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Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, Memphis, TN

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Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium

A Memphis museum covering local and natural history, with a planetarium, a giant screen theater, and a historic mansion tour.

Memphis, TN

About Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium

The Pink Palace is a local and natural history museum in Memphis that combines galleries on subjects from archeology to chemistry with a planetarium and a large theater. Visitors can also take a tour of the former mansion of a millionaire, which later became a museum. It is one of several attractions run by Memphis Museums of Science and History.

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  • #local history
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  • #giant screen theater
  • #historic mansion

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