Musical Instrument Museum, Desert Ridge, Phoenix Arizona
Musical Instrument Museum, Desert Ridge, Phoenix Arizona
Desert Ridge is home to the Musical Instrument Museum, a true one of a kind museum.
The museum showcases the artistry, diversity, and movement of musical instruments from around the world. In fact over 200 countries are represented. Guest not only view and read about the instruments, the history and the culture where the displayed items come from, but they hear what they sound like through wireless headphones as they continue through the exhibits.
The following excerpt from The MIM’s website explains the history and mission of the museum.
“The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) was founded by Robert J. Ulrich, former CEO and chairman emeritus of Target Corporation. An avid collector of African art and a world museum enthusiast, Ulrich and his friend Marc Felix originated the idea for MIM after a visit to the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels, Belgium. Their unique vision was to create a museum and collection that afford equal representation to the musical instruments and music of every country in the world. Using state-of-the-art audiovisual technology to show musical instruments being played in their original cultural context and delivering the sound of these instruments through high-quality headphones, MIM provides a one-of-kind experience to museum guests.
Mission Statement
MIM enriches the world community by collecting, preserving, and making accessible high-quality musical instruments, images, and music from every country in the world. We celebrate our world’s diverse musical cultures and foster global understanding by offering our guests an incomparable interactive experience, a welcome and fun environment, dynamic programming, and exceptional musical performances.”
In addition to the permanent and changing exhibitions, the MIM has a regular schedule of music performances every month. Click here for a schedule.
This is a world class museum, right here in our back yard in Desert Ridge.
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