Selena Museum
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Modest museum. It really reminded me of Motown. Don’t expect a huge multi-million dollar complex, but expect to see Selena from her family’s perspective. Very affordable and reasonably priced tickets. When you first walk in, you are greeted by the purple luxurious carpet and all the warm pictures of her and her family. I liked the fact that they seemed to celebrate her life as a person first and then entertainer. Pictures of her as a everyday normal young woman. The building is a studio, first floor”Selena’s” and the top floor is a currently used studio. Selena’s studio is pretty big. They said everything in it in just the same as it was when she was alive. And parts of the movie was filmed in the studio. My only wish, is that our guide was actually a tour guide. She basically just walked us in the recording room, let us look around and that was it. My wife is from VA, she don’t know nothing about Selena. And didn’t learn anything about her today besides the fact that she was murdered. Wikipedia and the internet was a better guide. I enjoyed how they had her professional stuff in the back room but also added “Egg Collection”. If my sister wasn’t there with me, I wouldn’t have known why she had and collected them.(See what I mean). I hear the family comes by everyday, you can tell they really care because it seems to be family operated, but professionally decorated and manicured. Not a spec, fingerprint, gum wrapper, NOTHING, on the floors or glass. The Selena Museum is a museum of love.
Tiray RandleTiray Randle
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SECRET CORPUS CHRISTI JEM! There really needs to be signs on the highways letting you know THIS EXISTS! I have come to Corpus all my life and I NEVER KNEW there was a SELENA Museum until THIS YEAR! I believe it is $5 a person. SUCH A GOOD DEAL! You get to see the Quintanilla family and friends because Q Records is an operating company and the family does live in Corpus. When you arrived you are in a lobby area. They wait for groups to walk in and gather and then an employee begins a tour. then taken to the room where SELENA recorded her last album. Then you are allowed to walk around freely in the museum portion with many of her old items. Every item is AUTHENTIC and NOT a recreation. Then you can head to the gift shop where you can buy the awesome blue jean jacket with her handwriting of song names and her picture on the back!!! And other goodies to check out. (: My only complaint is that the tour isn’t really a tour how you would traditionally imagine a tour. I wish there was more guidance with facts about SELENA, her artifacts, and her life. Instead, we were just walked to the 2 different rooms and given like 2 facts in the first room then told to walk around freely and find our way to the gift shop when we were done. 😂😅
Melanie SalazarMelanie Salazar
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This was a very connecting experience to be in a studio where the Quintanilla family practiced and recorded their songs. To be in a room where the late and infamous Selena would spend hours singing, is so surreal and amazing. Definitely a wonderful trip down memory lane for us and existing fans, but also a wonderful way to continue the legacy for new and continuing fans. This is a tour to enjoy and admire the history with family &/or friends, for a couple's date option, or even for someone visiting solo. I won't give away too many pictures, because this is a tour you'll want to see in person for yourself. You'll enjoy this experience! Please note, the tour offers more time in the gallery displays vs the recording studio, perhaps for preservation...I had hoped they'd let us see more of the sound booth area with perhaps offering a little more story to share, but overall, it was a fun and nostalgic tour. Also, be mindful that for anyone with disabilities, there are two areas, in and out, of the studio with 2-3 steps...the remaining areas are flat and accessible. Let staff know so they can help accommodate.
Michelle GarridoMichelle Garrido
10
My girl and I got a little misty-eyed going through the museum and seeing all of Selena's belongings and mementos. I honestly expect a full museum building when we planned this into our trip, instead this looks like a very small Warehouse on the outside. I felt it was a little underwhelming, and feared I would be disappointed, but we were pleasantly surprised. You pay something like $3 per person to go in, you wait a bit in the entrance area, then you get a guided tour through the recording studio where Selena and J-Lo both recorded. You can take photos, but no video and no flash. All the outfits are Selena's actual outfits, no replicas, according to the guide. Then you walk to a room that was all the awards, Gold Records, Platinum Records, letters from big names sending their condolences. She was truly talented, beautiful, and taken from this world too soon. It's not what we expected, but it felt personal and had a sweet home town vibe. For you Selena fans, you should also check out the Selena Statue by the ocean. Another very well done tribute.
RJ MorenoRJ Moreno
70
We got here early as my sister is a huge Selena fan and wanted to be there when it open. IF you are not here really early there will be a long long line. Admission was like $5 and they loved the displays but She said it was really full and crowded. She said they were playing all of Selena's music inside. She wants to comeback. JUST FYI The Museum is not in the best area and parking WELL JUST be aware there's not much parking. We got a great parking spot but as we got closer to 10am the parking lot was filling up and people started parking sideways. I didn't why and not wanting to get stuck waiting on someone incase we got out before the cars parking directly in front of my truck. I moved BUT there was no more parking and No one was at the Gate letting people know there was no parking at all. I was trying to exit the parking and cars were rushing in trying to find parking which caused cars to block the street People were parking on the side of the road, across the street and then running across the busy street.
Shelle MShelle M
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It's a small building but worth the wait to get in. The tour guide was super chill. There is a perfume smell in the museum. Someone said it was the perfume Selena often wore, but I don't know if that's true or not. It smelled great though! Also, all her original outfits are there. It is something else to see these in person, especially her Astrodome costumes. Selena had a great talent not only in entertaining, but also in fashion. One of the best things was meeting her father, Mr. Quintanilla. He was very down to earth. I bought a copy of his book and he signed it for me!!! I overheard him saying that he would love to take individual pictures with everyone, but he didn't want to take up everyone's time. So he did group photos as much as he could. He was extremely nice to me. He's also a fellow veteran, so we actually share some common ground! The price for adults to get in is $5 and it is well worth it. A must for any Selena fan!
OrionOrion
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5410 Leopard St, Corpus Christi, TX 78408
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