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264s oldest music museum. A five-member board appointed by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of Clarksdale governs the museum. Funded by the City of Clarksdale, admissions, memberships, gift shop revenue, granting agencies and donations, the museum uses public and private funds to carry out its mission.</p> 265 266 <span class="standard-header text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">Museum Site</span> 267 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">Since 1999, the Delta Blues Museum has been housed in the historic Clarksdale freight depot, built in 1918 for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. The building was designated a Mississippi Landmark Property in 1996. The former freight area and the adjacent Muddy Waters expansion - about seven thousand square feet of ground floor space - is devoted to permanent and traveling exhibits.</p> 268 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">A 2013 recipient of the IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Services - the nation's highest honor for museum and library service to the community - as well as a 2014 winner of the National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award, the Delta Blues Museum is dedicated to creating a welcoming place where visitors find meaning, value and perspective by exploring the history and heritage of the unique American musical art form, the Blues, as a Great River Road Interpretive Center.</p> 269 </div> 270 <!-- Support/Newsletter Info --> 271 <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-5 mx-auto"> 272 <a href="/support-the-delta-blues-museum.aspx"> 273 <img class="img-fluid mx-auto d-block" src="assets/images/support-the-musemum.png" alt="support the museum new"> 274 </a> 275 <a href="/support-the-delta-blues-museum.aspx"><p class="col-md-12 text-center g-font-weight-500 g-font-size-30 saddle-red g-mb-0 g-pt-20" style="font-family: oswald;">Support The Delta Blues Museum</p></a> 276 <p class="text-center g-font-size-14">To help support the delta blues museum <br><span class="text-nowrap"><i class="fa fa-music red-music g-pr-5"></i><a class="g-font-size-14" href="/support-the-delta-blues-museum.aspx" target="_blank">Click Here</a></span></p> 277 278 <p class="text-center g-font-size-22 g-font-weight-500 g-mb-0" style="font-family: oswald;">Sign Up to Read the Newsletter</p> 279 <p class="text-center g-font-size-14">To read the latest newsletter or explore previous articles <br><span class="text-nowrap"><i class="fa fa-music red-music g-pr-5"></i><a class="g-font-size-14" href="/news.aspx" target="_blank">Click Here</a></span></p> 280 </div> 281 <!-- End Support/Newsletter Info --> 282 </div> 283 284 <!-- Board Members --> 285 <div class="row g-mb-20"> 286 <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 text-center-xs"> 287 <span class="standard-header-large text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">Museum Board of Trustees</span> 288 </div> 289 <!-- 290 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 291 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-30 g-pt-10" style="font-size: 21px;"><i class="fa fa-circle red-point"></i> President, (vacant)</p> 292 </div> 293 --> 294 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 295 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-30 g-pt-10" style="font-size: 21px;"><i class="fa fa-circle red-point"></i> Dr. William Booker, Board Chair</p> 296 </div> 297 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 298 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-30 g-pt-10" style="font-size: 21px;"><i class="fa fa-circle red-point"></i> Lera Kinnard, Secretary</p> 299 </div> 300 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 301 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-30 g-pt-10" style="font-size: 21px;"><i class="fa fa-circle red-point"></i> John Magnusson</p> 302 </div> 303 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 304 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-30 g-pt-10" style="font-size: 21px;"><i class="fa fa-circle red-point"></i> Ralph Simpson </p> 305 </div> 306 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 307 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-30 g-pt-10" style="font-size: 21px;"><i class="fa fa-circle red-point"></i> Dr. Mary Williams</p> 308 </div> 309 </div> 310 311 <div class="row g-mb-20"> 312 <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 text-center-xs pt-mt-40">
313 <span class="standard-header-large text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">Museum Board of Trustees Meetings</span> 314 </div> 315 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 316 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 6:00pm <br> Delta Blues Museum Classroom</p> 317 </div> 318 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-auto col-xs-auto text-center"> 319 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10">Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 6:00pm <br> Delta Blues Museum Classroom</p> 320 </div> 321 </div> 322 <!-- End Board Members --> 323 324 325 <!-- Staff --> 326 <a name="staff"></a> 327 <div class="row g-mb-40"> 328 <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 text-center-xs"> 329 <span class="standard-header-large text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10 g-pb-10">Staff</span> 330 </div> 331 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-6 col-xs-12 text-center"> 332 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-0 g-pt-0"><span style="font-size: 28px;">Shelley Ritter</span><br>Director<br><a target="_top" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 333 </div> 334 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-6 col-xs-12 text-center"> 335 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-0 g-pt-0"><span style="font-size: 28px;">Maie Smith</span><br>Operations & Facilities Manager<br><a target="_top" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 336 </div> 337 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-6 col-xs-12 text-center"> 338 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-0 g-pt-0"><span style="font-size: 28px;">Exhibits & Programs</span><br>Coordinator<br><a target="_top" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 339 </div> 340 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-6 col-xs-12 text-center"> 341 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-0 g-pt-0"><span style="font-size: 28px;">Gift Shop</span><br>Online/In Museum Shop<br><a target="_top" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 342 </div> 343 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-6 col-xs-12 text-center"> 344 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-0 g-pt-0"><span style="font-size: 28px;">April Shaw</span><br>Gift Shop Manager<br><a target="_top" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 345 </div> 346 <div class="col-xl-auto col-lg-auto col-md-auto col-sm-6 col-xs-12v text-center"> 347 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-0 g-pt-0"><span style="font-size: 28px;">John Howell</span><br>Retail Consultant<br><a target="_top" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 348 </div> 349 </div> 350 <!-- End Staff --> 351 352 <div class="row g-mb-40"> 353 <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12"> 354 <p class="text-color-dark-brown g-pr-15 g-pt-10 text-center"><i>Regular meetings of the Delta Blues Museum Board of Trustees are held the second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Delta Blues Museum classroom. 355 <br><br> 356 The Delta Blues Foundation is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. All funds solicited through the Delta Blues Foundation are raised on behalf of benefiting the Delta Blues Museum. On-line tax deductible contributions to the Delta Blues Foundation include the Deeper Roots program and the General Fund (a monetarily unrestricted contribution made to the foundation in support of the museum). 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