Lorraine Motel / National Civil Rights Museum

The Lorraine Motel, site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968, houses the National Civil Rights Museum at 450 Mulberry Street. Photographs of the motel, museum exhibits, and the site's historical interpretation are widely distributed in online news stories, documentaries, and educational social-media posts. The museum's digital and physical collections have made the location a frequent subject of viral historical content.