While the State of Tennessee, Shelby County, and the City of Memphis have lifted all public mask mandates, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, as a private entity, is able to set its own rules regarding masks and the safety of our guests and staff. Until further notice, masks will be REQUIRED throughout the
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Collection from internationally known collector, archivist, and historian Bob Abrahamian. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music has acquired one of the world’s most prestigious and storied collections of soul music records comprised mainly of rare records by lesser-known artists from Chicago’s culturally rich South Side community from the 1960s and 1970s. The collection is
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is now open during normal operating hours. Hours of operation are Tuesday-Sunday, 10-5, closed Mondays. Strict safety protocols remain in place, including mandatory masks for all employees and guests, acrylic shields at our front desk, social distancing signage and seating in our theater, regular cleanings daily, cashless transactions
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The Soulsville Foundation – which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School – is deeply concerned about hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans, as we are about all racially and culturally motivated hate crimes, both historically and more recently. We denounced white supremacy in all
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