Heard MuseumvsMusical Instrument Museum
Heard Museum and Musical Instrument Museum are both praised by professionals. On balance, Heard Museum is preferred by most reviewers compared to Musical Instrument Museum. Heard Museum scores 97 with positive reviews from 8 reviews including Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet and Afar Magazine.
Heard Museum
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2301 North Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Fodor's "Pioneer settlers Dwight and Maie Heard built a Spanish colonial–style building on their property to house their collection of Southwestern art." Full review
Concierge "This private museum houses one of the best collections of Native American art in the country."
Travel + Leisure "Even if it didn’t house one of the world’s premiere collections of Native American art, you’d want to hang out in this space." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Devoted to Native American culture and art, especially Southwest tribes, this fine museum contains 10 exhibition galleries and 32,000 works of art." Full review
Afar Magazine "The Heard Museum is a can't-miss cultural institution in Phoenix." Full review
Where "Curated, themed, static and interactive exhibits feature icons, implements, lore, lifestyles and artistic expression from primitive through contemporary." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Even if it didn’t house one of the world’s premiere collections of Native American art, you’d want to hang out in this space." Full review
Travel + Leisure "the Heard exhibits a vast collection of Native American art and cultural artifacts, including paintings, sculpture, textiles and beadwork, pottery, baskets and jewelry. " Full review
Frommer's "One of the nation’s finest museums dealing exclusively with Native American cultures, the Heard is an ideal introduction to the indigenous peoples of Arizona" Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This extraordinary museum is a magical mystery tour through the history, life, arts and culture of Native American tribes in the Southwest." Full review
Musical Instrument Museum Fodor's Lonely Planet Afar Magazine Travel + Leisure Afar Magazine Afar Magazine Where Frommer's
4725 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85050
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Fodor's "A fun destination for even casual music fans... among the museum's dazzling array of instruments are the piano on which John Lennon composed "Imagine," and the first Steinway." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"From Uganda thumb pianos to Hawaiian ukuleles to Indonesian boat lutes, the ears have it at this lively museum." Full review
Afar Magazine "Even passionate music lovers will be likely to see an instrument they've never heard of before, and... might hear some of them played by visiting artists." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Music lovers of all ages enjoy the MIM, a sweeping multimedia tour that spans continents and centuries, from primitive African drums and Highland pipes to Johnny Cash’s guitar and hip-hop turntables." Full review
Afar Magazine "Don a headset, approach an exhibit, and wirelessly listen to African thumb piano or Mongolian throat singing at the vast Musical Instrument Museum." Full review
Afar Magazine "Billing itself as the only museum in the world dedicated to the display of global musical instruments, Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum, or MIM, opened in 2010." Full review
Where "In addition to a permanent-and-growing collection, MIM regularly mounts thematic exhibits, hosts touring assemblages, and presents live performances by multifarious, mind-bending masters." Full review
Frommer's "The MIM, less than 10 years old, lives in a gorgeous sandstone monolith on a sprawling campus just south of the 101 in north Phoenix" Full review
