Museums
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
No admission feeFree art museum with rotating exhibitions, a permanent collection, and seasonal gardens in East Memphis.
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Sports & Outdoors
Shelby Farms Park
A large public park in Memphis run by a nonprofit conservancy, offering trails, playgrounds, water activities, bike rentals, and event spaces.
6903 Great View Drive North, Memphis, TN 38134 · Memphis, TN
About Shelby Farms Park
Shelby Farms Park is a roughly 4,500-acre green space in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County owns the land, and the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy has managed daily operations and long-range planning since 2007 through a public-private partnership. Visitors can walk or bike on more than ten miles of urban trail, use the Shelby Farms Greenline, let children play at the Woodland Discovery Playground (currently closed) and a sprayground, fish, paddle or rent boats on the water, play disc golf, and ride horses through park trails. The park also hosts seasonal events such as Starry Nights, and it has pavilions, a visitor center, and meeting rooms that can be rented. The conservancy describes itself as a nonprofit that relies heavily on private donations.
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Art Museum of the University of Memphis
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