In addition to the Brooks Museum and Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis plays host to two burgeoning visual art areas, one city-sanctioned, and the other organically formed.

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest fine art museum in the state of Tennessee.

*" The Baroque World of Fernando Botero " ( October 19-January 11, 2009 ), Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis College of Art, known before 1985 as the Memphis Academy of Arts and first established as James Lee Memorial Art Academy in the James Lee House, is a small, private college of art and design located in Memphis, Tennessee's Overton Park adjacent to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

Ashmolean Museum ( University of Oxford ), Brooks Museum of Art ( Memphis, Tennessee ), Detroit Institute of Arts, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Hermitage Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, Kunsthistorisches Museum ( Vienna ), the Liechtenstein Museum ( Vienna ), the Musée du Louvre, Musée Condé Chantilly ( Chantilly, France ), Museo Poldi Pezzoli ( Milan ), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, National Galleries of Scotland, the National Gallery of Art ( Washington D. C .), the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Canada, the National Gallery, London, the Norton Simon Museum ( Pasadena, California ), Pinacoteca Ambrosiana ( Milan ), Pinacoteca di Brera ( Milan ), Rijksmuseum, the Ringling Museum of Art ( Florida ), Studio Esseci ( Padua, Italy ), University of Arizona Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Ireland ( Portrait of a Gentleman and his two Children ) and the Uffizi ( Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Pantera ) are among the public collections holding works by Giovanni Battista Moroni.

King, Bill Doggett, Golden " Big " Wheeler, Billy Branch, Bo Diddley, Bobby " Blue " Bland, Bobby Rush, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, Calvin Jones, Carey Bell, Carl Perkins, Chicago Blues Museum All Stars, Barrelhouse Chuck, Chuck Berry, Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown, Dave Myers, Dion Payton, Dr. John, Eddie Boyd, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Vinson, Eddy Clearwater, Etta James, Fenton Robinson, Floyd Jones, Fontella Bass, Hank Ballard, Henry Townsend, Homesick James, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Jody Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnnie Taylor, John Brim, Johnny Shines, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Keith Richards, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Little Willie Littlefield, Lonnie Brooks, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red, Luther Allison, Lurrie Bell, Magic Slim, Matt Murphy, Memphis Slim, Mick Taylor, The Neville Brothers, The Ice Cream Men, Otis Rush, Pee Wee Crayton, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Robert Cray Band, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Sam Lay, Otis " Big Smokey " Smothers, Snooky Pryor, Son Seals, Lacy Gibson, Staple Singers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sugar Blue, Sunnyland Slim, Taildragger, Taj Mahal, Willie Buck, Willie Dixon, Yank Rachell, Lil ' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials, and Johnny B. Moore.

Corporations such as Target, Domino's Pizza, the Williams-Sonoma family of brands, CVS / pharmacy, Kmart, Kay Jewelers, New York & Company 7-Eleven, Inc., American Airlines, American Kiosk Management, AutoZone, Brooks Brothers, Busch Gardens, Casual Male XL, Catherines, Diane von Furstenberg, Dollar General, Easy Spirit, General Nutrition Centers, Gymboree, HSN, J. P. Morgan Chase, Marshall's, The Melting Pot, Memphis Grizzlies ( NBA ), Nine West, Rochester, Sag Harbor, Saks Fifth Avenue, SeaWorld, St. Louis Rams ( NFL ), West Elm, Westfield Shoppingtowns, and Yahoo!

* Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN

* Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee ( Paintings 27, Sculptures 2 )

* Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, 1913

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Midtown contains Overton Park which includes the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Memphis Zoo, and the Memphis College of Art.

Whitehaven is the largest neighborhood in South Memphis and is roughly bounded by Brooks Road on the north and the Mississippi state line on the south, with the Illinois Central Railroad on the west and Airways Boulevard on the east.

* Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ( Memphis, Tennessee )

The album was produced in Memphis by Jim Gaines, who also produced Luther Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Santana, and his son Ronnie Baker Brooks appeared again.

She was present at the opening of the National Civil Rights Museum in her hometown of Memphis, for which she lent some financial support.

The Memphis Rock N ' Soul Museum maintains an ever updating list available on their website.

National Civil Rights Museum | Lorraine Motel in Memphis ( 2005 )

Children's Museum of Memphis

The Children's Museum of Memphis exhibits interactive and educational activities for children to take part in, including a skyscraper maze, an airplane cockpit ( donated by FedEx ), a fire engine, an art studio, grocery store, and, most recently, a mechanic's garage sponsored by AutoZone, Inc.

Mud Island River Park and Mississippi River Museum is located on Mud Island in downtown Memphis.

The Cotton Museum is a museum that opened in March 2006 on the old trading floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange at 65 Union Avenue in downtown Memphis.

