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| Arts and Culture |
| The Memphis area is home to many of West Tennessee's
larger arts and culutral organizations, such as the Memphis
Symphony Orchestra, which performs at the Cannon Center for
the Performing Arts in Downtown Memphis. Ballet Memphis, which
is the region's only major ballet company, performs at The Orpheum
Theatre. Opera Memphis, the region's opera company, performs
at the Clark Opera Memphis Center in East Memphis. There are
several art galleries in Memphis, including, most prominently,
the Dixon Gallery. |
| A month long festival, Memphis in May, is held
each year to host the city's largest events like the Beale Street
Music Festival, the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest
and the Sunset Symphony. |
| Museums |
| Memphis is home to the National Civil Rights Museum,
located in the former Lorraine Motel, where the Reverend Martin
Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. The Brooks Museum of Art
in Overton Park, founded in 1916, serves as the region's major
art museum. A smaller art museum, the Dixion Gallery and Gardens
focuses on impressionism and has several works by Monet, Degas
and Renoir. The Children's Museum of Memphis features many interactive
exhibits, including a simulated grocery store, a wood skyscraper
maze, and full-scale models of a fire truck and an airplane
fuselage. |
| Also, there is the Stax Museum of American Soul
Music. The museum is home to a broad collection of artifacts,
photographs, exhibits, commentary, and music. Along with the
legendary Stax Sound, the museum also spotlights the music of
Muscle Shoals, Motown, Hi and Atlantic. |
| Other museums in the area include: |
- Fire Museum
- Memphis Museum Hall of Fame
- Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum
- Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium
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