The Buddy Holly Center is a historical site dedicated to collecting, promoting, and preserving the legacy of Buddy Holly and the music of West Texas and Lubbock. This is done through programs and exhibits that demonstrate the varied cultural characteristics of the area.

They chronicle Holly’s life from his childhood in Lubbock to his rise to fame displaying numerous artifacts such as documents and photographs, his Fender Stratocaster guitar, his legendary black glasses, and two of his acoustic guitars. It also features a life-size statue of the musician and the West Texas Walk of Fame to which he was the first to be inducted.

Address: Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Avenue, Lubbock, TX, Phone: 806-775-3560

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