Museum lovers like myself swoon over cities like Washington D.C., Chicago and New York for their outstanding museums, but we found Memphis, Tennessee to be another terrific “museum city.”

From a visit to the National Civil Rights Museum to MLK Days of Service, here are some ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis.

President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader. States slowly added the