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Delta Blues Museum

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The community college main campus and early college (formerly agricultural) high school are not in the city limits while one college building away from the main campus is in the city limits; Clarksdale is in the community college's service area (the city was in the service area of the
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in 1995. The museum then moved into the former railroad depot in 1999. The circa 1918 brick building served as the passenger rail depot of the
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owner and transported from Stovall Plantation on a tour of HoB venues before being returned to Mississippi to the museum and rebuilt inside.
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The museum houses many artifacts related to the blues, notably the shack where blues legend
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also focuses on educating young people interested in learning to play musical instruments.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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is within the Clarksdale city limits, but does not serve the City of Clarksdale
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Bounded by N. Edwards, Sharkey and Issaquena Aves., and the ICRR main track,
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Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Coahoma County, Mississippi
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In 2013, a marker was placed outside of the museum as part of the
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The museum has been visited by many notable artists such as
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There is a 2003 30-minute documentary of the same name.
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1926
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Delta Blues Museum is located in Mississippi
Delta Blues Museum is located in the United States
Clarksdale
Mississippi
34°12′3″N 90°34′15″W / 34.20083°N 90.57083°W / 34.20083; -90.57083
95001194
Clarksdale
Mississippi
blues
Floyd Shaman
National Register of Historic Places
Muddy Waters
Stovall Plantation
Isaac Tigrett
House of Blues
Mississippi Blues Trail
Eric Clapton
Paul Simon
ZZ Top
Billy Gibbons
museum

Mississippi Roads; Delta Blues Museum
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
National Register of Historic Places
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
List of music museums

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