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This local history museum includes six rooms that are full of artifacts and exhibits that preserve and share the history of blues and rock music from their roots in local folk traditions, touring Black musicians, rockabilly troubadours, and future musical icons that got their start playing local joints throughout Mississippi. The museum includes exhibits on Mississippi musicians such as Muddy Waters and B.B. King, as well as Clarksdale native John Lee Hooker. The museum's gift shop serves as a vintage record store and its staff are happy to recommend places to enjoy live music. 

The Rock & Blues Museum

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<div><div><div><p>The mission of the Rock &amp; Blues Museum is to serve as an educational resource preserving the rich history and evolution of American music from blues, country and gospel to rockabilly, rhythm &amp; blues, soul, and rock ‘n roll, including rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, funk, punk, and heavy metal.&nbsp; The museum exhibits music memorabilia spanning several decades, from the 1920s through the 1970s. The museum shows not only the influence of American music, from its roots in Blues to its life in American pop culture, but also its impact on popular music and culture around the world.<br></p><p><br></p><p>We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, established in Clarksdale, Mississippi.&nbsp; All donations and contributions made to the museum may be tax deductible.&nbsp;<br></p><p>(consult with your tax advisor)</p><p>1)&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blues2rock.com/Blues2Rock/Mission.html" title="Link: http://www.blues2rock.com/Blues2Rock/Mission.html">http://www.blues2rock.com/Blues2Rock/Mission.html</a></p></div><div>&nbsp;</div></div></div><div><div><div></div></div></div>

The collection highlights the connection between different artists and eras and the impact of American music worldwide.  

Covering the museum walls and in the colorful display cases, you’ll find beautiful artwork on LP album covers, autographs, photos, 45 and 78 rpm records and acetates, magazines, news articles, movie and concert posters, concert tickets as well as a vast display of antique gramophones, radios and guitars autographed by B. B. King, Chuck Berry, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Robbie Krieger, The Righteous Brothers, Sonny Burgess and Robert “Bilbo” Walker.  Step back in time and soak up some of Clarksdale’s rich history as you visit the shop of blues-singing barber, Wade Walton. 

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