Even more than 80 years after Elvis Presley‘s birth, Tupelo in Mississippi is still dominated by memories of its most famous sons. You can still eat where “The King” loved to eat in his childhood, buy a guitar in the hardware store and have graffiti of him in city center, as I saw during my short walk through Tupelo on my CMA Fest trip. I unfortunately just had limited time to spent in the city, but of course, I visited the highlight of the Elvis Presley cult, his birthplace, which is still situated at its original location.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – Location & Admission
The park in which the birthplace is located is about one mile east of Historic Tupelo. It was about a five minute drive from my hotel, Hilton Garden Inn Tupelo. Parking is free.
Adult Admission is 18 USD, which includes the church, the museum and the house. It is not that offensively marketed that you may also buy a house-only ticket, which is 8 USD. I am not fully sure, but I felt that walking around the parks, watching the statue and exploring the church from outside is free.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – The Museum
I started my visit with the small museum, which is especially focussing on “The King”‘s life in Tupelo, of course. There are some very nice exhibits.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – The House
The Presleys lived in comparably poor conditions. The house, in which Elvis and his stillborn twin brother, Jesse Garon, have been delivered, is a comparably small two room wooden house with a small veranda. It is located at its original position.
The Walk of Life is around the house, giving all the years of Elvis’ life, 1935 to 1977, with important events of his life.
At least the team which runs the birthplace states that they try to keep the room as original as possible. The bed and most of the furniture of the bedroom and living room, which you enter first, are original Presley pieces. The kitchen is simple, as the whole house is. It is a typical 1930s, 1940s US lower class home – but not just due to the family picture and some artifacts, it is definitely a magical place.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – The Church
In contrasgt to the house, in which Vernon and Gladys Presley lived with Elvis, which is still at its original location, the church in which Elvis worshiped has been moved to the location it is currently situated. The admission to the church is timed, the first show was at 10:30 (which was very bothering, arriving there at 9:15). The building hat to be repainted and refurbished in the meantime – however, there are some originals inside. When the church “show” is started, screens showed how church life has been in this building at Elvis times. If you are more religious or are interested in religious history, you might love that – I was not too touched by it.
Furthermore, for the duration of the show, the main door is locked, so that you block the major emergency exit in a wooden building – I felt that to be very critical and thus felt unsafe.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – Park & Other Exhibits
When you are arriving from the car park, you first see one of Elvis’ cars in a patio. The areal covers a couple of additional exhibits. For example, there is the a statue of the 13 year old Elvis and the nice Fountain of Life. The nicest part of the park is away from the parking lots, though. On your left, it features the lake Reflections with the Bridge over Troubled Water.
Up the hill, there is a the famous double statue with Elvis at the age of 11 and as a grown-up entertainer in his gown-like suit.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – Services and Gift Shop
The museum and admission building also holds an educational / conference facility, services and the gift shop (where photography is not allowed). You will have a quite huge collection of Elvis souvenirs in here.
Elvis Presley Birthplace – My View
Elvis Presley is a legend – and this place is definitely a place of magic. For the, having a short hop into the museum (which is nice, but not competitive if you do Graceland thereafter), visitng the birthhouse and strolling through the park and the statue would have been sufficient to me. I would have been fine with just having a look into the church. Locking the doors made me feel unsafe, which I emphasize as critics again. If you are around, you have to visit the birthplace of Elvis and smell a bit of his magic!
Musical History
These are all articles, in which I dealt with events and places influencing musical history:

Finnish Music Hall of Fame (Musiikkimuseo Fame)



American Jazz Museum (Kansas City)



Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Nashville



Husavik Eurovision Exhibition



Royal College of Music Museum



National Blues Museum (St. Louis)



RCA Studio B Tour Nashville



Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville)


Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Various Artists)



Gallery of Iconic Guitars at Belmont (Nashville)



Glen Campbell Museum



Willie Nelson and Friends Museum Nashville



National Museum Ras Al Khaimah


Ryman Auditorium Self-Guided Tour



Museum at Bethel Woods – The Original Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival



