Skip to content
Back To All Artworks

Have Blues Will Travel: Traveling Musicians During the Jim Crow Era

Have Blues Will Travel: Traveling Musicians During the Jim Crow Era

by the National Blues Museum & the University of Missouri-St. Louis Museums, Heritage, and Public History program

Location: Pre-security, Lower Level Baggage Claim Windows

This exhibit encapsulates Black Blues musicians’ struggle while traveling.

About the Organization: the National Blues Museum

The National Blues Museum is a non-profit Organization located at the center of the St. Louis convention and tourism district at 615 Washington Ave. The Museum keeps the Blues alive and celebrates its legacy as the foundational element of modern music. They proudly preserve Black history and culture every day and the musicians who continue to advance the art form through live performance.

To learn more, visit: nationalbluesmuseum.org

More Art

  • Building a World after the War: Japanese American Design at Midcentury

    by Washington University in St. Louis

    Pre-security, Lower Level A Baggage Claim Windows

  • Digital Tapestries

    by Amy Firestone Rosen

    Terminal 2 – Customs

  • Stamped in History: A Passport to St. Louis’ Past

    by Field House Museum

    Kling Family Gallery

  • Tuskegee Airmen: America’s Freedom Flyers

    by NOLAWorld Music & Artwerks

    Kling Family Gallery