The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

926 E. McLemore Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38106

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 901-948-8560

Phone: 901-946-2535

Repository URL: http://www.staxmuseum.com/

Repository description (extant): The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of the legendary Stax Records in the heart of Soulsville USA in Memphis, Tennessee, welcomes you to all things Stax. This 17,000-square-foot facility with more than 2,000 cultural artifacts, music exhibits, video footage, and items of memorabilia is designed to preserve and promote the legacy of American soul music, particularly that of Stax Records. With permanent Soul Music exhibits, like Soul Train, to changing exhibits, like Wattstax and Blaxploitation, the mission of the Stax Museum is to keep the memory of Stax soul music legends alive forever. And because we are the only soul music museum in the world, you'll also find programs, special events, concerts, exhibits and memorabilia dedicated to other soul music artists and labels, including that of Muscle Shoals, Motown, Atlantic, and Hi Records.

Repository type: Museum

Collections:

Stax Museum oral histories