Patsy Cline Museum (Nashville)



Johnny Cash Museum (Nashville)



Rokksafn – The Icelandic Rock’n’Roll Museum (Reykjanesbaer)



Scala Museum Milan



Icelandic Punk Museum (Reykjavik)



Museum Luciano Pavarotti House



Munich Olympic Tower and Rockmuseum



rock’n’popmuseum Gronau



Venice Music Museum



The Grammy Museum Los Angeles



Rhythm! Discovery Center Indianapolis



Sun Studio – The Birthplace of Rock’n’Roll



Tina Turner Museum (West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center)



Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum



Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Exhibitions



Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Mansion



Memphis Music Hall of Fame



Gateway To The Blues (Tunica, MS)


A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 6 – 5th June 2019)


A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 5 – 4th June 2019)


A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 4 – 3rd June 2019)



Bate Collection of Musical Instruments (Oxford)



The Beatles Story – The Fab Four in Liverpool
Postings: Museums & Exhibitions
Here are all my postings about all kinds of museums and kind of other exhibitions:


Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama


Museum of the Everyday Culture (Museum der Alltagskultur, Waldenbuch)


Presidents Hall of Fame


Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum


German Pharmacy Museum Heidelberg


Gatwick Aviation Museum


Madame Tussauds Blackpool


Unko Museum Tokyo – A Place Dedicated to Pooh


Wynwood Walls (Miami)



Finnish Music Hall of Fame (Musiikkimuseo Fame)


Arabia Steamboat Museum


Henri Tudor Museum (Rosport, Luxembourg)


Andorra National Automobile Museum


Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum


Sharjah Calligraphy Museum


The FC St. Pauli Museum (Kiezbeben)


John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum (Boston)



American Jazz Museum (Kansas City)


Pinball Perfection (Pittsburgh)


Hamburg Coffee Museum Burg


Skyrland Selfoss


Maihaugen Lillehammer


Lane Motor Museum (Nashville)


American Space Museum (Titusville)


Dubrovnik Love Stories Museum


Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum & Tour


Lava Show Reykjavik


Bunk’Art 2 (Tirana)


Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp Memorial



Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Nashville


Bunk’Art 1 (Tirana)



Husavik Eurovision Exhibition


Museum of Jewish Heritage


Local Archaeological Museum of Kourion (Cyprus)


Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor Museum


Nature Museum (Naturmuseum) Dortmund


Dutch Railway Museum Utrecht


The Silverstone Interactive Museum


Kourion Archaeological Park


GardeRobe Manneken Pis (Brussels)


Big Mac Museum (North Huntingdon PA, Pictured Story)


Dublinia Museum Dublin


Umberto Panini Collection Motor Museum


Cyprus Railways Museum


Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum (Pittsburgh)



Royal College of Music Museum


Cyprus Museum (Nicosia)



National Blues Museum (St. Louis)


Bitburger Brewery World


Malta Aviation Museum


National World War I Museum (Kansas City)


Museum of Miniature (Ordino, Andorra)


Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) Visitors’ Center


Reykjavik Maritime Museum


Madame Tussauds New York


Museum of Graffiti (Miami)


Senator John Heinz History Center Pittsburgh



RCA Studio B Tour Nashville


Panorama Pergamonmuseum Berlin


Shacolas Tower Museum and Observatory (Nicosia)


Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (Nashville)


German Rail Museum (DB Museum) Nuremberg


TWA Museum Kansas City


Limassol Marina and Harbor (Pictured Story)



Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville)


Bank of Finland Museum


Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience (New York City)


Landeszeughaus Graz – The World Largest Weaponry


Dutch Open Air Museum Arnhem (Openluchtmuseum)


Road Stop Motel Mettmann (Presidential Suite)


Takis Pattichis Museum of Industrial Pharmacy (Limassol)


German Hunting and Fishing Museum Munich


Madame Tussauds Nashville


Sharjah Archaeological Museum



Gallery of Iconic Guitars at Belmont (Nashville)


