a very relaxing space that includes an art gallery, exhibition and performance space, and art…
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B.B. King Museum
The B.B. King Museum website reflects the museum’s mantra: “Inspire Hope, Creativity, and Greatness.” The organization has something that few cultural institutions around the state have and that is their team of youth ambassadors thereby encouraging an entirely new generation of blues aficionados. It is not often that a museum named after a famous musician…
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Jimmie Rodgers Museum
On May 26, 1953, the first Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival honored the 20th anniversary of the death of Jimmie Rodgers. In 1976, the Jimmie Rodgers Museum opened in Meridian’s historic Highland Park near the only two-row Dentzel Carousel in the world that whirls within the world’s only surviving Dentzel Carousel House. Today, an exquisite landmark…