the national civil rights museum opened on april 1987.
when did the national civil rights museum open?
april 1987
the foundation worked with smithsonian institution curator benjamin lawless to develop a design to save historical aspects of the site. the nashville, tennessee firm mckissack and mckissack was tapped to design a modern museum on those portions of the grounds that were not directly related to the assassination.





























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the museum was dedicated on july 4, 1991, and officially opened to the public on september 28, 1991. d'army bailey was the founding president of the museum.
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the national civil rights museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in memphis, tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement in the united states from the 17th century to the present. the museum is built around the former lorraine motel which was the site of the assassination of civil rights activist martin luther king jr. on april 4, 1968. two other buildings and their adjacent property, also connected with the king assassination, have been acquired as part of the museum complex.
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