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Two dresses worn by Tina Turner during on-stage performances are featured items in a museum honoring the singer's career on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 in Brownsville, Tenn. The Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School opened Friday in an old one-room schoolhouse she attended classes in as a child in West Tennessee. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz) Image Credit: AP

A restored one-room schoolhouse that Tina Turner attended while growing up in West Tennessee has been turned into a museum about the singer.

The Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School held a grand opening on Friday on the grounds of the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Centre in Brownsville. Turner attended the school while growing up in nearby Nutbush.

The school closed in the 1960s and was used as a barn. It was moved from Nutbush to Brownsville in 2012.

Private donations, including support from Turner, and public funds helped pay for the $300,000 (Dh1.1 million) restoration.

Turner, who lives in Zurich, Switzerland, did not attend the ceremony. She recorded a video that was played for those in attendance. Turner said she did not attend because she has problems with flying long distances.


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April Williams takes photos with her phone inside the Flagg Grove School and Tina Turner Museum, Fri., Sept. 26, at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Jackson Sun, Kenneth Cummings) Image Credit: AP
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Janet Penn Willams and Alice Phillips, decendants of Benjamin Flagg, look at Tina Turner's yearbook inside of the Flagg Grove School and Tina Turner Museum during its grand opening, Friday, Sept., 26, at the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Jackson Sun, Kenneth Cummings) Image Credit: AP
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State and local officials and fans of singer Tina Turner cut a ribbon at the grand opening of a museum housed in the one-room schoolhouse she used to attend as a child in West Tennessee on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 in Brownsville, Tenn. The museum features gold-and-platinum records and glittering outfits and dresses worn during performances by Turner, whose Grammy-winning singing career includes hit songs “Nutbush City Limits,” “Proud Mary” and “What’s Love Got To Do With it.” (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz). Image Credit: AP
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