Delta Blues Museum - Clarksdale, Mississippi
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Mission Statement
The Delta Blues Museum is dedicated to creating a welcoming place where visitors find meaning, value, and perspective by exploring the history and heritage of the unique American musical art form of the blues.
History
The City of Clarksdale, located at the intersection of Highways 61 and 49 (“the crossroads”), and the surrounding Delta region are known as ”the land where the blues began”.
Since its creation, the Delta Blues Museum has preserved, interpreted, and encouraged a deep interest in the story of the blues. Established in 1979 by the Carnegie Public Library Board of Trustees and re-organized as a stand-alone museum in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum is the state’s oldest music museum. A five-member board appointed by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of Clarksdale governs the museum. Funded by the City of Clarksdale, admissions, memberships, gift shop revenue, granting agencies and donations, the museum uses public and private funds to carry out its mission.
Museum Sites
Since 1999, the Delta Blues Museum has been housed in the historic Clarksdale freight depot, built in 1918 for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The building was designated a Mississippi Landmark Property in 1996. The former freight area- about five thousand square feet of ground floor space – is devoted to permanent and traveling exhibits.
The Delta Blues Museum Stage is adjacent to the museum classroom, which hosts a year-round music education program as well as lectures and symposia. The Delta Blues Museum Stage serves as the main venue for local festivals such as the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival in August and the Juke Joint Festival in April.
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COME JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE ROBERT JOHNSON BDAY !!
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JOIN US today as we celebrate the birthday of the great Robert Johnson--free cupcakes while they last, an educational program on west African drumming at 1:30PM in our Classroom, and a drum line tribute on the Delta Blues Museum - Clarksdale, Mississippi stage at 5:30PM! *Sponsored by Kroger, Mississippi Humanities Council and Clarksdale Public Utilities. Photo credit: Robert Johnson Foundation
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Artist Spotlight: Little Walter - Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale MS
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He is patiently waiting for the GREAT MOVIE NIGHT TOMORROW!!! Showtime at 8pm ! FREE ADMISSION
*Special Hours* *Sun, April 23rd* 9am-4pm* @ 1:30pm-Remembering Muddy Waters Special Guest Joseph Morganfield w/Robert Gordan & Paul Wilson
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Presentation starting up soon!! Come out and explore our new exhibit and book signing
Mississippi Delta Offers Vacationing Blues Fans Many Stories
ICYMI from Voice of America - VOA: Come see us this weekend during Juke Joint Festival! https://www.voanews.com/a/mississippi-delta-offers-vacationing-blues-fans-many-stories/3819190.html
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THIS MONDAY IS MOVIE NIGHT! Free Admission . Come enjoy an evening here at the Delta Blues Museum