B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, Blues heritage museum in Indianola, United States.
The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center occupies a long, two-story red brick building with a low-pitched grey metal roof and a flat white eave. Its upper level has a row of tall arched windows, and the ground level has small square windows with grates. A mural banner reading "B.B. King Museum" marks the right end of the facade, and a concrete walkway runs along the base.
The museum was first announced in January 2004, with a planned groundbreaking in June 2005 and a $10 million, 15,000-square-foot facility. It opened on September 13, 2008, incorporating a restored brick cotton gin building where B.B. King worked in the 1940s. In 2015, after his death at age 89, King was buried in a memorial garden at the museum.
The museum's name links B.B. King to the Delta Interpretive Center, whose exhibits cover the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement alongside the region's music. King memorabilia and interactive displays trace his life and those of other Delta musicians. In 2015 King was buried in a memorial garden on the grounds.
The museum is located in Indianola and clearly marked to help visitors find it easily. Plan to spend a few hours exploring all the exhibition spaces and displays at your own pace.
The museum incorporates a restored brick cotton gin where B.B. King worked in the 1940s, before his music career. The building ties his later fame to the manual labour of the Delta cotton economy. King died in 2015 at age 89 and was buried in a memorial garden at the museum.
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