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National Civil Rights Museum
National Civil Rights Museum Review
South of Downtown, the motel in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 has been transformed into the National Civil Rights Museum, an outstanding facility that documents the civil rights movement through exhibits and clever audiovisual displays.
- Address: 450 Mulberry St., Downtown, Memphis, TN, 38103 | Map It
- Phone: 901/521-9699
- Cost: $12
- Hours: Mon.--Sat. 9--5, Sun. 1--5; open 1 hr later daily June--Aug.
- Website: www.civilrightsmuseum.org
- Location: Memphis
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