Stax Museum of American Soul Music
8 expert reviews
“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.”
– Lonely Planet
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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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