The Grammy Museum at L.A. LIVE, The Recording Academy and the Cleveland (Miss.) Music Foundation announced that  a GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will officially open on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Cleveland, Miss.The opening of this museum will mark the first Grammy Museum to be built outside of Los Angeles. “Since opening its doors in 2008, the Grammy Museum has presented visitors from around the globe with a content-rich experience that explores music’s diverse history and most current trends, while helping uncover the mysteries behind the creative process of recording,” said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. “We are excited to extend the Museum’s mission into Mississippi, while placing a much-deserved spotlight on the state’s music history — the cradle of American music.”

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Built and operated by the Cleveland Music Foundation — a non-profit organization developed in 2011 — the 27,000-square-foot Grammy Museum Mississippi will be housed on the campus of Delta State University, home of the Delta Music Institute. Grammy Museum Mississippi will be dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. The Museum will feature a dynamic combination of public events, educational programming, engaging multimedia presentations, and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a Mississippi-centric display that will introduce visitors to the impact of Mississippi’s songwriters, producers and musicians on the traditional and modern music landscape.