The National Civil Rights Museum is located in which U.S. southern city?

The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in the city of Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present.

The museum complex is located at 450 Mulberry Street, with all properties except the Lorraine Motel owned by the Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation. The motel is owned by the State of Tennessee and operated by the Foundation under a 20-year lease with the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville.

The main museum is located on the south edge of downtown Memphis in what is now called the South Main Arts District. It is about six blocks east of the Mississippi River. The main site includes the museum, the Lorraine Motel, and associated buildings. The museum also owns the Young and Morrow Building on Main Street.

A view of the room at the former boarding house where James Earl Ray is believed to have fired the fatal shots killing Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. is visible from the building on Main street.

This is also where Ray initially confessed (and later recanted) to shooting King. The complex includes Canipe's Amusement Store, next to the rooming house where the murder weapon with Ray's fingerprints was found. Included on these grounds is the bushy lot that stood between the rooming house and the motel.

In October 2016, the museum was honored by becoming a Smithsonian Institution, Affiliate museum.