Experts' Choice Award Musical Instrument Museum
What the experts agree on
Phoenix's only global instrument museum pairs an impressive collection spanning African drums to Johnny Cash's guitar with wireless audio exhibits that let you hear each instrument played. Live performances and rotating exhibits keep it fresh.
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
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
Condé Nast Traveler "This expansive museum in the desert right off of the North Phoenix highway is a paean to world music. Inside the Musical Instrument Museum's tall sandstone walls, 8,000-plus instruments..."
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