Phänomenta Lüdenscheid


The Raeren Carrot Museum – Belgium’s Smallest Museum


BMW Museum Munich



Glen Campbell Museum


German Röntgen Museum Remscheid


Rickmer Rickmers Museum Ship Hamburg


Canaries Museum (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria)


Ystafell Auto Museum (Iceland)


Polish Aviation Museum (Krakow)


Volandia Aviation Museum Milan


Tawern Roman Temple District


New Bedford Whaling Museum


Spicy’s Spices Museum (Gewürzmuseum) Hamburg



Willie Nelson and Friends Museum Nashville


LWL Open Air Museum Hagen


Icelandic Aviation Museum (Akureyri)


DAF Museum Eindhoven



National Museum Ras Al Khaimah


Esterwegen Concentration Camp Memorial


Graz Coin Cabinet (Münzkabinett)


The Super Museum – A Place Dedicated to Superman


Helsinki Design Museum


Al Aqah Heritage Village & Car Museum


Pig Museum (SchweineMusuem) Stuttgart


Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum (Portsmouth)


Halton County Radial Railway / Streetcar Museum


Berlin Computer Games Museum



Museum at Bethel Woods – The Original Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival


Museum of The Story of Alfa Romeo


World Chess Hall of Fame & Museum (St. Louis)


Natural History and Mammoth Museum Siegsdorf


Sharjah Off Road History Museum


Zotter Chocolate World & Edible Animal Park (Riegersburg, Austria)



Patsy Cline Museum (Nashville)


Grenjadarstadur Turf House Museum


Deutsches Museum Traffic Center (Verkehrszentrum)



Johnny Cash Museum (Nashville)


Home of Ritter Sport – Art Museum & Chocolate


Viking World (Nardvik, Iceland)


Milan Cathedral Museum


Automobile & Toy Museum North Sea (Norden, Germany)


Sagnheimar Natural History Museum Vestmannaeyjar


Erwin Hymer Museum


Cooter’s Place Nashville


The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavik


Tennessee Judiciary Museum Nashville


German Packaging Museum (Heidelberg)


Austrian Sculpture Park Graz (Pictured Story)


Fassberg Airlift Museum


Whales of Iceland (Reykjavik)


Dhayah Fort (Ras Al Khaimah)


Gasometer Oberhausen


House of German History (Haus der Geschichte) Bonn


Brewery Museum (Brauerei-Museum) Dortmund


Visiodrom Wuppertal


Porsche Museum Stuttgart


Bellver Castle & Palma Municipal Museum



Rokksafn – The Icelandic Rock’n’Roll Museum (Reykjanesbaer)


Manacor History Museum


Sports Museum of Finland (Helsinki)


Lokwelt Freilassing


East Frisia Tea Museum (Norden)


Saga Museum Reykjavik


Jet Age Museum Gloucester


German Spy Museum Berlin


Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization


Elder Science Museum (Las Palmas)


Arnhem War Museum 40-45


The Berlin Tränenpalast (“Palace of Tears”)



Scala Museum Milan


Krakow Wax Museum


Aurora Reykjavik


MUDETEC / Museo delle Tecnologie (Sant’ Agata Bolognese)


LAVA Centre Hvölsvollur (Iceland)


Madame Tussauds Dubai


Doge’s Palace Venice


Museum Ferrari Maranello


Expo 2020 Dubai – The Sustainability District Pavilions


Balearic Museum of Natural History Museum Soller


Expo 2020 Dubai – The Al Forsan Pavilions


Expo 2020 Dubai – The Jubilee Pavilions


Expo 2020 Dubai – The Opportunity District Pavilions


Wilhelmshaven Aquarium


Expo 2020 Dubai – The Mobility District Pavilions


Expo 2020 in Dubai – My General Overview


Krakow Arcade Museum (Muzeum Gier Wideo)



Icelandic Punk Museum (Reykjavik)


Royal Palace of La Almudaina (Palma de Mallorca)


Auto & Traktor Museum Bodensee (Lake Constance)



Museum Luciano Pavarotti House


Madame Tussauds Berlin


Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau


Auschwitz Concentration Camp


Austrian Aviation Museum


Icelandic Phallological Museum (Reykjavik)


