National Civil Rights Museum

This is a very important historic site and museum in the United States, centered on the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. The museum features many excellent displays, exhibits, photographs, and archival newsreel footage that bring the Civil Rights era to life. I especially enjoyed the sculptural exhibits portraying real people and events. I tend to prefer well-lit galleries rather than darker museum spaces, and the layout requires visitors to watch a film before proceeding through a series of linear galleries. While the exhibits themselves are excellent, the design makes it difficult to leave midway through or shorten a visit, since the path continues to the end of the exhibition at the gift shop. Overall, it is a powerful and worthwhile museum experience.

Wow. Beautifully constructed, my only complaint was WOW that was a lot to read. (As a reader, that is a good thing!) But I didn’t have nearly enough time. If you wanted to truly learn and read everything in there, it would take you 5hrs to get through. So plan accordingly. There is a large free parking lot half a block from the museum, so that was lovely. Staff was INCREDIBLE! So friendly, polite, and answered any questions I had.

You watch a short movie and then you leave that area and start the tour. Lots of exhibits. You probably need at 3 or 4 hrs if you fully want to read and look at all exhibits. I did not take pictures inside the museum. I think they asked you not too. If we really want to be better to each other you should go and see it and the one in DC.