During our stay at Saddle Mountain, we dressed up like city folk and took ourselves into Phoenix to spend the day. Phoenix is about 50 miles away from our campground and we planned to make a day of it.
Our first stop was the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). This place came highly recommended to us on two separate occasions by some friends of ours. It didn't disappoint.
The museum is located on the eastern edge of Phoenix. The building is large and the grounds are lovely. There are several galleries on the main floor; my two favorites being the Orientation Gallery and the Artist Gallery.
The Orientation Gallery holds instruments of all kinds and is kind of a history lesson of the evolution of certain instruments. We saw all manner of instruments that we'd never seen before. The artistry on some of the them were spectacular.
The Artist Gallery showed instruments that were used by several artists. In fact, the group of artists featured in the gallery was very diverse, which made it all the more interesting.
The second floor of the museum features galleries specific to different parts of the world. We finished our visit to the museum with a tour of the United State/Canada gallery. It was very fun to see the evolution of certain types of music that we enjoy today.
Our tour book said to allow two hours minimum when visiting the museum; but I'll attest that's not nearly enough. We were there three hours, and only scratched the surface of all there was to see.
Be sure to check out H's Gallery to see some of our highlights.
Our second stop for the day will be covered in the next post.
Our first stop was the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). This place came highly recommended to us on two separate occasions by some friends of ours. It didn't disappoint.
The museum is located on the eastern edge of Phoenix. The building is large and the grounds are lovely. There are several galleries on the main floor; my two favorites being the Orientation Gallery and the Artist Gallery.
The Orientation Gallery holds instruments of all kinds and is kind of a history lesson of the evolution of certain instruments. We saw all manner of instruments that we'd never seen before. The artistry on some of the them were spectacular.
The Artist Gallery showed instruments that were used by several artists. In fact, the group of artists featured in the gallery was very diverse, which made it all the more interesting.
The second floor of the museum features galleries specific to different parts of the world. We finished our visit to the museum with a tour of the United State/Canada gallery. It was very fun to see the evolution of certain types of music that we enjoy today.
Our tour book said to allow two hours minimum when visiting the museum; but I'll attest that's not nearly enough. We were there three hours, and only scratched the surface of all there was to see.
Be sure to check out H's Gallery to see some of our highlights.
Our second stop for the day will be covered in the next post.
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