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Slave Haven / Burkle Estate MuseumvsStax Museum of American Soul Music
Slave Haven / Burkle Estate Museum and Stax Museum of American Soul Music are both endorsed by expert writers. On balance, Stax Museum of American Soul Music is preferred by most professionals compared to Slave Haven / Burkle Estate Museum. Stax Museum of American Soul Music comes in at 90 with accolades from 7 reviews such as Where, Concierge and Afar Magazine.
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." Full review
Fodor's "The main house of this museum features displays on slave life and the Underground Railroad." Full review
Lonely Planet "An unimposing clapboard house, is thought to have been a way station for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad." Full review
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." Full review
U.S. News & World Report10.0
"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." Full review
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Concierge Fodor's Lonely Planet
Afar Magazine
Where Michelin Guide U.S. News & World Report Frommer's
926 E. McLemore Ave, Memphis, TN 38106
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Concierge "The STAX Museum strives to explicate, to illuminate, and to elucidate the sound this recording studio originated—"sweet soul music."
Fodor's "It's wall-to-wall music—along with a history of Stax, from its beginnings as a home base for local musicians to an international sensation." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Wanna get funky? Head directly to Soulsville USA, where this 17,000-sq-ft museum sits on the site of the old Stax recording studio." Full review
Afar Magazine "In a relatively small space, the museum gives visitors a soul music primer before letting them stroll through countless 45s, photographs, outlandish clothes, original recording equipment." Full review
Where "The 17,000-sq. ft. museum, which opened in 2002 on the four-acre site of the defunct label, houses more than 2,000 items." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"This museum stands on the site of the former studios of the record label Stax, since knocked down, where soul artists from the 1960-70s recorded." Full review
U.S. News & World Report2.0
"Sitting on the original site of the Stax Records studio, this museum commemorates the musicians who recorded in this legendary space, as well as other American soul legends." Full review
Frommer's "With more than 2,000 artifacts on display commemorating the lives and careers of such soul-music greats as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding...you'll get to listen to some of your favorite arts play " Full review
