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panader0

(25,816 posts) Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:05 PM Sep 2017

I went to the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) this weekend. Unbelieveable!!!

I was visiting friends in Phoenix and they took me there. It blew my mind.
A separate exhibit for every country in the world. You wear headphones,
and as you pass each exhibit the flat screen TV plays the music and dance
of that nation. The place is huge and beautiful. The instruments are
fantastic. I can't say enough about this place (and I hate Phoenix).
I heard that it's rated in the top ten of world museums.
Seriously, every instrument you can imagine, and some you can't are there.
As a guitar player, I was blown away.

https://mim.org/

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I went to the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) this weekend. Unbelieveable!!! (Original Post) panader0 Sep 2017 OP

I have been wanting to go since it opened. Kali Sep 2017 #1

It costs 20 bucks but it is well worth it. panader0 Sep 2017 #2

you convinced me, I am going next time I am up there! Kali Sep 2017 #3

Be prepared to spend several hours there. panader0 Sep 2017 #5

wow! Kali Sep 2017 #6

Ok, now I want to go to Phoenix SharonClark Sep 2017 #4

I have a close friend who just moved to Phoenix TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #7

Interesting ... any connection to the one in North Dakota ? eppur_se_muova Sep 2017 #8

Kali

(55,014 posts)

1. I have been wanting to go since it opened.

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:07 PM

Sep 2017

they have shows there too.

panader0

(25,816 posts)

2. It costs 20 bucks but it is well worth it.

Reply to Kali (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:11 PM

Sep 2017

Hell, it's worth a trip to Phoenix just to see it. I was amazed. So cool.

Kali

(55,014 posts)

3. you convinced me, I am going next time I am up there!

Reply to panader0 (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:12 PM

Sep 2017

maybe in a couple weeks.

panader0

(25,816 posts)

5. Be prepared to spend several hours there.

Reply to Kali (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 09:37 PM

Sep 2017

There's a café too if you get hungry.
I've been to the Metropolitan Museum in NYC and this place is on a
par with that. Enjoy.
I was there almost four hours and did not see it all.