Tourist In Your Own Town #36 - Louis Armstrong House Museum

One of the world's most renowned jazz musicians and entertainers; Louis Armstrong lived in this modest Queens home from 1943 until his death in 1971. In 1983, his widow Lucille willed the building and its contents to New York City for the creation of a museum and study center devoted to Armstrong's career and the history of jazz.
The house is a gem frozen in time, as if the Armstrongs have just stepped out. The museum offers daily guided tours to visitors from around the world and features a variety of programs, including concerts, lectures, and seminars.
The Louis Armstrong House was named a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and a New York City Landmark in 1988.
Plan your visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107th Street, Corona (Queens), NY - louisarmstronghouse.org
The Conservancy would like to thank the staff at the Louis Armstrong House Museum and our tour guides David Reese, Curator and Jennifer Walden Weprin, Director of Marketing.
The Museum is administered by Queens College, City University of New York. Photos courtesy of the Jack Bradley Collection. Photos and audio courtesy of the Louis Armstrong House Museum.

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I had the experience last week to go to Louis Armstrong house what a glorious moment what a glorious day his present was there everyone make sure you experience it love Louis Armstrong

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I been living next to him my entire live without knowing

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Love it.

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I Live ther now I am his cousin my mom told me I was born 2012

[@rayarena879]

I wonder why an undoubtedly rich man like Louis Armstrong decided to live in what is essentially a modest working to middle class neighborhood? I'm a New Yorker and I know that neighborhood. You would have thought that he would have lived in Beverly Hills or something.

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if you watch the video, he says exactly why in his own voice at the end.

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At the time now its a dump

[@rayarena879]

@@lnone501 It's a dump now, but it was never a rich neighborhood. It was always a modest neighborhood with modest homes far below his standard of living.

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Maybe because of RACISM, Remember when Nat King Cole moved in that white neighborhood and they burnt the word “NIGGER” in his front lawn