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Expansive display of instruments from roughly 200 countries, including some that guests can try out.
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Reviews — 8
I can only speak for MIM venue. First time visit and WOW! Gorgeous, intimate room, every seat is great since it's pretty steep, the sound is just alive and dynamic and the musicians know and appreciate that. We saw Max Weinberg Jukebox, and it was a pleasure. Staff was nice as well, and parking is a plenty. I really appreciate the fact that the stated ticket price on the website is exactly what you pay. No Ticketmaster fees, etc. Thank you! Well done!
Overall, it was a pretty terrific experience. The layout got a little bit repetitive after a while, but each display was extremely informative. As a committed musician, I could appreciate it, but isn't the sort of place you visit again and again. That being said, the Musical Instrument Museum is absolutely somewhere that everybody needs to visit at least once.
Wow! Had such a fantastic time here. There are instruments from all over the world grouped by country or genre. You get audio devices that let you listen to the music from each section as you pass along. There’s a room of interactive instruments at the end by the cafe. The museum is well curated and organized. Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Phoenix.
This was one of the coolest museums I have ever been too! It’s the Smithsonian of Musical Instruments! And it’s almost just as big. I was surprised when I pulled up on how big it really was. The whole upstairs is dedicated to international instruments. The downstairs has a celebrity section with some crazy names like Carlos Santana, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Elvis, Johnny Cash, and more! I was in there for hours, and still didn’t see everything! They also had a really cool bluegrass exhibit when I went as well! I recommend this museum to anyone coming to the area, or in the area, or even if your a big music head like me! Included some images of the place as well! 10/10 place for all ages, and a really informative, yet fun experience as well!
Considering that the museum is of musical instruments, it is larger than I expected it to be. Very immaculately curated with instruments from every corner of the world.
The geographic arrangement along with a proximity enabled audio tour is well orchestrated. As soon as you arrive at a display your audio tour connects to the correct audio allowing you to hear the instrument being displayed. Fading as you walk away only to connect to the next display. Very well done!
One could spend a full day easily. We did.
A must see if you are visiting Scottsdale.
The geographic arrangement along with a proximity enabled audio tour is well orchestrated. As soon as you arrive at a display your audio tour connects to the correct audio allowing you to hear the instrument being displayed. Fading as you walk away only to connect to the next display. Very well done!
One could spend a full day easily. We did.
A must see if you are visiting Scottsdale.
Very cool visit. First off though…this is a big museum. If you want to see and read and interact with it all..leave yourself at least two days. If you can navigate topically through it, a full single day.
Well presented, good use of technology with their headsets. Hands on space for kids. Good was museum pricing, but really good and good quantities. Will be back for sure just to finish it!
Well presented, good use of technology with their headsets. Hands on space for kids. Good was museum pricing, but really good and good quantities. Will be back for sure just to finish it!
The musical instrument museum was well organized and thoughtfully laid out it included a variety of instruments from every and any country you could think of! We were there 2 hours but you could easily spend 3 hours there. We were directed to start with the Asian and African exhibits progressing to Europe and the United States. I would have liked to spend more time in the European and United States exhibits. Next time I will start there first. Highly recommend going here.
