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The '''Delta Music Museum''' is a museum in Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]], which offers exhibits on  [[rock and roll]] and blues musicians from the [[Mississippi River]] delta country. The museum opened with a grant from the State of Louisiana and is staffed by local volunteers. There is no admission charge; the facility relies on the sales of souvenirs. Visitors from all over the United States have signed the guestbook since the museum opened in the spring of 2002. A scaled-down version of the museum, called simply the Ferriday Museum, had begun operational at another location from 1995 to 2002.​

The '''Delta Music Museum''' is a museum in Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]], which offers exhibits on  [[rock and roll]] and blues musicians from the [[Mississippi River]] delta country. The museum opened with a grant from the State of Louisiana and is staffed by local volunteers. There is no admission charge; the facility relies on the sales of souvenirs. Visitors from all over the United States have signed the guestbook since the museum opened in the spring of 2002. A scaled-down version of the museum, called simply the Ferriday Museum, had begun operational at another location from 1995 to 2002.​

There are also exhibits on two well-known former Ferriday personalities not affiliated with the music industry: former [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] commentator Howard K. Smith (1914–2002) and Ann Boyar Warner (1908–1990), second wife of [[Warner Brothers]] studio mogul Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). There is a mural drawn in 1991 presented by Monterey High School in Concordia Parish.<ref>Exhibits, Delta Music Museum, Ferriday, Louisiana</ref>​

There are also exhibits on two well-known former Ferriday personalities not affiliated with the music industry: former [[CBS]] and [[ABC]] commentator [[Howard K. Smith: News and Comment|Howard K. Smith]] (1914–2002) and Ann Boyar Warner (1908–1990), second wife of [[Warner Brothers]] studio mogul Jack L. Warner (1892-1978). There is a mural drawn in 1991 presented by Monterey High School in Concordia Parish.<ref>Exhibits, Delta Music Museum, Ferriday, Louisiana</ref>​

The first exhibit one encounters in the museum is a sculpture of the three Ferriday cousins at the piano: singers Mickey Gilley of [[Branson]], [[Missouri]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]], the last an evangelist based in [[Baton Rouge]]. Other honorees are blues trombonist [[Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker]], a native of Newellton in northern Tensas Parish.<ref name=dmm>"Delta Music Museum Celebrities" brochure, Delta Music Museum, 6 pages.</ref>

The first exhibit one encounters in the museum is a sculpture of the three Ferriday cousins at the piano: singers Mickey Gilley of [[Branson]], [[Missouri]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]], the last an evangelist based in [[Baton Rouge]]. Other honorees are blues trombonist [[Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker]], a native of Newellton in northern Tensas Parish.<ref name=dmm>"Delta Music Museum Celebrities" brochure, Delta Music Museum, 6 pages.</ref>