Buddy Holly Center

I’m a recent first time visitor. And I would absolutely recommend that others go. But, as another review mentioned, this is quite a small museum. Now I wouldn’t downgrade the stars just because of this — it’s not like the museum bills itself as «largest music museum ever.» But if you are planning a trip, you should know that it doesn’t even take 45 minutes to go through the museum, and that includes sitting through the 20 minute video.
The video is dated and of poor quality. THey were screening it in a room with the lights on, but since I was the only visitor at the time, I got up and shut the overhead lights off. That helped a lot with being able to view the video, but the images are still of poor quality. The movie is also long on assertions — «Buddy Holly was so formative to the history of rock’n’roll» — but short on details or examples (in other words, short on citations). I did like the examples of his playing with sound and instruments, and, would have enjoyed some more along these lines.
In the museum itself, the exhibits are lovely and, once you figure out why things are arranged the way they are, the exhibits are also interesting. But I went through the entire museum and was about to leave with many questions unanswered when I finally found the «guide» to the exhibits, a small paper publication near one of the doors. You need this to understand what each item is (and its significance to Holly). That’s really kind of odd that they don’t have the interpretative material right there with the exhibit.
I highly recommend the permanent art exhibit in another wing of the building. The rotating exhibit on the date of my visit was also good, but of course could change.

Probably one of the tiniest museums I’ve ever been in. The movie was blurry and poor quality, but it was informative and sparked my interest in both Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. Fair selection of memorabilia from his entire life, considering how brief it was. Looks like a good event space. Too much reading on the wall exhibits and the trivia game was way too long. Biggest disappointment was the fact they only gave tours of the Holly house once a day on Sundays. Although they invited us to, we could stick around for the two hours we’d have had to wait. Eh. Not great. Not terrible.

The one star is a mistake! I can’t delete it! We arrived after it closed, our clock didn’t adjust for the time change!

Nice little museum in Lubbock, with replica home from one of the Crickets band members and a nice exhibit about Buddy Holly. There’s also an art gallery attached, and it’s next door to the Cast Iron Grill restaurant, which is awesome, so try to do both if you can.

We are fans of Buddy Holly and I don’t think the museum does him justice. Also, when we tour the museum the house has different hours of operation so make sure to watch out for that especially if you are only driving by Lubbock. That was a disappointment because I wanted to visit the house but hey why would they have the same hours of operation as the museum, right?
The reason I do not rank it higher is because the museum is small and they also have a small selection of his personal items. I wanted more. Considering his influence they can certainly improve the center.

Visiting family in Lubbock I found myself searching Unilocal for something interesting for an afternoon. This was perfect. Admission is cheap with discounts for kids and seniors and keep your reciept to get half price a at flight meusum.
We were there just in time to look around and tour the house where they wrote sings add the crickets!
Visit the gift shop t to get your own Buddy Holly glasses!

Spent many a Friday night here when this place was the best restaurant in town, The Depot (the old train station). The beer garden remains for local bands, etc. The design and interior for the Buddy Holly Center surpassed my expectations. Liked the history, the motor bike that he rode and the articles are accurate. It has a magical sense of the impact one person can make on a global basis.
All kinds of music is blaring out of overhead speakers, did not hear «American Pie» honky tonk that was an influence at that time, and of course Rave On.
Trivia: IMO Lubbock was not so fond of Buddy Holly when he lived there, vividly remember the Tuesday that he died, a family member was sitting next to me in school, and was taken out of class and told of his death, I had to ask why the crying and screaming) ironic that the city has done an «about face» and given him statutes and a center. Dixie Chicks (Natalie Maines) has no center, politics party on.
Supreme vision realized, hats off to the Benefactor for making this center a reality.
The Gallery with the repurposed items is attached to the center, awesome, the gift shop has the finest Chinese made knick-​knacks, t-​shirts, glasses, books. Saw no crickets for sale.
On big events you can get tickets on an outdoor Trolley to stroll through the Depot District. This is as others have stated a tiny 6^th Street aka Austin, Texas. Staff were the best.

Pretty small cute museum in memory of Buddy Holly. There are art exhibits on each end of the building, including a «do it yourself» art station. The art exhibits are free but the main hall about Buddy Holly is the part you have to pay for.
Across the street there is a statue of Buddy Holly !

