The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center is a Delta blues museum with the mission to "empower, unite and heal through music, art and education and share with the world the rich cultural heritage of the Mississippi Delta."[1] The museum is named for blues legend B.B. King, and located in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, in the United States.

Museum history and purpose

The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened in Indianola, Mississippi, on September 13, 2008. The museum features a restored brick cotton gin building where B.B. King worked in the 1940s. The museum also contains an extensive collection of artifacts owned by King and displays exhibits about his life and the lives of other musicians of the delta region and the culture where the blues arose. The museum commemorates the famous blues artist B.B King, who was from the Mississippi Delta. The museum has multiple exhibits highlighting King's Delta Blue music. Exhibits include interactive exhibits, King memorabilia, and stories. The museum seeks to help preserve Delta Blues and its culture by promoting its importance.

In 2015, shortly after his death at age 89, King was buried at the museum and center in a planned memorial garden.[2][3]

See also

• Delta Blues Museum
• List of museums in Mississippi
• List of music museums

References

Further reading

• "Delta Sources and Resources : The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center" (PDF). Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies (Winter-December ed.). Arkansas State University. 44 (3): 182–184. 2013.

External links

• Official website

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