Great little museum that has some really fantastic artifacts and displays. Expect to learn a lot about the genesis of popular music in the south. Of course the focus is on those pioneers that helped forge the Memphis music scene from the earliest days.Staff was friendly and knowledgeable. Audio tour is so extensive that you could listen for eight hours and still not get through it all.Pandemic protocols in place. Affordable. Have fun!

We went August 9 2020 so there werent many people there, actually none but my fiance and I. The guy there was very helpful. He even gave us a few suggestions on restaurants to visit while we were there. Great place.

Really small museum, not much to see. Audio guide is good, give you main info, and songs. Stuff was very friendly.

See this place! Fun tour, great pics, artifacts (especially clothes from bygone era).Staff ever so friendly, informative, engaging.Its a good time!(Shout out to Toni Bell, sales mgr. Rock !)

Great place. We spent hours reading the texts and listening to the included audio recordings, songs, etc. You can easily spend the whole morning or afternoon here.

Good museum but it was a little challenging to listen to the headset and read all the information. It became info overload by the time I got to the 1960s era. And they have all these cool jukebox songs all over but with the audio guide and the things to read it was hard to capture it all.

This is a wonderful place. There is a lot of great information, pictures and heritage here. Good music. My son loved it.

Great history. Great how Memphis studios Stax records was integrated from top to bottom. Sun records had great young stars. The importance is blues from Memphis TN gave birth to the 1st British rockers like the Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles.

Great wee museum.Would recommend a visit here when in Memphis.

Was a great time. The museum has little iPod devices that you wear with headphones that give you a tour of the exhibits which made the museum experience exceptional

It teaches you about the beginning of Rock n Roll and Soul music. From humble beginning of share croppers getting together on the weekends all the way through to modern times. You can easily spend an afternoon enjoying the music variety. Once you complete your visit, it is 1 block from Beale St to top off your evening with live music.

Very nice I took the kids during the 901 passport and we had a good time.

A lot of information about the evolution of music in Memphis. Enjoyed the self guided tour and liked that the audio was included on the price.

If you are visiting Memphis to enjoy Beal street, then the museum is a must see. The audio tour and well curated displays take you through the history of blues, soul and rock and roll. My personal favorite is BB Kong’s signed Lucile.For the low admission price it’s well worth the hour or two to enjoy the museum.

Fabulous start to our music portion of the day. Loved learning about the history surrounding the music of Memphis as well as the area having the first all black radio station and the first all female station. The interactive hand held devices let you go at your own pace and pick which sections you want to learn about. We especially enjoyed the option to listen to many music selections from different eras. My man heard the original Hound Dog for the first time ever!

Beautiful museum full of story, The museum’s digital audio tour guide is packed with over 300 minutes of information, including over 100 songs. It takes visitors at their own pace through seven galleries featuring 3 audio visual programs, more than 30 instruments, 40 costumes, and other musical treasures.At the gift shop you can get some souvenirs as well.

Awesome experience, cant say enough good things about this place! A headset allows you to listen at your own pace to the many exhibits. Several jukebox exhibits which also allow you to listen to many songs. We spent two hours here and had no idea that much time passed. So much interesting musical history about the birth of rock and soul music. Definitely take advantage of the free shuttle to Sun Studios. We didnt even plan on going there, but it was another great experience.

Love this place and the enthusiasm of their staff. My two sons (10 & 16) loved it as much as me and my husband. So much history and great exhibits.

Awesome place. The employees are amazingly kind and the exhibits were very unique. Definitely worth the price.

This is a nice place to learn and jam to sweet tunes in your personal headphones.

Good exhibits. Enjoyed my visit. Reasonable fee.

Learned a lot about rock and soul history here! It was interesting to hear about the roots of the genres, listen to some old songs, and look at artifacts from that time in history. Would recommend to any fans of either genre.

Nice museum. They give you a headset and little audio device for a self guided tour. Interesting information. If you want to listen to all the information on the audio guide, you may spend a couple hours here. I just picked random things to listen to, so it did not take me that long to go through it. I did go here with my husband and 11 month old baby. I would recommend that they put a baby changing station in the bathroom. Other than that, everything was great!

Interesting museum, lots of Elvis belongings, audio tour for every section. Worth visiting if you are interested in music as much as I am)

It is a self guided tour with a headset and player they you program... Some great memorabilia.. I was disappointed

Fun learning experience from depression thru 70s for country, blues, gospel evolution and blending.

Fun regional music history, discount prices for military. Movie is not closed captioned, if you ask they will give you a transcript for the audio tour.**from my perspective some of the history shared was accurate but white-washed.

A really awesome interactive museum!! We had such a great time. You can go at your own speed through it, and you are not rushed. Its really interesting to learn the history of Rock n Soul.

Great place to visit while in Memphis. So much music history in this museum. Was a great trip down memory lane.

If you love the history behind the music, then this is the place for you! Some exhibits are fairly permanent fixtures and some are changing due to loan agreements with the owners of the memorabilia. Its quite the experience and something you have to go slow through to really appreciate!

