National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel

The National Civil Rights Museum occupies the former Lorraine Motel, the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The museum preserves Room 306 and the motel's balcony as part of its core exhibits and presents permanent and rotating installations that interpret the history of the American civil rights movement. The site combines the preserved motel with gallery spaces, oral histories, and artifacts related to civil rights history.