Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis Armstrong House Museum Louis Armstrong House Museum, a National Historic Landmark and a New York City Landmark, is open to the public six days a week.
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For more information on visiting and events, please visit www.louisarmstronghouse.org

09/01/2026

Happy Birthday, Velma Middleton! To celebrate Louis Armstrong’s longtime vocalist and comedic foil, we are sharing incredibly rare audio of Velma singing “I Cried for You”….backed by Lillian Hardin Armstrong on piano at a party at Lil’s apartment in Paris in 1952! This is just a taste of the incredible Lil-related artifacts acquired by the Louis Armstrong House Museum last year—more to come. But for now, please join us in celebrating Velma!

08/31/2026

The response to the clip we shared of Louis Armstrong talking about playing the trumpet was so great, we’ve decided to dip into the Archives for some audio of Pops warming up at home in 1958! He tests out his upper register before playing the melody of “Duna,” a 1926 ballad he used to play with Erskine Tate’s Orchestra at the Vendome Theater in Chicago. It’s a short clip, but it’s pretty powerful—let us know if you’d like to hear more like this!

08/27/2026

Listen to Louis Armstrong in his hotel room in Benton Harbor in June 1956 talking about the importance of practicing and staying healthy, and why he felt that he was playing better than ever before during this period in his career.

Early on, he mentioned running water through his trumpet—we’ve included a John Loengard photo of Louis doing just at home in Queens in 1965!

Listen to the complete interview on our “That’s My Home” site—LINK IN STORY!

Can’t let pass without an entry from Pops! Here are some photos of Louis and Lucille with various canines from the 193...
08/26/2026

Can’t let pass without an entry from Pops! Here are some photos of Louis and Lucille with various canines from the 1930s through the 1970.....oh, you dog!

Happy birthday, Count Basie! When giants roamed the earth….
08/21/2026

Happy birthday, Count Basie! When giants roamed the earth….

Today is the birthday of trombonist Jack Teagarden! To celebrate, here’s a rare Maynard Frank Wolfe photo of these Louis...
08/21/2026

Today is the birthday of trombonist Jack Teagarden! To celebrate, here’s a rare Maynard Frank Wolfe photo of these Louis Armstrong and Big T rehearsing for the “Timex All Star Jazz Show” in 1958. (That’s Ruby Braff in between both men, digging it immensely!)

As Louis told Fred Robbins in 1964, “We went everywhere together and we never had a hard word or nothing. We didn’t even worry about color or nothing. He was so relaxed to work with. And I mean, in the EARLY days we did this, when those things weren’t happening, Jack and I was busting doors down, barriers, hitting the south there. Yes indeed!”

“Rockin’ Chair,” “A Song is Born,” “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans”....so many great duets featuring these two legends and close friends. What’s your favorite?

This community gathering will celebrate the voices, histories, and lasting impact of the Corona Collection through an af...
08/19/2026

This community gathering will celebrate the voices, histories, and lasting impact of the Corona Collection through an afternoon of storytelling, reflection, and intergenerational dialogue. Hosted at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, the event will bring together students, artists, and community members to explore how personal histories continue to shape Queens and future generations.

Guests are invited to bring an item that represents their family’s story, connection to Queens, New York, or their cultural heritage. This could include: A family photograph, newspapers, magazines, documents, letters, oral histories, a cultural object, or anything that represents one’s history.

The event will include the premiere screenings of the oral histories of the neighbors who knew Louis and Lucille Armstrong; a reflective talk by Brianna Boyce- intern at the museum and granddaughter of one of the Corona Collection narrators Debra Grinage and conclude with a community dialogue on family and intergenerational archives

Date: August 22 2026
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Louis Armstrong House Museum

It was on August 16, 1956—70 years ago today!—that “Ella and Louis” was recorded for Verve Records! Yes, the ENTIRE albu...
08/16/2026

It was on August 16, 1956—70 years ago today!—that “Ella and Louis” was recorded for Verve Records! Yes, the ENTIRE album—11 songs—was done in a single session, but that’s what happens when you gather pros like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich. Listen to “Ella and Louis” today. And every day. A masterpiece! Verve Records Verve Vault Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong

Address

34-56 107th Street
Corona, NY
11368

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
11pm - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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+17184788274

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