The chapel is currently visible in the gardens of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, behind a trio of colossi of Rameses II, which are also from Memphis.

They were moved inside the Museum of Memphis, and depicted the pharaoh standing in the attitude of the march, wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, Hedjet.

In 1827, Léon de Laborde brought two portraits, supposedly found in Memphis, to Europe, one of which can today be seen at the Louvre, the other in the British Museum.

Burke appeared in the concert held on April 30, 2003 to commemorate the opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, singing " Try a Little Tenderness " as a tribute to Otis Redding, Stax's biggest star, and " Mustang Sally " with its composer, Mack Rice.

In 2003, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music opened in Memphis and Sam & Dave are in the film made for the Museum, titled Soulsville, and have a permanent wall and video display.

The Stax Museum on McLemore Avenue in Memphis, founded in 2003, is a replica of the Stax studio, built on the same site where many of the historic Stax recording sessions took place.

* National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

* Memphis Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

* Design Museum Page on Memphis

* Memphis College of Art, an art school in Tennessee

Colleges and universities located in the city include the University of Memphis, Rhodes College, Memphis College of Art, LeMoyne – Owen College, Christian Brothers University, Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis Theological Seminary, Harding School of Theology, Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide ( Memphis Campus ), Reformed Theological Seminary ( satellite campus ), William R. Moore College of Technology, Southern College of Optometry, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis, Visible Music College, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

* Memphis College of Art ( Memphis )

Memphis College of Art

Formerly known as James Lee Memorial Art Academy and then the Memphis Academy of Arts, the school was housed in the James Lee / Goyer House

According to the 2006 – 2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Memphis was:

The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.

In 2008, the City of Memphis began leasing The Pyramid to Bass Pro Shops ; the facility is to become Bass Pro's largest superstore in the country with a projected grand opening by August 2013.

* Behind the Scenes in Memphis ( Orpheum Theater – June 16, 2001 ) Retrieved May 25, 2008

The Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.

The section of Interstate 40 which runs between Memphis and Nashville is often referred to as the Music Highway During reconstruction, a long section of I-40 through downtown Knoxville near the central Malfunction Junction was completely closed to traffic from May 1, 2008 and not reopened until June 12, 2009 with all traffic redirected via Interstate 640, the northern bypass route.

* Samuel Anthony Silva " In Her Own Voice: Exploring the Role of the Piano in the Deuxieme Sonate pour Violine et Piano by Germaine Taillferre ", Doctoral Dissertation, 2008 University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music

On April 22, 2008, the BBC Radio 1 Rockshow broadcast a new session of Down recordings featuring alternate versions of " NOD ", " Beneath the Tides ", and " Jail ", along with a cover of " When The Levee Breaks " ( written by Kansas Joe McCoy and his wife Memphis Minnie, and famously covered by Led Zeppelin ).

Their most recent championship came on April 7, 2008 when they defeated Memphis 75-68 in overtime to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

In a 2008 conversation with BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker, Cropper revealed that the record became an instant success when DJ Reuben Washington, at Memphis radio station WLOK, played the song four times in succession, this even before the tune or the band had an agreed-upon name.

Memphis Minnie's grave ( 2008 )

After a lengthy hiatus, Finch re-entered the music industry in 2006, producing numerous Indie artists out of his " Production Kitchen " studios in Ohio, including 2008 " Top 35 " contestants from America's Got Talent, The Memphis Rascals who, in addition to original songs, rerecorded the Casey / Finch hit, Boogie Shoes-and Hawthorn, NV band " Nevada "-who, along with Finch were included on the first round submission ballot for the 2010 Grammy Awards.

The team retained its state title the following four years, traveling to national competitions in San Antonio, TX in 2006, Honolulu, HI in 2007, Anaheim, CA in 2008, and Memphis, TN in 2009.

In 2008, Delta Air Lines bought Northwest and rebranded the Memphis operation under the Delta name.

* 2007 Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church ( Memphis: Tennessee, 2008 ).

The Memphis Album was recorded with members of the MGs including Steve Cropper, who were his band on his 2008 Australian tour.

Has happened only once, in 2008, when Kansas, North Carolina, UCLA, and Memphis all won their regionals.

* 2008 Kansas defeated Memphis

However, his previous trips to the tournament's last weekend, with Memphis ( 2008 ) and UMass ( 1996 ), have been vacated by the NCAA.

* Kansas 75, Memphis 68 / OT ( 2008 )

They were replaced by bassist Rick Allen ( born January 28, 1946, Little Rock, Arkansas ) ( from The Gentrys ) and drummer Thomas Boggs ( born July 16, 1947, Wynne, Arkansas, died May 5, 2008, Memphis, Tennessee ) ( from the Board of Directors ).