The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange

"Glorious and notorious." Both adjectives apply to the history of cotton, one of the most significant agricultural crops in the history of the Deep South. African slaves did the back-breaking labor of picking the cotton, while in downtown Memphis, wealthy merchants and brokers bought and sold the lucrative commodity that was loaded onto Mississippi River barges for shipment to the entire world....

Posted on October 13, 2011. Brought to you by frommers.

Cotton Meseum the At the Memphis Cotton Exchange can be found at Union Ave 65. The following is offered: Theater. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Memphis there are 8 other Theater. An overview can be found here.

Posted on September 10, 2015. Brought to you by opendius.

A museum about the cotton trading industry with information about historic, economic, scientific,and cultural impacts. From blues music to genetically engineered seed, it is a fascinating story.

Posted on April 24, 2013. Brought to you by merchantcircle.

Memphis was and is the world's center for "spot cotton" or cash crop trading. The cotton economy completely defined 150 years of the city's history.

Posted on September 03, 2011. Brought to you by discoverourtown.