The Pink Palace Museum is a history and science museum and part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums. Built in 1923, the mansion in which the museum is housed was the former residence of Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly. After financial losses on Wall Street, he donated the mansion to the city of Memphis.

Originally called the Memphis Museum of Natural History and Industrial Arts, the museum featured dolls, stuffed birds and animals, and artifacts related to Memphis history. Today, the collection includes pre-Columbian artifacts, dinosaurs, fossils, Native American pottery, and exhibits of Memphis history.

3050 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN, Phone: 901-636-2362

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