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Stax Museum of American Soul Music

The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a located in , at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the original location of Stax Records. Stax launched and supported the careers of artists such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: soul music museum in Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Stax Museum”
  • Address: 926 East McLemore Avenue, Memphis, 38126

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Soulsville Charter School and LeMoyne–Owen College.

School building
Photo: DutchTreat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a charter school in South . It is located at 1115 College Street. The entire 2014 graduating class was accepted at 4-year colleges. is situated 350 feet northwest of Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

College
is a private historically black college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and located in . It resulted from the 1968 merger of historically black colleges and other schools established by northern Protestant missions during and after the American Civil War. is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Cemetery
Photo: Elmwood Cemetery, Public domain.
is the oldest active in . It was established in 1852 as one of the first rural cemeteries in the South. A funeral scene in Paramount's 1993 legal thriller The Firm was filmed here. is situated 2,300 feet north of Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Memphis and Medical District.

Suburb
, one of the oldest portions of , is a community stretching from Riverside Drive and E. H. Crump Blvd just south of Downtown south and east to Pendleton St.

Neighborhood
The is an area which was created to provide a central location for medical care, serving both Memphis and the Mid-South. is situated 2 miles north of Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Suburb
is the central business district of , and is located along the between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south, and Interstate 240 to the east, where it abuts Midtown Memphis. is situated 2 miles north of Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

Latitude
35.11576° or 35° 6′ 57″ north
Longitude
-90.03118° or 90° 1′ 52″ west
Open location code
867F4X89+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2929544114
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7604973
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Stax Museum of American Soul Music”. Photo: Victor Chapa, CC BY 2.0.