National Civil Rights Museum (Lorraine Motel) in viral history posts

The National Civil Rights Museum is located at the former Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968; the museum opened in 1991 and preserves the motel’s balcony and room scene as part of its exhibits. Images of the Lorraine Motel façade, balcony, and museum displays are frequently shared in educational social media threads and sometimes repurposed into memes or commentary about civil rights history and remembrance. The site is also a common stop on history-focused walking tours of downtown Memphis.