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Listed on CNN's "10 exciting attractions opening in 2015" list, work has FINALLY started on the long-awaited National Blues Museum in Downtown St. Louis on Washington Avenue.

Opening late 2015, the 23,000-square-foot National Blues Museum will include more than 16,000 square feet of highly interactive technology and artifact-driven exhibits, a theatre, special event space and classrooms.

The Museum will explore and preserve the historic significance of the Blues as the foundation of American music and celebrate the musicians who both created and advance the art form.