Memphis-Area museums

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        "description": "Elvis loved cars and the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum displays some of his favorites. Millions of Elvis fans have traveled to Graceland and shared photos of what is now one of the most legendary car museums in the world. ",
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        "description": "Rising from ancient magnolia trees, the Woodruff-Fontaine House stands as a reminder of an era long gone.  This beautiful French Victorian mansion was built in 1870 along “Millionaires Row.” The mansion, home to two prominent Memphis families, was deeded to the city in 1936 and stood vacant for several years. The Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities rescued the house in 1962 and restored it to its former splendor.",
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        "description": "When you visit the Cotton Museum, you're treading on the legendary floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange where cotton traders once stood at the center of the global cotton economy. Once, only the elite members of the Cotton Exchange were allowed to enter. Today, this historic space is open to the public and is devoted to sharing the story of cotton – the crop that created empires, transformed American culture and changed the history of a nation and the world.",
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        "description": "Start your museum tour in the true birthplace of soul music – a modest country church. Just as Stax’s music found its roots in the sounds of Southern gospel music, the museum opens in a real, circa-1906 Mississippi Delta church that has been carefully reassembled inside of our building.",
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        "description": "Originally the private collection of local entrepreneur, Jack A. Belz, and his wife, Marilyn, most pieces on display were donated by them to the foundation that runs the museum. The Belz Museum has 5 permanent exhibit galleries: 3 Asian, 1 Judaic, and the Holocaust Memorial Gallery. Special exhibits are brought in semi-annually.",
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        "description": "This small, white clapboard cottage was built in the 1830s and was home to Irish immigrant, Eugene Magevney. Typical of pre-Civil War, middle-class homes, it is furnished as it might have been in 1850 and features several personal possessions of the Magevney family, including a desk bureau and other antiquities.The house is one of the city's oldest remaining residences.",
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        "description": "For years, Memphis has been fortunate to have an active model railroad and railfan community. A few years ago, some members of the local chapter of the NMRA were approached by officials of the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) with the idea of establishing a museum to spotlight Memphis’ rail history, including the street railway system.",
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        "description": "WC Handy is considered to be the \"Father of the Blues\" and is one of America's most influential songwriters ever.  Take a tour of WC Handy's humble beginnings at his turn-of-the-century home on Beale Street.",
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        "description": "The cozy Withers Collection Museum & Gallery, located in Wither’s former studio space, offers visitors a snapshot into six decades of American history captured through the lens of renowned photographer Dr. Ernest C. Withers. You may not recognize the name off hand, but you’ve undoubtedly seen his work displayed at the Library of Congress and incorporated into the permanent collection at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.  ",
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        "description": "The Mallory–Neely House is a historic residence on 652 Adams Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is located in the Victorian Village district of Memphis. It has been identified as one of numerous contributing properties in the historic district. ",
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        "description": "Learning center with history & science attractions including an attached IMAX theater & planetarium.",
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        "description": "Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee.",
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        "description": "Graceland is a mansion on a 13.8-acre estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, once owned by the singer and actor Elvis Presley.",
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        "description": "The National Ornamental Metal Museum, also called the Metal Museum, is a museum in Memphis, Tennessee devoted to exhibitions of metalwork and public programs featuring metalsmiths. ",
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        "description": " The Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum's exhibition about the birth of rock and soul music, created by the Smithsonian Institution, tells the story of musical pioneers. ",
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