I’ve been meaning to stop here since moving to Texas. I finally stopped here this past Saturday and got there just in time for a tour of the Allison house where the Crickets used to practice. It was a short but very nice tour and I learned a lot. The museum is nice with a timeline of Buddy Holly’s life and lots of key events and personal items on display. There is an art gallery attached also that is unrelated but the art gallery is nice. I enjoyed that too. Definitely worth a stop. You wont be disappointed.

Wow! Only ten reviews for the Buddy Holly center. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I had a good time. We watched the video first and then we walked around and explored the museum. I really liked the museum because they had an art exhibit going on as well. The people were friendly and I learned a lot about Buddy Holly. A must go for any fan.

Very nice museum. I was disappointed by the small selection of his personal items — but the timeline, links to key events, and list of musicians he influenced is impressive.
Fun little visit on a rainy Lubbock afternoon.

The employees are rude!!! I took my grandchildren and they did not enjoy it because of rudeness. I would have donated more money if there was not a cost and rigid employees.

Friendly staff, small great museum! Has great buddy holly items like his real glasses. Loved the atmosphere. Check it out!

This place is very interesting and a must see if you are in the area. Beware — it is very small so it doesn’t take long. It has a lot of Buddy Holly information and personal effects. There is an art gallery attached. This was very weird and unrelated to Buddy Holly.
They had some information on the history of the building. It would have been cool to have some exhibits on that. Also, there is a house gated in the same property. I’m assuming its Buddy’s childhood home but there was no documentation or sign indicating what it was. It was not open to view.
Overall, it’s a good place to visit.

If you’re a fan of Buddy Holly or just music in general this museum is worth checking out. It is on the small side but has a lot of really interesting memorabilia. Make sure you watch the video!

This place is small but I generally enjoyed my visit. I am not much of a rock n roll person nor do i know much about buddy holly. But you gotta do this since you are in LBK, right?
I love the huge pair of huddy holly glasses in front of the building and took tons of pictures with it. The bubby holly statue is across the street just an FYI. If you are ever in LBK for God knows whatever reason, pay a visit to the buddy holly center. That’s what LBK has to offer, right? Ironically people in LBK didn’t even like the man until he was dead and he actually spent most of his time in Clovis, NM recording his music. So sad. Admission is free on first Fridays.

i enjoyed my visit here. it was a great history lesson. this museum is small but offers so much! I’m a huge buddy holly fan so i was stoked to see some personal artifacts such as his guitars. if your a rock n roll fan you’ll appreciate this museum and owe it to yourself to visit. Lubbock is buddy holly city!

Kind of a small place, but pretty cool nonetheless.
They have the Wayfarers that were recovered from the crash site when Buddy Holly died.
It’s a nice little museum, they have a great student discount ($ 2 entry). Also you can walk down the hall and look at some art.

During our trip to visit our daughter near Amarillo, she and her husband took us to Lubbock to see the Buddy Holly Center. I really enjoyed this facility.
I was a little too young to follow Buddy Holly’s career, but it was sad to lose him, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. I remember «Donna» was at the top of the charts, then started falling a bit, then this tragic airplane crash. «Donna» moved quickly back up to #1.
The memorabilia was personal — contracts, guitar, his bedroom furniture, contact lenses, letters — helped to fill out a portrait of Buddy Holly as a person.
Wish we could have taken photos in the Center. They are building additional things across the street so this must be a great destination in better times of the year.
They played a 15-​to-​20 minutes video with clips that included a 3 song performance by the Big Bopper. Never knew he had something other than «Chantilly Lace».
There was a lot information about Buddy and the Crickets and the influence on other rock-​n-​roll performers to follow. He was a bigger star and influence than I ever knew. I just knew I like listening to «Peggy Sue» «Everyday».
My souvenier? A 65 cent guitar pick. Thanks for the memories. Rave on!

As a big time Buddy Holly fan, this place was a must-​see for me. I visited Lubbock, TX right around the time Clovis, NM was having it’s music festival. I had a great time and the people were all so very friendly.
The museum was fantastic and the gift shop was a dream for a fan like me.
It was a thrill for me to get close to all the Buddy Holly memorabilia. A constant film plays in the movie room as friends and family reminisce about one of Rock’s greatest legends.
Rave On!