There are 3 article(s) tagged Sultana Disaster Museum:

• March 2024

  • New Sultana museum could open by April 2025

    Construction is beginning on the new museum, which will be nearly 20 times bigger than the existing one. The developers hope to have it open by April 27, 2025, the 160th anniversary of the disaster. 

    By Keely Brewer March 04, 2024

• December 2022

  • Conaway: Ghost of a river — Part One

    “No river in America’s maritime history has seen greater tragedy. And no drama on the Mississippi has been as dramatic, no tragedy as tragic, as what occurred right here.”

    By Dan Conaway December 02, 2022

• November 2022

  • Sultana Disaster Museum to preserve tragic story in new home

    The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history happened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, and the Sultana Historical Preservation Society is making sure it is not forgotten.

    By Keely Brewer November 14, 2022