The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange
As the most significant agricultural crop in the history of the Deep South, cotton is glorious but notorious. Enslaved people did the backbreaking labor of picking it while wealthy brokers bought and sold it. This small building now houses a museum on the site of the 1939 Memphis Cotton Exchange and features exhibits about the crop and the culture it fueled. At around $10 a pop and just two rooms, this won’t be worth it to everyone; however they do offer an interactive kids’ room that packs a lot of information into a small space, and history aficionados will enjoy seeing details like the museum board displaying price quotes from a day in May 1939.
As the most significant agricultural crop in the history of the Deep South, cotton is glorious but notorious. Enslaved people did the backbreaking labor of picking it while wealthy brokers bought and sold it. This small building now houses a museum on the site of the 1939 Memphis Cotton Exchange and features exhibits about the crop and the culture it fueled. At around $10 a pop and just two rooms, this won’t be worth it to everyone; however they do offer an interactive kids’ room that packs a lot of information into a small space, and history aficionados will enjoy seeing details like the museum board displaying price quotes from a day in May 1939.
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