Musical Instrument Museum

It is the best museum I ever seen! I am not a fan of music, but I am deeply touched by all kinds of music and instruments from all over the world, hundreds of countries and hundreds cultures. Staff in this museum are super nice, they are ready to answer your questions and provide useful information you need. This museum is not only good for adults, but also great place for kids! If you want your kid to learn instruments, bring kids to this museum and kids will start to fall in love with music. I will definitely come back to this museum again with my kid. Overall, I strongly recommend this museum. It is the No.1 best museum among the hundreds of museums I have seen.

This museum is now firmly within my top 5 favorite museums in the world. I was pleasantly surprised at how large the museum is after deciding to visit last-minute. The exhibits are thoughtfully curated and include not only visuals but optional audio for everything you are viewing. With interesting facts about instruments, artists, and music styles from around the world. I only had the chance to see about 1/4 of all they have in my quick 2 hour visit so I’d recommend planing a few hours to come here and experience it all. There is a gallery where you can play a variety of instruments which as a musician was a dream. I’ve always wanted to play a harp and got the chance to do so here! The gift shop had such a fun variety of unique items, I came away with jewelry made from piano strings that I love! And on top of it all, this museum was truly inclusive for folks who need special accessibility accommodations. I recently injured my foot putting me on crutches. The staff kindly offered my choice of a wheelchair or electric scooter at no charge to use while in the museum. I can’t wait for the day I can come back to experience more!!

It was one of the best museums I've ever been to. I could easily spend a whole day there. There is music from almost every country and there is a wonderful guided tour that allows you to hear the music of the world. The museum is so well curated, so that you see, listen and learn about music from around the world. The music play room is great for kids. A wonderful time for the entire family.

Absolutely fantastic museum! My wife and I visited here and could easily have spent all day here. There are so many varieties of so many instruments from so many cultures and so many time periods! There are exhibits on the ear and hearing, exhibits on orchestra and their setup, exhibits where you can play the instruments themselves. There are displays of well-known musicians with some of their outfits or instruments they've used in their careers. And right alongside of them there are displays of not-as-well-known musicians with some of their outfits or instruments. And the audio-headphone system was very helpful in getting to listen to all the varieties of music. Then there were different countries and cultures and different types of music and different time periods and even the growth and modernization of some types of instruments. Getting to see the large organ (Apollonia) play was a great experience too. I think anyone who comes here would find multiple things that interest them, and would really enjoy their visit.

I had a wonderful time going in here and seeing all the different instruments from way back in the day took stuff that's current. I enjoyed all the way the sections were broke out so you could see different instruments from different locations and also just to come to the place of understanding where music builds our societies and who we are and also molds and changes people and cultures. I would definitely go back here again because I got overwhelmed after I had been there a few hours and had gone through a whole bunch of stuff. There are two sections on it I didn't even get through.

A great museum for the musically inclined and everyone else! The exhibits are amazing and interesting. There’s a family room where kids of all ages can play with various instruments - gongs, bells, guitars - even an electronic whatyamacallit. Cafeteria and bistro available. You won’t be disappointed by your visit, and it will take many visits to see it all. There are special exhibits, as well.

It’s a world class museum and the largest in the world. Everything about it is amazing from the rare instruments from so many cultures to the artist gallery and the aesthetics of the building and grounds. My husband had never been, and he was so impressed that we bought a membership. If you haven’t ever attended a concert in the theater make sure you do! The intimate setting and acoustics are phenomenal!