Louis Armstrong House Museum | New York, NY

The Louis Armstrong House was the home of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille between 1943 and 1971 when he died. Lucille gave it to the city in order to create a museum focused on her husband. It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1988 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

Lucille recounted the story of Louis’ arrival at the house, which she had bought and furnished (because, as she noted, “Louis didn’t live anywhere then and didn’t want to”); one day I she handed him the key: “This is for your new home …:1S When Armstrong came to see it, “he left his bags in the cab, and told the driver to wait for him. But to his surprise, he fell in love with the house and stayed enamored for the 28 years he was in Queens. He once commented that “it was their pad, it was paid for, and he wasn’t ever going to move. ,, Lucille recalled that the house –which from the ’40 through the ’70s was often a “gathering point for Satchmo band members,,–had given him a stability and a happiness he never had before.

Today, the Louis Armstrong House Museum holds several Collections of photographs, recordings, documents, and artifacts, including:

• The Louis Armstrong Collection is Louis and Lucille’s vast personal collection of music recordings, family movies, scrapbooks, photographs, and other personal items.
• One of the highlights of the Satchmo Collection is the 1934 Selmer trumpet and mouthpiece given to Louis by King George V of England.
• The Jack Bradley Collection, compiled over many decades by Jack Bradley, Armstrong’s friend and photographer, holds nearly all of Louis’s commerical recordings, thousand of photographs, films and other documents, including periodicals, personal items, and letters.

For more details  visit the official website of the Louis Armstong House Museum for more information.

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Louis Armstrong House Museum
Address: 34-56 107 Street, Corona, Queens, NY 11368
Telephone: 718-478-8274
Website: Louisarmstronghouse.org
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