Tourism In Memphis, Tennessee
Points of interest in Memphis, Tennessee include a number of well-known museums, fine art galleries, and parks, as well as Graceland, the former home of Elvis Presley, the Beale Street entertainment district, and a number of recognized sporting events (see Sports in Memphis, Tennessee).
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest fine art museum in the state of Tennessee. A smaller art museum, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in east Memphis focuses on impressionism. Downtown Memphis is home to the Peabody Place Museum, the largest collection of 19th-century Chinese art in the nation.
Graceland, the former home of Rock 'n' Roll legend Elvis Presley, is one of the most visited houses in the United States (second only to the White House), attracting over 600,000 domestic and international visitors a year.
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“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)