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The Cotton Museum, Memphis, TN

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The Cotton Museum

A history museum in downtown Memphis that occupies the old trading room of the Memphis Cotton Exchange and tells the story of cotton's role in world trade.

65 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 · Memphis, TN

About The Cotton Museum

The museum sits in the former room where Memphis cotton brokers once did business, which was once open only to exchange members. It now presents how cotton shaped regional, national, and global economies, including its links to the cotton gin, the clothing trade, and the growth of slavery in the United States. Its exhibits are framed as a record of the first large international economy.

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