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The Pink Palace Museum,
the Crew Training International IMAX® Theater and
the Sharpe Planetarium.
3050 Central Ave.
Memphis, TN 38111-3399
(901)320-6320
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Handicapped accessible.
Museums Hours
Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 12pm-5pm
Call 901-320-6320 for information.
Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve,
Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
$8.25-ADULT
$7.75-SENIOR
$5.75-CHILD (3-12)
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Take Sam Cooper Blvd to Highland Street exit. Go left (south) on Highland 1.7 miles, through three lights. At the fourth light (Central) turn right (west). Go 0.8 miles west and the Pink Palace is on the right.
I-40 coming east: Take Hernando-Desoto Bridge to Front Street exit. Make a right on Front Street then at the first light turn left on Poplar (east). Go 5.5 miles to Lafayette. Turn right (south) and go three blocks to Central, turn right and right again into the gates of the Pink Palace.
I-55 coming north: take I-240 North to Union Ave. exit east. Go 2.2 miles to E Parkway S, turn right (south). Go .5 Miles to Central turn left (east) 1.4 miles. Go through two lights. The Pink Palace is on the left.
I-55 from Ark.: Take Crump Blvd to Lamar. Lamar to Central, turn left on Central. Go 3.2 miles east on Central. The Pink Palace is on the left about a half block after the second light (Goodwyn).
Hwy 51 going south: Follow 51 (also called Thomas Street, or Danny Thomas) several miles into the city. Turn left on Poplar (east). Go 4.9 miles to Lafayette. Turn right (south) and go three blocks to Central, turn right and right again into the gates of the Pink Palace.
Hwy 51 going north: (also called Elvis Presley Blvd and then Bellevue after South Parkway)Take Bellevue to Union Ave. Turn right (east). Go 2.5 miles to Hollywood, turn right (south). Next light (Central) turn left (east). Go through two lights. The Pink Palace is on the left about a half block after the second light (Goodwyn).
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| Pink Palace Museum Exhibits:
Treasure!
May 24 - September 7, 2008 (Bodine Exhibit Hall)
Learn all about treasure: Underwater Treasure, Buried Treasure, Gold Rushes, Treasures in the Attic, Treasure in Popular Culture, The Modern Treasure Hunt, and Protecting Treasure. Hands-on activities allow the visitor to try tools of treasure hunting and investigate treasures. Special exhibit features include artifacts from actual treasure sites, including $500,000 in gold and silver from shipwrecks. Visitors can go on a treasure hunt in the exhibit and may open a special treasure chest if they find all of the clues. Sponsored by First Tennessee Foundation and ACH Foods.
Celebrating 100 Years of Service: The Alpha Kappa Alpha Story
Now through July 6, 2008 (Museum Mezzanine)
In 1908, sixteen young women at Howard University courageously began the journey that has culminated in one of the most influential social service organizations in the country. Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation’s first African American sorority, commemorates its centennial in 2008. Witness 100 years of service tradition and success that has changed the world.
In Spite of Race, The Robert R. Church Family of Memphis
January 12 – June 15, 2008 (Connections Exhibit Space)
Highlights the lives of many members of this extraordinary family, from Robert R. Church, Sr., Memphis’ first black millionaire, to his granddaughter Roberta Church, an influential member of the Eisenhower administration.
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Three years ago, we announced the closing of the Sharpe Planetarium, due to cuts in funding. For these last few years, the Planetarium has only been open for Saturday shows. The City of Memphis has now restored the funding. We are thrilled to announce that April 1, 2008, we will reopen the Sharpe Planetarium for weekday educational programming in addition to Saturday shows. Dick and Peggy Bodine, generous supporters of the Pink Palace Museum, provide funding for the Bodine Series of Planetarium School Programs.
Along with the reopening, comes a new face. David Maness is the new Planetarium Supervisor. Maness comes to Memphis from Newport News, Virginia, where he was most recently Director of Astronomy at the Virginia Living Museum. As Planetarium Supervisor, Maness will be responsible for all areas of management for the Sharpe Planetarium operation, including producing new programs. Maness will also be responsible for taking the Sharpe Planetarium to its next stage of development -- full-dome digital video projection.
Historic Properties:
Mallory-Neely House and Magevney House
Currently, the Mallory-Neely and Magevney Houses in Victorian Village are closed. They are scheduled to reopen to the public in 2008.
Lichterman Nature Center:
5992 Quince Road, Memphis, (901) 767-7322, x 121 Tues-Thurs 9am-4pm & Fri-Sat 9am-5pm, closed Sun & Mon
Friends of the Pink Palace
Victorian Tea Party
11am, Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Friends of the Pink Palace are hosting a Victorian Tea Party with refreshing tea, cakes and light sandwiches. There will also be a fabulous silent auction with items personally selected by Pink Palace Crafts Fair artisans! Plus the Friends of the Pink Palace will be there to welcome you and answer any questions you may have about the Crafts Fair, the Friends and the Pink Palace! Take a break from your weekday work, put on your hat and come for tea at the Pink Palace. The cost is just $20 per person. You’ll find fun, food and shopping, all while you make a few new Friends!
The Friends of the Pink Palace Victorian Tea Party and Silent Auction is in the Ballroom of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum. For more information, please call the Friends of the Pink Palace at 901-320-6408.
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Pink Palace Museum: The Pink Palace Museum is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the Southeast. You can walk through a replica of the first self-service grocery store in the country, Clarence Saunders' Piggly Wiggly. Explore the cultural and natural history of the Mid-South through exciting exhibits, dioramas and audio-visuals. Trace Memphis' development from the time of Spanish explorers through the Civil War and the yellow fever epidemics. Learn from the award-winning medical exhibit how health care grew to be Memphis' largest industry.
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