The Soulsville Foundation celebrates Memphis’ soul by preserving, honoring and developing Soulsville USA. The Stax Museum is a part of the Soulsville Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit that will uplift and invigorate the music and heritage of Stax Records to develop young people for lifelong success, and continue to inspire and transform the world through the
Continue Reading nextGet involved in the rebirth of Soulsville USA. Stax wouldn’t have existed without enthusiastic community support. Now, it’s your turn to contribute to all of the amazing things happening in Soulsville USA. The Soulsville Foundation and Stax Museum accept donations in many forms: If you’d like to financially support the work that we do, please
Continue Reading nextThe Stax Museum of American Soul Music is the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Stax Records and American soul music. Located on the original site of the Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, the Stax Museum pays special tribute to the artists who recorded there, as well as other
Continue Reading nextStax’s legacy is inextricably tied to Memphis, and more specifically, to Soulsville, the neighborhood where the studio was located. Soulsville is arguably one of the most talent-packed neighborhoods in the world: Aretha Franklin, Memphis Slim, Memphis Minnie and Booker T. Jones all called the neighborhood home, and the neighborhood’s two recording studios – Stax and
Continue Reading nextThe Memphis, Tennessee-based Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Souleo Enterprises launch Stax: Visions of Soul – a visual art exhibition celebrating songs from the iconic Stax catalog – July 17 through December 31, in what is the museum’s first contemporary art exhibition in roughly a decade. Specially commissioned works by 16
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