page_title: Memphis, Tennessee
section_title: Museums and art collections
hierarchical_section_title: Memphis, Tennessee / Arts and culture / Tourism / Museums and art collections
caption_attribution_description: Stax Museum &amp; Satellite Record Shop
context_page_description: Memphis is a city along the Mississippi River in southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The 2019 population was 651,073, and the second-most populous city in Tennessee, as well as the 26th-largest city in the United States. Greater Memphis is the 42nd-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 1,348,260 in 2017. The city is the anchor of West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi, and the Missouri Bootheel. Memphis is the seat of Shelby County, Tennessee's most populous county. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods.
  The first European explorer to visit the area of present-day Memphis was Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1541 with his expedition into the New World. The high Chickasaw Bluffs protecting the location from the waters of the Mississippi was then contested by the Spanish, French, and the English as Memphis took shape.
context_section_description: Media related to Memphis, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons
  National Civil Rights Museum - located in the Lorraine Motel and related buildings, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. It includes a historical overview of the American civil rights movement and interpretation of historic and current issues.
  Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - the oldest and largest fine art museum in Tennessee; the collection includes Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and 20th century artists.
  Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art - contains a large collection of Asian jade art, Asian art, and Judaic art.
  Dixon Gallery and Gardens - focuses on French and American impressionism, and contains the Stout Collection of 18th-century German porcelain, as well as a 17-acre (6.9 ha) public garden.
  Children's Museum of Memphis - exhibits interactive and educational activities for children.
  Graceland - the home of Elvis Presley, it attracts over 600,000 visitors annually, and features two of Presley's airplanes, his automobile and motorcycle collection, and other memorabilia. Graceland is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium - a science and historical museum; it includes the third largest planetarium in the United States and an IMAX theater.
  Beale Street - a public exhibit honoring Memphis musicians, singers, writers and composers.
  Mud Island - a park with a walking trail featuring a scale model of the Mississippi River.
  Victorian Village - a historic district featuring Victorian-era mansions, some of which are open to the public as museums.
  The Cotton Museum - located on the old trading floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange.
  Stax Museum - the former location of Stax Records.
  Chucalissa Indian Village - a Walls Phase mound and plaza complex operated by the University of Memphis. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark. The Southeast Indian Heritage Festival is held there annually.
  Burkle Estate - a historic home now used as a museum of slavery and the anti-slavery movement.
caption: Stax Museum and Satellite Record Shop
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