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| - We went opening weekend, but it wasn't too crowded (there were a lot of ppl though) so I want to give it 5 stars so that people go to museums more often!
It's a big place, with different (BIG) rooms featuring instruments from almost every country in the world along with videos of how the instruments are played, along with some historical cultural facts. They give you these headphones that automatically play sound clips when you're within range of the lcd, which was really cool. It's also free of charge, which is nice since I know most places would charge like $10 for it.
The architecture of the building is great, and there is a courtyard to sit out and look at the phoenix guitar shaped sculpture made while listening to some worldy musician perform.
My favorite room was the "experiment" room, where they have bunch of instruments featured within the museum that you can play yourself, including guitars, maraccas, a giant gong, hand drums, xylophones, and this weird contraption that changes pitch as you move your hands along it. That is a must see room and we spent a good amount of time in that room. We were in the museum for probably a little over 2 hours, and saw everything.
They don't give student discounts, but it's only $15, less for seniors and kids of course. I think it's worth it to check out and appreciate music a little more =)
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