memphis rock 'n' soul museum

This is music I grew up with but there were new people and new tunes in addition to the classics. Great use of technology to present the music and the times.

Memphis has a very cool vibe to the city in general, and there's no better way to kick off your trip than with a visit here. You learn so much about the history of the music scene and where it all started. I absolutely adore this museum.

This was a good way to spend a rainy, overcast afternoon. It starts with a short overview video. Then you are handed a headset and radio receiver. The tour from this point is self-guided, but aided substantially with the headset equipment. The information is very interesting and highly informative. I came away knowing a lot about the early days of Memphis music and its origins. From the 60's on it gets a bit sketchy and a little too quickly over viewed. But the early history is really well done.

Memphis was shut down due to a few inches of snow (Graceland, Civil Rights Museum, and Sun Studio all closed!). The manager of the Rock N Soul walked his way to open the museum for those of us brave enough to take on a few inches of snow! The museum was well worth it. An amazing walk through music history and the exhibits and audio tour were so well done! Could have spent many hours just listening to the music offered on several different juke boxes along the tour route. This should be a must-see on every music lover's bucket list!

This museum is reasonably priced to get in, I could have stayed there all day just listening to the stories and music, you are given headphones and just wander around by yourself listening to the history of rock, blues country and soul. A good way to spend a cold day. It is also easily accessible.

This was another attraction on our music tour of Memphis. We discovered this site on walking down Beale Street. It is not 'loudly' advertised but featured an audio tour that you could do at your own pace. There was lots to see and read and it covered political, racial and the music of this time. It was very informative and worth visiting. Once again we were allowed to take photos.

A comprehensive museum detailing the history behind the music that Memphis is famous for. The museum begins with a short video, followed by a self-guided interactive audio tour, where walk around the exhibits at your own pace & play the corresponding narration & songs on your headset. It's open until 7pm, so can be fitted in even after a busy day of sightseeing.

This was part of a music tour starting in Chicago, then Memphis followed by New Orleans. We started our 'music' day here and would have spent longer had it not been that the shuttle bus to Graceland only leaves once an hour. The centre of Memphis itself is pretty dead; no city centre and in November that was grim. But Graceland was also enjoyable. What wasn't enjoyable was the Amtrak train taking us from Chicago and then picked up again for the journey to New Orleans. This is a long journey and the sleeper arrangements are poor - cramped and situated behind the engine and with the driver sounding his horn constantly, it meant little or no sleep. The other thing that spoiled this trip was the the tour company who arranged it - Jetline Cruises. Their attitude was appalling, threatening loss of deposit - £1300 because we didn't accept their initial flight arrangements and then changing our return flights home from Chicago to Dallas with only 45 minutes between internal and international flights involving a change of terminal. For finding a more suitable alternative through Philadelphia we were charged an extra £300. They have maintained they did nothing wrong by not notifying us of this flight change - we found out 10 days before departure - and refuse to refund us. Even budget airlines notify you of any major change and give you various options, one of which is to cancel and receive full refund. Not Jetline Cruises. We shall never use them again.

We went to kill time, but were wonderfully surprised at this place. It showed not only the history of Rock and Blues music, but how integral it was in the political, racial and musical history of our country. Beautiful exhibits, behind the scenes glimpses into the musicians of the times. Each person receives a recorder with comprehensive information on each of the exhibits-go-at-your-own-pace, and many of the recorded songs at the push of a button. Loved this museum. Definitely worth seeing!

Very educational but bland come on your in Memphis not. Nashville it's the story of blues rock n roll segregation bringing people together it has potential of being so much more

1st - our tour guide, Ples H., was great! !! very knowledgeable and personable with an entertaining amount of creativity during his presentation. 2nd - I found the history of the "legends" that recorded at this site to be very interesting. 3rd - Ples interjected a lot of behind the scenes type of information that I found to be exceptional (now truth be known. ..i have no fact checking ability but I'll go away believing that everything was historically accurate! !!).

Well presented museum, very central. Packed with information and great audio trail with extra music track options.

Very informative about the history of rock and soul. The audio tour was nice because it gave more background on the time. Give yourself at least 2 hours to go through the whole museum.

We had visited the museum before but wanted to look at a couple sections more carefully.We arrived late in the day and the staff was setting up for a special event but they very nicely let us enter and answered some questions that we had.The museum is arranged very well and the sections are clearly defined.The introductory movie is well worth watching.The museum is right in the center of the tourist section of town, very convenient to Beale Street, restaurants, the arena.

We learned a lot about the history of rock, soul, blues and more, as well as the impact the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on music, race relations and the future of Memphis. Interesting and moving...