Delta Blues Museum
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Delta Blues Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 51 m. The nearest named place is Downtown Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 90 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, is a museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing public access to and awareness of the musical genre known as the blues. Along with holdings of significant blues-related memorabilia, the museum also exhibits and collects art portraying the blues tradition, including works by sculptor Floyd Shaman and photographer Birney Imes. The museum is located in the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Passenger Depot, also known as Illinois Central Passenger Depot or Clarksdale Passenger Depot, which was built in 1926 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
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Dates from 1979.
Wikidata Q1184855, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 51 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 90.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 7.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.7 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
57 named places within 25 miles
- Downtown Park: 0.1 mi
- Youth Inc. Park: 0.8 mi
- Nosef Park: 0.9 mi
- Dixie Youth Park: 1.0 mi
- Anderson Park: 1.0 mi
- The Crossroads: 0.7 mi
- Sonny Boy Williams Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Fort Curtis: 22.5 mi
- 2nd Baptist Church: 22.6 mi
- Merci Car: 22.6 mi
- North Delta Museum: 12.4 mi
- Elaine Legacy Center: 17.7 mi
- Emmett Till Interpretive Center: 19.7 mi
- Delta Cultural Center: 22.2 mi
- Delta Cultural Center: 22.4 mi
- Port Royal: 9.9 mi
- Wildwood: 14.3 mi
- Midway: 21.4 mi
- Trotter Landing: 23.8 mi
- Kangaroo Point: 13.5 mi
- Jackson Point: 18.6 mi
- Helena Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Thompson Flower Garden: 22.8 mi
- Father Pere Marquette Statue: 23.0 mi
- Fern Hill: 23.3 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:19 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksdale, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 95001194OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Passenger Depot, reference 95001194, listed 10/31/95.
OpenStreetMap element way/529410674
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