Louis Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of all time, spent nearly thirty years living with his wife in the same house in Queens, New York. Come visit to take a tour and experience what the life of the great musician was like.
Information
- Location:
- Corona, NY, 11368
- Phone:
- 718 478 8274
- Tues - Fri:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Sat - Sun:
- 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Photos from the Louis Armstrong House MuseumUpdated about 5 months ago
Events
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- Hot Jazz/Cool Garden
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Saturday, August 22 at 1:00pm - Jazzmobile
The Louis Armstrong House Museum
Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00pm - Hot Jazz/Cool Garden
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Saturday, August 1 at 1:00pm - Fourth of July Celebration
The Louis Armstrong House Museum
Saturday, July 4 at 12:00pm - Hot Jazz/Cool Garden
In the garden at the Louis Armstron...
Sunday, June 22 at 1:00pm
Louis Armstrong House Museum hopes you can come out and join us for a Halloween get-together. It's sure to be a spooktacular event!
Source: www.louisarmstronghouse.org
This Halloween, kids are invited to don their costumes and head over to the Louis Armstrong House Museum for a fun evening. Visitors can count on treats and such activities as face painting, spooky collage making, and guided house tours by costumed tour guides. ...
Louis Armstrong House Museum
take a look at this interesting article about the cultural legacy of Louis: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2
Louis Armstrong House Museum
in case you missed the July 4th event here is a piece from New York 1 about it: http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=101
Source: www.ny1.com
New Yorkers Celebrate Birth Of Jazz Legend | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
Louis Armstrong House Museum
take this quick and fun Louis Armstrong Quiz and see how you hold up: http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Celebrity
Louis Armstrong House Museum had a wonderful time celebrating Louis Armstrong's birthday on Saturday, the reading was fun, the concert was great, and it was a truly special day, thank you to all who came!
Louis Armstrong House Museum is getting ready for a scat lesson from Muriel Weinstein, author of the book "When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat" in our garden, followed by an awesome performance by the Red Hook Ramblers, all are welome to come join in the fun!
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Interesting article about trombonist John Fedchock and his famous big band style of play: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/arts/m
Louis Armstrong House Museum is looking forward to the wonderful Fourth of July celebration we are having here at the Museum! Check it out under our events, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Here is a rare video of Louis performing the song "Shine" with some elaborate choreography in 1942: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcsfxP9oE
Source: www.youtube.com
Louis Armstrong from 1942 with his orchestra swingin' shine.
Louis Armstrong House Museum
A really great article about Louis and racism in the south during his early career: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/opinio
Source: www.nytimes.com
Fifty years ago, when all eyes were on Little Rock, Ark., where a desegregation battle was brewing, Louis Armstrong spoke out, and America listened.
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Here is a clip from the movie "Paris Blues" starring Louis, Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIHLJbttz
Louis Armstrong House Museum take at look at the website for the Red Hook Ramblers who will be playing here at the house this July 4th to celebrate Louis' birthday: http://www.redhookramblers.com/
Source: www.redhookramblers.com
Louis Armstrong House Museum
check out the Louis as the cover story for Time magazine in February 1949, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl
Source: www.time.com
(See Cover) The brown-skinned man with the golden horn pursed his scarred lips, blew a short stream of incredibly high, shining notes and then carefully laid the trumpet...
