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National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel vs Slave Haven / Burkle Estate Museum
Both are endorsed by professional travelers. Overall, National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel ranks significantly better than Slave Haven / Burkle Estate Museum. National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel ranks #1 in Memphis with recommendations from 6 sources such as Fodor's, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel
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450 Mulberry St., Memphis, TN 38103
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Concierge
"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
Top Choice
"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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Slave Haven / Burkle Estate Museum
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826 N Second St, Memphis, TN 38107
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Frommer's
"Secret tunnels and trap doors evoke a period before the Civil War, when this house was a stop on the underground railroad used by runaway slaves."
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Fodor's
"The main house of this museum features displays on slave life and the Underground Railroad."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"An unimposing clapboard house, is thought to have been a way station for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad."
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Michelin Guide
0 Stars
"Thought to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad, the secretive network of abolitionists and sympathizers who helped slaves escape the Deep South."
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U.S. News & World Report
10.0
"You'll get a different perspective of Memphis history if you spend some time at the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, which draws visitors back to the pre-Civil War era."
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