What:

Special Postmark Honors Grand Opening of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi

Who:

Officials of Postal Service, Delta State University, Cleveland Music Foundation

When:

Saturday, March 5, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:

800 W. Sunflower Rd., Cleveland, MS, 38733

Background:

The United States Postal Service partners with GRAMMY Museum Mississippi in offering a special postmark/cancellation to music fans and attendees at its Grand Opening, March 5-6, 2016. The Postal Service has a long and rich tradition of honoring and commemorating the pioneers and icons of American Music of all styles and genres through stamps and other philatelic items. In addition to the special postmark illustrated below, other music memorabilia will be available to Grand Opening attendees at the Postal Service booth on March 5.

About GRAMMY Museum Mississippi
Built and operated by the Cleveland Music Foundation — a non-profit organization developed in 2011 — the 28,000-square-foot GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be housed near the campus of Delta State University, home of the Delta Music Institute’s Entertainment Industry Studies program, which features the most unique audio recording facilities in the South. Similar to its sister Museum — the GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE — GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. The Museum will feature a dynamic combination of public events, educational programming, engaging multimedia presentations, and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a Mississippi-centric display that will introduce visitors to the impact of Mississippi's songwriters, producers and musicians on the traditional and modern music landscape. The Mississippi Museum's debut special exhibit will be Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles! Curated by the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE and Fab Four Exhibits, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles! provides fresh new insight into how and why The Beatles impacted America in the 1960s — and beyond.

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