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Memphis Zoo vs National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel
Both Memphis Zoo and National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel are rated highly by experts. Overall, National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel is preferred by most reviewers compared to Memphis Zoo. National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel ranks #1 in Memphis with accolades from 9 sources like Atlas Obscura, Michelin Guide and Afar Magazine.
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2000 Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN 38112
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Lonely Planet
"Hosts two giant panda stars, Ya Ya and Le Le, in a $16-million exhibit on native Chinese wildlife and habitat."
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Fodor's
"Overton Park houses the popular 70-acre Memphis Zoo, which includes a 9-acre Cat Country and Primate Canyon."
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Don't miss giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le. The Northwest Passage features polar bears, seals, and sea lions.
Afar Magazine
"As one of the top-rated zoos in the USA, the Memphis Zoo is only one of a few zoos that exhibit Giant Pandas."
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"More than 400 species of animals from all over the world live in natural habitats."
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8.0
"The Memphis Zoo's entry leads to a primate habitat, bear and wolf enclosures in the Teton Trek, a nocturnal animal exhibit, a vast big cat area and the Zambezi River Hippo Camp, among other exhibits."
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National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel
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450 Mulberry St., Memphis, TN 38103
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"The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination... the first museum to trace America's civil rights movement opened its doors at the tragically historic site."
Fodor's
"An outstanding facility that documents the civil rights movement through exhibits and clever audiovisual displays."
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Lonely Planet
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"Housed in the Lorraine Motel, where the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr was fatally shot on April 4, 1968, is the gut-wrenching National Civil Rights Museum."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Today the former hotel is a 10,000sq ft memorial depicting key events of the US civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s."
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Afar Magazine
"The National Civil Rights Museum symbolizes one of the darkest moments in the history of Memphis while serving as one of its great tourism points of pride."
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