 W.C. Handy House Museum - Reviews from across the web
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Don't miss this one! - user review
I have toured many old plantation homes and another underground railroad home, but none gave the information packed inside this humble home. It shows how some people were willing to risk...
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W. C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum - expert review
The W. C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum recalls the influential blues musician through a variety of memorabilia. COST: $2. Closed Sun.-Mon. Address: 352 Beale St., Memphis, TN, USA ...
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Thought Provoking - user review
Erica the tour guide was full of information. She gave a full history about slavery and my jaw dropped as she was telling the stories. It is not America's finest hour but still a part of ...
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Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum/Burkle Estate Museum | Museum/Attraction Review | Memphis | Frommers.com - expert review
Secret tunnels and trap doors evoke a period before the Civil War when this house was a stop on the underground railroad used by runaway slaves in their quest for freedom. The house is filled with 19th-century furnishings and has displays...
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Insightful - user review
The first review on this list is ridiculous! The guide explains clearly that the underground means secret and railroad refers to the river just 2 blocks away. It was a very humbling exper...
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Could listen to him talk all day - user review
I have never left a review before, but felt that this museum needed the support. The estate was very eye opening, and the tour guide ( I wish I could remember his name) spoke with such...
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If you are into black history this is a must visit. - user review
Group visits gives this tour its sparkle. I went with a grop many years ago. We sang old negro sprituals and learned alot about our culture. This was before alot of the stuff there...
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It changed my perspective on life - user review
I coordinated a trip for my school and took pre-teen age children and their parents. Needless to say I witnessed my students and their parents crying while at this museum. They we...
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An amazing experience!!! - user review
I went with a group as part of a heritage tour and when you see the house from the outside, it looks like any old house, but when you get inside... There is a re-enactment of Harriet...
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W.C. Handy's Father of the BLUES - user review
A MUST FOR MUSIC FANS. W.C. Handys Father of the Blues lived in this small home that was moved to this Beal Street location. Two rooms with lots of history. The lady that ru...
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House is a fraud - user review
Um, everyone realises that the underground railroad wasn't actually a railroad, right? This place is an absolute fraud. Pure, unadulturated crap. Only worth going to see the all-to-earne...
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I must visit! Dont leave Memphis without stopping here. - user review
I toured the home about 8 years ago. I must say it was very impressionable. The house is very small and old but it gives a true experience of what it was like and where the term 'unde...
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Absolutely necessary. - user review
I took my daughter, 17, for a tour. She is a history buff and we are from Denver, CO. The tour is given in a simple, straight-forward presentation. The most benefit is gained when you op...
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W.C. Handy House Museum | Museum/Attraction Review | Memphis | Frommers.com - expert review
A far cry from the opulence of Graceland, this tiny clapboard shotgun shack was once the Memphis home of the bluesman W. C. Handy -- the father of the blues -- and was where he was living when he wrote Beale S...
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Extraordinary experience - user review
I recently visited this museum, along with the children from my church, and I enjoyed my visit tremendously. The museum was very well organized and helpful in learning about som...
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Don't miss - user review
This was a great surprise. It is a small house used as part of the underground railroad. They have collected a lot of period information. Tour guide takes you through the house. The guide was...
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Buyer Beware - user review
The Slavehaven was absolutely terrible. Some of the artifacts were questionable at best. The tour guide rushed my group through and did not seem to have anymore than a sketchy w...
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