W C Handy House Museum

Great museum and very informative and knowledgeable guide, well worth a visit

It was WC Handys house. Very small and quant. They were closed the day we stopped in Memphis.

They don't answer their phone. They were not open. The gate was locked. It's tiny. I was was disappointed because I planned for a group of 25 to visit only to find them closed. A fantastic pivot was the Memphis Rock n Soul Museum. That was informational, entertaining, air conditioned and the staff were very professional. Oh and a heads up, the juke boxes at the Rock n Soul museum have a list of songs above them you can hear. Well worth it.

There would be no Memphis music as we know it without W.C.Handy. He is literally a giant who is largely forgotten. I'm so grateful for this small informative museum. W.C.Handy's impact on jazz and blues in immeasurable.

I learned a lot about shotgun houses in the south (it's where the house has a door in the front and back and they both line up to where you could shoot a shotgun straight through)! This museum/house was a shotgun house. So cool learning about the history of W.C. Handy and his family life growing up. Oh and you are not allowed to take pictures inside but you can outside.

They post wrong times on their website & the door. Call before you pay money to park. I wasted $30 for their negligence of their website & sign.

I really wanted to see inside this house. Despite me turning up within the time the sign said it would be open, it was locked up. Judging by sone of the other reviews I have read, it's touch and go whether somebody can be bothered to turn up to work and open the house to the public. I was really disappointed. I probably won't ever get another chance to see this historical site again.

The Museum was closed despite being scheduled as open. Should be enough tax revenue from Beale Street to keep its cultural history alive. Is there the will?