This gallery chronicles B.B. King’s development from a musician touring the Chitlin’ Circuit in the South. The exhibit examines how the Civil Rights movement shaped the music of the time.

This gallery takes visitors on an adventure as Riley B. King finds his way to the airwaves of WDIA where you can hear firsthand accounts of Riley’s conversion to the Beale Street Boy.

Here you will encounter some of the challenges Social history of the time and a firsthand account of Riley B. King’s life on the farm as a sharecropper and tractor driver.

Start your journey through the Mississippi Delta and the life of B.B. King in a theater featuring the very latest in high-definition projection and audio technology.

Exhibits that focus on the last decade of B.B. King’s life have been added to the award-winning museum that bears his name. Items acquired from King that are part of the 4,500 s.f. addition include two of his personal automobiles—a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and a custom painted Chevy El Camino.

Along with the existing granite tablet to mark the final resting place of the King of the Blues, part of the Memorial Garden is a life-size bronze of King holding his beloved Lucille - the perfect chance for photo opportunities.