“I’m home at last, taking it easy…I think I’ll be there for four weeks…Wee..A chance to sort of hang around home and catch up on some of my many things I’d like to do…Such as recordings…And I have lots…” —Louis Armstrong in a letter to Monte Ballou, March 10, 1954
Welcome to the Louis Armstrong House Museum’s first virtual exhibit experience. We are delighted to offer you multiple curated pages about Louis Armstrong’s relationship to his home in the Queens neighborhood of Corona. If you’d like to support LAHM and its mission, please visit our Support page.
That’s My Home Introduction
“Eulogizing the Chops”: Louis Armstrong Warms Up
“A Chops Session”: The Slivovice Interview
“From Stravinsky to Gizzard”: Louis Armstrong’s Record Collection
“A Little Story of My Own”: Armstrong and Collage
“Our Neighborhood”: Louis Armstrong and Queens
“I’m Still Louis Armstrong–Colored”: Louis Armstrong and the Civil Rights Era
Brown Sugar: The Story of Lucille Wilson Armstrong
50 Years of “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” Part 1: The Preparation
50 Years of “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” Part 2: The May 26, 1970 Session
50 Years of “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” Part 3: The May 27, 1970 Session
50 Years of “Louis Armstrong and His Friends” Part 4: The May 29, 1970 Session
Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Scrapbooks: Scrapbook 1, Part 1
Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Scrapbooks: Scrapbook 1, Part 2
Louis Armstrong’s 1969-1971 Scrapbooks: Scrapbook 1, Part 3
“My Fifty Fifth Birthday Celebration”: Happy Birthday Louis Armstrong!
The Story of Louis Armstrong’s Final Tape
