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BIX MUSEUM IS CLOSING FOR RELOCATION JUNE 6TH!

After June 6, and the work to complete the move (date to be determined) the museum will be housed at 112 West Second Street in downtown Davenport.

In the meantime, our current hours are 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat, and by appointment later Sat and on Sun. We encourage guests to make appointments to visit on weekends and late evenings if our hours do not fit your schedule. In order to make an appointment, please get in touch with us at least one day in advance prior to your visit. You can reach us at contactbixmuseum@gmail.com to schedule the appointment.

The Bix Museum also offers small group or individual guided tours of the museum upon request, especially on select Saturdays. Contact Director Nathaniel Kraft at director@bixmuseum.org to schedule a tour today. Since our museum is staffed part-time, our friends at the Common Chord help keep the museum open during regular business hours. Occasionally, the museum may not be staffed during times when Common Chord staff are unavailable. If you are considering a visit and the doors are closed or want to check ahead of time, please call or email (563) 293-4046 or contactbixmuseum@gmail.com.

If you would like to help us with the relocation, visit our volunteer page to find out how by clicking the button below:

Bix Lives in the Bix Beiderbecke Museum!

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Try Our Guided Tours!

Our guided tours app is live! Tour Bix’s Hometown, Davenport, and the museum via audio and visual experiences highlighting the locations where Bix hung out (Davenport tour) and the sections of our museum exhibits. Click the button or search “Bix Beiderbecke Museum Tours” in your favorite device app store and download it before your visit!

VISIT!

After nearly a century, the music of legendary cornetist, pianist, and composer Bix Beiderbecke still draws awestruck admiration from fans around the world. Treasured recordings keep alive his unique tone, melodic style, lyrical phrasing, and heart-stopping improvisations.

The museum, in Bix's hometown—Davenport, Iowa—is a must-stop for jazz and history lovers. Visitors will learn of his brief but eventful life at the dawn of the 20th century, view rare films, and listen to his incomparable music.

The museum graces the lower level of the Redstone building, 2nd and Main Streets, in downtown Davenport.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment. And Sundays by appointment.

Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted.

Sights and sounds include unique artifacts, rare photos, storyboards, touchscreens, videos, home movie clips, heartwarming letters and, of course, magnificent recordings.

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The last piano Bix played, from his New York City apartment where he died. He bought it shortly before his death in 1931. It was the only piano he ever purchased.

Audiences adored Bix and the energy of the Wolverines in their first New York City performances in 1924.