Schleusenpark Waltrop-Henrichenburg – History of Naval Locks


Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum


German Oil Museum Wietze


Little Big City Berlin


“Hanse Steinreich” Exhibition at the European Hansa Museum


European Hansa Museum Lübeck


Sharjah Maritime Museum


Dutch Freedom Museum (Groesbeek)


Enzo Ferrari House Museum Modena


The Myth of Germania – A Berlin Underground Exhibition


Rafa Nadal Museum XPerience


Parma Ham Museum


Disgusting Food Museum Berlin


Leeraner Miniaturland (Leer Model Land)


Bud Spencer Museum Berlin


Hamburg Panoptikum


Al Hisn Fort Sharjah


Stadium of Domitian (Rome)


Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Hollywood


Crumlin Road Gaol Belfast


DIE MAUER – asisi Panorama Berlin


National Monument Camp Vught


Papenburg Von-Velen-Anlage Open Air Museum


ESO Supernova Munich – Garching


Marconi Automotive Museum & Foundation


Abu Dhabi Khalifa Park Museum & Aquarium


Bergisches Museum for Mining, Craft & Trade Bensberg


Stiegl-Brauwelt Salzburg – A Brewery Museum


Resistance Museum Amsterdam


German Customs Museum Hamburg


Etihad Museum Dubai


Casanova Museum Venice


Red Dot Design Museum Essen


Dutch Water Museum Arhem


Nuremberg Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds


German Movie Museum Frankfurt


Lyon Air Museum Santa Ana


Cap San Diego Museum Ship Hamburg


Wings of Liberation


Mleiha Archaeological Centre


Escher In The Palace (The Hague)


Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa


Madame Tussauds London


Schloss Burg – a Gem in Bergisches Land


Quarry Bank Cotton Mill


German Food Additives Museum Hamburg


Salzburg Panorama Museum


Meersburg Castle (Lake Constance)


Zeppelin Museum Zeppelinheim


Columbus House (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria)


Markus Wasmeier Open Air Museum


Heineken Experience Amsterdam



Munich Olympic Tower and Rockmuseum



rock’n’popmuseum Gronau


Coffee Museum Dubai


Royal Delft Museum


Leonardo da Vinci Museum Venice


Munich White Rose / Weiße Rose Memorial Exhibition


Obersalzberg Documentation Center


Al Shindagha Museum & Perfume House (Dubai)


Siku & Audi-Museum Höing (Stadtlohn, Germany)


The Dutch Museumkaart – One Year of Culture and History (almost) for free in the Netherlands


Georg Breusing Rescue Cruiser Emden


Aviodrome Lelystad (Netherlands)


Computer History Museum (Mountain View CA)


Chocoversum by Hachez Hamburg


Museum Prototyp Hamburg


USS Requin – A Submarine in Pittsburgh


Museo Delle Cere (Rome Wax Museum)


Louwman Museum The Hague


Visiting the Meyer Werft in Papenburg (Self-Guided Tour)


Charles Dickens Museum London


Rembrandt House Museum (Rembrandthuis), Amsterdam


German Architecture Museum (Frankfurt)


Philips Museum Eindhoven


Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh


Munich Toy Museum


Deutsches Museum Bonn


Madame Tussauds Amsterdam


Visiting Fujairah Museum


Chocolate Museum Cologne (Schokoladenmuseum)


Afrika Museum (Berg en Dal, NED)



Venice Music Museum


Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen


Dat Otto Huus (Otto Waalkes Museum) Emden


Guinness World Records Museum Hollywood


German Central Bank Money Museum (Frankfurt)


Memorium Nuremberg Trials


Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial



The Grammy Museum Los Angeles


Museum Panorama Mesdag (The Hague)


National Museum of Singapore


Hollywood Wax Museum


Hangar 7 (Salzburg, Austria – Pictured Story)


Hartheim Castle Memorial – Place of 30,000 Murders


Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg


London Mithraeum – The Roman Temple at Bloomberg Space


Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen


HomeComputerMuseum Helmond (Netherlands)