Great museum detailing the history of rock & soul music. The displays are well laid out and thought through, and the overall style and aesthetic of each room really adds to the experience. I particularly liked the jukebox options that allow you to listen to your choice of music through individual headsets as you make your way around the museum.

Interesting tour of the famous Sun Studio. Tour guide was knowledgeable and very good presentation. Good vibes standing where so many greats recorded.

Great place with great music! Take the time to listen to the history in the audio player that is provided.

Great place to learn about the music of Memphis. First time here and really enjoyed it. Highly recommend.

Loved It! Can tour at your own leisure and take your time! Highly recommend.

The tour was audio an you had your own headset you control the tour with a remote I will be back

Good time! Liked interactive nature of exhibits. Fair price.

This has to be one of the best museums in the United States. Truly incredible and immersive experience. After watching a brief film, the staff gives you headphones and a device to listen to carrots oral histories and songs. The curration of the collection was extremely well.tgoight out and organized. Top caliber. Our five and seven year old daughters had a ball listening to the old tunes, sharing the songs with one another.Rock n Soul is a fun museum and you learn so much. People were dancing and bopping along to their music as they walked through the museum. Old people and young people--everyone was dancing a bit.Excellent friendly staff.Rock n Soul is an almost magical place.

By far the best museum on this road trip. Dedicated to the history of music of Memphis from early blues of sharecropper farmers to soul and rocknroll of the 70s.Youre given a headset to listen to the interactive displays and hear interviews with famous musicians, but youre also allowed to create a playlist of the music to listen to while you peruse. Little kids to grandparents rocking out to their own private selection. Top notch.9

This museum is chock full of outstanding information. It took us 2.5 hours to go through and read/listen to everything, and we learned a whole lot along the way. This stop combines well with Sun Studios since that is a much shorter guided tour (and theres a free shuttle back and forth).

A must visit place if u play music and call yourself a true player....at least the historical part of it! Blues man....!

This is a really cool experience, its different from any other museum that Ive been to because you get to listen to the history and music through a headset.

Awesome experience! If you want to hear the audio for the entire tour, you better get there early! But it’s full of so much history and I learned a lot.

Excellent place to go. Very well organized. Video at the beginning and tour with Walkman. On your own speed and sequence. Great history lesson and full songs to listen if you choose to. Starting with a very-well-done video, the museum did a great job of explaining the various types of music and musicians that came together to create the music this area is known for. It was fun to be able to play the juke boxes throughout the museum as we reviewed different eras and styles of music. All in all, very well done and worth a visit.

Very cool look into the history of country, gospel, soul, and rock music...and how they inspire each other and crossover. Some great memorabilia on display-Johnny Cash, Elvis, Ike Turner, Isaac Hayes, etc. After a short film, you receive a headset to listen as you move through the museum. I learned about several artists I had never heard of who I plan to look into some more.

Great tour and a large amount of informative artifacts exceptional exhibit do see if in Memphis!!!!!

Great little tour of Memphis Blues Origins. Take your time.

Great audio guide, self pacedVery interesting!

This place was the most fun!! You were given head phones to listen to songs throughout the museum. Our tour group was singing and dancing to the great songs from the past. This tour was one of the best & most fun!

Great history of the blues and the birth of Rock and roll. Self guided audio tour let you wander at your own speed. Well maintained

Fun place to go good audio tours lots to see

Not bad. I went with my 3.5 year old son who loves music. Its pretty small and short unless you really take your time with the recordings at each display. We were out in an hour. We enjoyed it. Not sure its a top stop in Memphis unless youre a big fan of Memphis music history

A must see. So interesting and with lots of authentic articles.

Great audio self tour. Good content. Keeps you entertained from beginning to the end.

This ticket was part of our Backstage Pass which included Sun Studios, Stax Museum and of course Graceland. The tour starts with a short video and then you put on a headset and make your way around the museum at your own pace. The audio set takes you through a musical history of Memphis starting in the 1930s and traces its way right up to present day. The headset lets you listen to dozens of tracks from various artists. The museum has a small gift shop with reasonably priced items. The only problem we had was the ticket we bought included a round trip shuttle to Graceland but unfortunately it was in for repairs and no replacement was offered.

Saw how this is an affiliate of the Smithsonian so already had high expectations! Provides wonderful context to the artists that played their role and made music what it is today. Its mostly a self guided tour via an audio guide headset. They also include options to listen to songs so you can spend hours there! Opted to take a pic of the songs list to explore later though. Kind lady in the gift shop mentioned a group had once spent 7 hours there! Highly recommend if youre looking to learn, experience and expose yourself to its history, culture and revolution!

Put together very well. Very cheap price for what you get.

Awesome experience.

Price was different than I saw before arriving, $12 each. No educator discounts. EDIT: To my surprise, the museum, John Doyle, replied quickly to my original 4 start review. He was apologetic and insisted on making up for the small difference in pricing. These t-shirts were waiting at the post office when we returned. He definitely went above and beyond. Im so thankful to have memorabilia from such a wonderful attraction.

