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Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #21 of 118 attractions in Memphis
Traveler Description: History museum detailing the Mississippi River history, located in Mud Park.
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Attraction type: Specialty museum, History museum
Address: 125 North Front Street Memphis, TN 38103
Tel: 800-507-6507, 901-576-7241
Fax: 901-576-6666

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4 of 5 stars
ThoompsonMS 3 contributions
Thornton, CO
Apr 13, 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

In a city with tours of Graceland, Sun Studios, the Stax Museum, and the National Civil Rights Museum, I had rather low expections of Mud Island and the Mississippi River Museum in particular. First, the price was very reasonable. I think I paid $8 for a round-trip monorail ride and entrance into the museum. With admission to the museum, you... more

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4 of 5 stars
Eyepye-7 30 contributions
England
Jul 6, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

We started with the monorail ride across the harbor to Mud Island and then went into the Mississippi River Museum which we thought was very good indeed, one of the best we've visited, barges, riverboats, traders, farmers, gamblers, entertainers, slaves, Indians and settlers. We could have spent hours in such interesting air-conditioned comfort. The scale model representing every mile of... more

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5 of 5 stars
TouringWithEdRuth 5 contributions
Pennsylvania
Apr 27, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

It’s been done before … but not quite like this. We’ve all seen scale-models. Cars, trains, airplanes, boats. But his ‘miniature’ is five city blocks long … In conjunction with the adjoining museum, it tells a large part of the story of our nation. We were there in July, 2005. Almost didn’t go. Too hot. Too humid. Oh, well, we... more

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4 of 5 stars
Vacationer12345 1 contribution
America
Mar 31, 2005
1/1 found this review helpful

The 5-block long scale model of the lowe Mississippi was great! They sold little boats in the gift shop which the kids launched at the beginning and watched as they wound their way all the way down to "Louisiana." Highly recommended. more

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1 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Wiltshire, England
Dec 30, 2003
1/4 found this review helpful

We didn't rate it at all, the admission fee was cheap but that was the only good thing about the park. The "diner" was terrible there all that was on offer was a barely edible sub, and very weak coffee. The Missippi river was walk was OK but nothing to write home about. The museum was about the best attraction... more

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Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island Address

125 North Front Street, Memphis, TN 38103
Tel: 800-507-6507, 901-576-7241 Fax: 901-576-6666