Gracht / Channel Museum Amsterdam


Pinball Hall of Fame (Las Vegas)


Madame Tussauds Hollywood


Imperial War Museums Duxford


Arcen Castle & Garden


McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum


Pfahlbauten (Lake Dwelling) Unteruhldingen, Lake Constance


Zeppelin Museum Meersburg


Visiting Indianapolis Motor Speedway


The National Wax Museum Plus (Dublin)


Sharjah Classic Car Museum


Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh


Maritime Experiential Museum Singapore



Rhythm! Discovery Center Indianapolis


De Havilland Aircraft Museum (London Colney)


Arithmeum Bonn – A Museum about Calculations


Historic Mustard Mill Cologne


Sharjah Al Mahatta Historic Airport Museum


Singapore City Gallery


Stars Of The Galaxy – A Star Wars Shrine in Mönchengladbach


SS Nomadic (Belfast)


Finca Las Margaritas – Banana Experience on Tenerife


Stockholm Police Museum


Titanic Belfast


Singapore Sports Museum


Mascot Hall of Fame (Whiting, IN)


Mashantucket Pequot Museum


Replay Amusement Museum (Tarpon Springs – Florida)


National Postal Museum (Washington)


Andernach Geyser


Flugausstellung Peter Junior (Hermeskeil)


National Football Museum Manchester


Stockholm Gaming Museum


Madrid Railway Museum



Sun Studio – The Birthplace of Rock’n’Roll


Oxford University Museum of Natural History



Tina Turner Museum (West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center)



Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum


International Tennis Hall of Fame & Hall of Fame Open 2019


Aquaria KLCC Kuala Lumpur


International Towing & Recovery Museum (Chattanooga TN)


Civil Defense Heritage Gallery (Singapore)



Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Exhibitions



Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Mansion


DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Museum


Concorde Technical Tour at Manchester Airport


Beefeater Gin Distillery Tour (London)



Memphis Music Hall of Fame



Gateway To The Blues (Tunica, MS)


Science History Institute Philadelphia


Tutankhamun – Treasures of the Pharao (Paris)


German Blade Museum Solingen


Platform 0 Chamberí – A Madrid Metro Ghost Station


The Scherz-Tour – A Different RheinEnergieSTADION Cologne Tour


Benjamin Franklin Museum (Philadelphia)


Bergisch Historic Trams Wuppertal


GDR Museum (DDR Museum) Berlin



Bate Collection of Musical Instruments (Oxford)


National Emergency Services Museum Sheffield


Museum Plagiarius Solingen – The Place for Copies


National Videogame Museum Sheffield


Chelsea FC and Stamford Bridge Tour


Lindlar Open Air Museum


Glasgow Rangers Ibrox Stadium Tour


Churchill War Rooms in London


Madame Tussauds Orlando


Alte Dombach Paper Mill


Visiting the Seville Alcazar


Seville Flamenco Museum


Scotland Street School Museum (Glasgow)


Speyer Technology Museum


Emirates National Auto Museum


Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki


Manchester United Stadium Tour & Museum


Ratingen-Cromford Textile Factory


FIFA World Football Museum


Thessaloniki Olympic Museum


International Slavery Museum (Liverpool)


The Eau de Cologne Giants – 4711 vs. Farina


Kragujevac 21st October Museum


Finnish Aviation Museum (Suomen Ilmailumuseo)



The Beatles Story – The Fab Four in Liverpool


Studenica Monastry & Zica Monastry


Antwerp Rockoxhuis – a fascinating gallery


Hockey Hall of Fame


Deutsches Museum – Flugwerft Schleissheim


Casa Loma (Toronto)


Royal Ontario Museum


Bata Shoe Museum


Kura Hulanda Museum – Not just about Carribean Slavery


Willemstad – Maritime Museum and Harbour Tour


Munich State Museum of Egyptian Art


History of Gaming in Cologne’s City Museum


It’s all about bread – Museum of Bread Culture Ulm


Louvre Abu Dhabi (Review)


World of Coca Cola

