Belz Museum cultural history Explore five centuries of civil rights history at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel , the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Discover Victorian life in Memphis at the Woodruff-Fontaine House . Learn about Memphis’ early cotton industry at the Cotton Museum . The Cotton Museum gardens Stroll 30 specialty gardens at Memphis Botanic Garden . View fine art and walk through a public garden and certified arboretum at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens , celebrating 50 years in 2026. Take a self-guided tour during Experience Memphis Gardens , held in spring. visual arts Tour 29 galleries at the original Brooks Museum of Art location in midtown before it moves to its new downtown space in late 2026. Browse fascinating sculptures at the new Metal Museum location in Overton Park. See Asian and Judaic craft at the Belz Museum and rotating exhibits at Crosstown Arts . Craft your own souvenirs at Five in One Social Club and The Art Project . Find what performing arts Inspires You From Broadway to Opera Downtown, catch Broadway musicals and concerts at the Orpheum Theatre ; intimate performances at the Halloran Centre ; and symphonies, ballets and more at The Cannon Center . Overton Square Performing Arts District is home to multiple performance venues celebrating major anniversaries this year, including Hattiloo Theatre (20th), Ballet Memphis (40th) and Opera Memphis (70th), not to mention popular playhouses like Playhouse on the Square and Circuit Playhouse. Nearby, see what's on at Crosstown Theater . In East Memphis, check out Theatre Memphis . Clockwise from top left: Julian Harper, Julian Harper, Baxter Buck, Alex Shansky Plan your getaway around performing arts memphistravel.com/performing-arts 13 Hattiloo Theatre Brooks Museum Dixon Galler y & Gardens
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