JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Grammy museum will be built in Mississippi, the hub of the Delta blues.
Bob Santelli, executive director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, says the museum’s first branch outside California will be built in Cleveland, Miss.
He says museum directors chose Mississippi because the state is the cradle of American music.
Santelli made the announcement Thursday in Jackson during the annual meeting of the Mississippi Economic Council, a state chamber of commerce.
Santelli says no timetable has been established for the new museum. Developers estimate the cost at $10 million to $12 million.
Mississippi already has a Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale and a B.B. King Museum in Indianola. Both are near Cleveland.
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