The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange

"I really enjoyed this museum. I had no idea the depth of an impact cotton had on so many aspects of life. This museum teaches you about cotton trading, slavery, minstrel shows, blues music, etc. You also learn about how cotton fabric used to be made and how it is made now. It is a small museum, but I still spent a fair amount of time there as there was a lot to read and quite a few videos I could watch. There are two sections, one that is more catered to adults, and one about cotton today that is more kid friendly."

a month ago

"It's really interesting museum once you understand what all you're looking at. It's a small museum. I think if someone was there to explain the process of field to market, it would be very educational! I work at a cotton gin so I already understood it. We were in Memphis for the Farm & Gin Show so I took our employees. Our guys learned a few things that they didn't even know. So it was a win for us."

2 months ago

"The Cotton museum is a very informative and valuable museum. I especially liked how one room was geared to educating children about cotton and its impacts. But the truly stunning moment was walking into the great room with the large board of the cotton market. I am a fan of older buildings and architecture so there was a lot to take in there beyond just the wealth of information. From the birth of crop dusting and delta airlines, explaining the history from slavery to share cropping to segregation especially the video from the 1950s at one of the private monitors, attention to the role of comp"

2 months ago