Blues Hall of Fame

The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in . Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Also known as: “The Blues Hall of Fame”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Civil Rights Museum and FedExForum.

Museum
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The is a complex of museums and historic buildings in ; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement in the from the 17th century to the present. is situated 490 feet southeast of Blues Hall of Fame.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in . It is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association and the NCAA Division I men's basketball program of the University of Memphis, both of whom previously played home games at the . is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Blues Hall of Fame.

Railway station
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, referred to as Grand Central Station prior to 1944, is a passenger terminal in . Located along Main Street and G.E. is situated 1,200 feet south of Blues Hall of Fame.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beale Street and Memphis.

Neighborhood
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is a street in , which runs from the to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles. It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music.

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is the second largest city in the state of , after . The state rests in the southeastern portion of the . , with a population of more than 651,000, is also the county seat for Shelby County.

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.

Blues Hall of Fame

Latitude
35.13518° or 35° 8′ 7″ north
Longitude
-90.05896° or 90° 3′ 32″ west
Operator
The Blues Foundation
Open location code
867F4WPR+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 779355053
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q258100
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Blues Hall of Fame” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բլյուզի փառքի սրահ”
  • Bavarian: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Catalan: “Saló de la Fama del Blues”
  • Chinese: “藍調名人堂”
  • Czech: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Dutch: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Esperanto: “Blusa Famulejo”
  • Esperanto: “Blusa Halo de Famo”
  • French: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • German: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Greek: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Hungarian: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Iloko: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Italian: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Japanese: “ブルースの殿堂”
  • Korean: “블루스 명예의 전당”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Norwegian: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Persian: “تالار مشاهیر بلوز”
  • Polish: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Portuguese: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Russian: “Зал славы блюза”
  • Slovak: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Slovenian: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Spanish: “Anexo:Artistas incluidos en el Salón de la Fama del Blues”
  • Spanish: “Salón de la Fama del Blues”
  • Swedish: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Turkish: “Blues Hall of Fame”
  • Ukrainian: “Зала слави блюзу”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Arrive Memphis and City of Memphis Division of Fire Station 2.

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