Memphis Rock n Soul Museum

What I liked most about this museum was how they immersed you in it. Upon entry to the museum you are given a headset that allows you to interact with every single exhibit. As the headset says, you do not have to follow any type of plan here. You can, if you wish do this by numeric order, or you can do like I did, and jump around at your pace. This way you aren't attempting to see the same thing as another person if you don't want to.There are some spots in here that will allow you to have a photo op and you are probably better suited to d that if you visit with a friend of family member. The video that starts you out is interesting and then you are set free inside. You go through time with this museum from when music was for story telling of the family to how major a role it has played overall. This museum touches on several topics throughout time that are hard hitting topics and how music either shaped or was shaped by it all.They also touch on notable musicians along the way. Remember to tap into the headsets, they can offer more information than what is presented in front of you. One unique thing in this museum, the jukeboxes. They were a nice little surprise in it all. As you progress the jukeboxes get newer and newer, depicting the era you are in. But the interactive part of this is that each jukebox has a selection of music from the era it represents. You can select a song to jam out to if you so feel inclined. Before long, you find yourself at the end of the museum. Where you can hand over your headset for cleaning and filter into the gift shop.

Quality/Quantity - Lots of history.Maybe I am just comparing this to all the many other GREAT museums... See other reviews. This visit was not bad, but does not compare with the other venues.Atmosphere - Missing many of my pictures... Sorry.I like the complimentary phone charging station, see picture.So I can keep my phone charged for my Yelp reviews, lol.Open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm. Service - Good.Price - $14 adult, they have many discounts available, see website.Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 2000.

Great museum with a lot of information. Ticket prices are not bad either. It's starts out with a short movie and then you are handed some headphones and walk around. As you walk through the different areas you put the corresponding number in and it tells you about what you are looking at. There are several areas where you can play different sound tracks of music. Overall I thought it was well worth the time and money for the visit. We spent a little over an hour during our time there.

Of all the museums in Memphis, this is one of the best. It covers the music history of Memphis in a fun, interactive way. When you arrive, you receive headphones that guide you on an audio tour throughout the museum. There are many things to look at and interact with throughout the museum. I also appreciate how they incorporate other elements of Memphis history, like the civil rights movement. For easy access, I recommend reserving a parking spot in a parking garage near Beale St. and then walking over. After you visit the museum, you can walk straight to Beale St and enjoy live Memphis music!

Great tour! Learned a lot about Memphis and rock n roll. Highly recommend. Be warned it's small.

If you are looking for something to do in Memphis and you find yourself walking around Beale Street, The Memphis Rock 'n Soul Museum is definitely one of my favorite places to go. It is a self-guided tour with headphones & a number coordinated remote control that you get to decide yourself which exhibit to learn about. The lady at the front of the museum was very helpful in getting us to understand the way it worked. The audio tour was very informative & also had retro-style music playing most of the time which was nice. While walking through the building you could definitely see some stand out exhibits like Elvis branded memorabilia/Souvenirs, Real Autographed items by Celebrities, and Important Historical elements. The bathrooms are at the very end of the museum where the gift shop is which is my only gripe but all in all it was a very nice museum to visit. They intrigued me with their own branded biscuit mixes in their gift shop on the way out!

Nice little museum right in downtown Memphis on the corner of Union and Beale Street. This is where the mixing of musical genres gave birth to rock and roll... it was interesting and informative. Check it out when you find yourself in Memphis.

There are several museums that are fairly similar or overlap in content matter and style. The Rock n Soul Museum and Stax are similar, but just different enough that both are worth your time.While Stax (reviewed separately) is very in-depth about the Stax music company and its history/stars, Rock n' Soul is a little more general.Like most museums, it starts with Africa and chattel slavery as a basis of hymns and the blues. It then transitions to early pioneers, such as Robert Johnson. Then the rest of the fairly short visit peppers in small flakes of Elvis, Isaac Hayes (a Stax artist), some blues artists (many of which were featured at the Blues Hall of Fame, another museum I'll review). I think the main sell here is the audio tour, rather than just reading and viewing the exhibits. I didn't take the audio tour, but I saw several people doing so, and many were dancing and singing along.This museum looks huge from the outside, but is fairly succinct and small, but the content is good. Depending on how much you want to absorb, 1-2 hours is probably adequate. Visually appealing, nice staff. I parked at the Hyatt garage for 10 dollars.Worth a stop, and again I recommend both this museum and the Stax museum, and even the tiny Blues Hall of Fame, but if I had to choose, I would go with Stax (reviewed separately).

An Invaluable Treasure The Memphis Rock n Soul Museum provides comprehensive look at the origins of most American music of the last 80 years. Not only does the museum set forth the history of southern society after the Civil War, it sets forth the cultural influences that whites and blacks had on each other and provides insights into the daily life of the people. The museum contains an exhibit showing that, before the TVA, people could enjoy electricity only through machines that could be charged through turning a crank to generate the needed electricity or using a battery. Most companies provided only one battery a year, which, under normal use was consumed within the first 90 days. The museum shows how white country music and black gospel music and those who performed the music interacted, both before and after World War II. It presents the story of Sun Records, Stax Studio and many other creative incubators and how they developed emerging talent. There apparently was more interaction between white and black singers and musicians than the public knew. I can only assume that commercial pressure to respond to cultural imperatives dictated the small degree to which the public was allowed to see this. I also went to Sun Records and Stax Studio. They are both great and are worth your time, as are the B.B. King venues. But this museum ties it all together. It can be done well in 90 minutes, and be a good investment of time.

Nice staffInteresting place to goA lot of music history , we enjoyed itWe would have stayed longer but it was very cold in there Otherwise it was very nice