January 4, 2008 - Show 3126 The Memphis Cotton Museum |
| Synopsis: Memphis is still the cash cotton capital of the world. "The Cotton Museum" recalls the day when the Memphis Cotton Exchange and the surrounding neighborhood was the absolute center of the world's cotton trade. The museum has been opened on the old trading floor of the exchange. It features cotton's effects on the economics, the social and the music of the Mid-South. Reporter: Leighton Spann. Original air date: January 26, 2007 Contacts The Cotton Museum, www.memphiscottonmuseum.org Memphis Cotton Exchange, 65 Union Avenue. Memphis, Tennessee Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday Noon- 5 p.m. Adults $5, Seniors $4.50, Students $4, Children 6-12 $3 (under 6 free) Phone (901) 532-7826 |
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