Great history here, you can spend a lot of time listening to the music and words of the great ones

Pretty easy self guided tour that you can take your time to learn some music stuff

Not a big fan of reading tons of information so the audio tour was perfect for me. Lots of music and first person accounts made it easy to digest and learn.

This ticket was part of our Backstage Pass which included Sun Studios, Stax Museum and of course Graceland. The tour starts with a short video and then you put on a headset and make your way around the museum at your own pace. The audio set takes you through a musical history of Memphis starting in the 1930s and traces its way right up to present day. The headset lets you listen to dozens of tracks from various artists. The museum has a small gift shop with reasonably priced items. The only problem we had was the ticket we bought included a round trip shuttle to Graceland but unfortunately it was in for repairs and no replacement was offered.

Spend time. The jukeboxes are fabulous, and the whole museum is very cool.

Very informative museum. The intro film was a good start and all the music throughout the museum a nice touch. Sometimes the audio guide was a bit long for the amount of artifact you have to look, but its a minor issue. Go see it.

Good old Memphis and the memories. I was stationed in Blytheville Arkansas the last time i visited here. I loved it.

If you like rock and roll a must have a look

See this one before you visit Stax or Sun. Its a quick overview of Blues to early Rock to Soul. Well curated with a timeline that runs from the roots of blues music, through the country music Branch to 50s and some 60s rock and roll before touching on soul. It is a history museum that centers around Memphis and Memphis music, not a hall of fame for classic rock.Headsets are provided with the entry ticket. There is a master play list that can be accessed with complete original versions of songs. Its interesting how many famous artists covered so many of these songs. There is a small area at then end which focus on Elviss movie posters and fortunately its small.

Its a guided audio tour and a huge amount of exhibits in an easily walkable amount of space.

This museum is OUTSTANDING (!)Allow 2-4 hours to truly soak up the wonderful stories about Beale St, Stax records, the radio stations, the vibrant black culture of the past 100 years, the early golden years of rock n roll and moreBeautiful and poignant at same timeYou can take a break and comeback later in day ... they lock the doors at 6pm but you can stay and enjoy until 7pm

Good place to take family. I did enjoy it very much.

This museum is setup for a great experience. From the short movie to all of the history of rock n soul music. Its great

Loved this museum! Its fun and informative on historical events. It teaches you how music in the bible belt areas helped unite colored and white people.

Each and everytime I attend this place I learn something new .A great place to visit

Interesting trip through the birth of rock and soul music. South of Motown, there was Memphis blues music. Well worth the $13 admission price. Takes about an hour, lots of audio, really enjoyed the time!

Great experience! So much interesting musical history!

Great museum. We stopped here after having a nice meal on Beale street. There were not many people which was nice so we were able to enjoy most of the exhibits. Being a wrestling fan I loved the Sputnik Monroe area. We will definitely be returning on our next vacation

Very cool place to go. Check it out

Fantastic exhibits where you can listen to music as you go! I danced through the majority of the museum!!!

A really nice museum. Not a large museum but packed with information and displays that tell the story.

A great experience!

The past is brought back to life the journey of the Memphis sound is told in audio and visual effects. Its worth the trip and exposure to what was going on in the south at that time.

Such a fun time and what a great way to spend a rainy afternoon. The history was incredible. Maybe not a place for little kids but tweens and up would really enjoy this, especially if they have a love for music.

Very nice tour lots of information lots of things from past years

The audio guides were very helpful and the museum has quite a few memorabilia, but the person who issued my ticket wasnt especially friendly. Also there wasnt much interactivity, it was basically just a while lit of reading and listening. The items on display were pretty attractive and well organised. They have a lot of scope to make this museum are far more enjoyable experience

Enjoyed taking Friends to Memphis Rock n Soul, Fun!!! Great Music History!! and Displays!! Will Come Back Again !!!!

Great peice of history

Loved my visit. Very informative

Wonderful and entertaining history and exhibits showing how Memphis influenced the beginning of Blues and Rock and Roll.

Wow...loaded with musical photos and items.Great place to visit.

If you are in Memphis Beale Street its a must-visit museum love the setup of this Museum self-guided tour

Provides a great history of the music and musicians of Memphis. Well worth the price of admission.

Enjoyed this more I thought i would. Well worth that admission

So much great information! I spent nearly three hours trying to soak up as much information as I possibly could. The audio tour is nice because it gives you the option to pick and choose what you’d like to learn about. The headsets even offer the ability to listen to many full-length songs!

Great museum

A lot I did not know about rock and soul History

Amazing history of the development of Rock music and soul music in Memphis.

An excellent interactive museum. R&B heaven

Must see attraction for any music lover! Many interesting historic items to see and listen to. Its audio guided so thats a plus for the visually impaired. Simply amazing.

Well worth a good hour. Great to explore some (to me) unknown artists