The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) was suggested by one of the friends I was traveling with to Phoenix & quite honestly not somewhere I was very excited to go. I couldn't have been more wrong. It's an AMAZING place where you literally traveled the globe from a musical instrument perspective. Each gallery is set up by a continent or geographical region. It is a little pricey, but the ticket price includes an audio headset which detects the music of the country whose display you're observing. We began on the 2nd floor in Africa and were amazed at all the different countries and the various types of instruments they all had..made from just about anything you could imagine. We progressed to the Middle East which was of special interest since our background is Lebanese. Onward we went to the vast gallery that was Asia with all it's bright colors. By now we were all getting tired...MIM is HUGE...you need to allow a full day with a lunch break at their global cafe. That's what I'll likely do next time. For this initial visit I also saw Oceania, Latin/South America and then I was pretty much done. I did see a few things in the USA/Canada gallery-- of note the Steinway piano display was fascinating. I never made it to Europe or to the interactive gallery. I look forward eagerly to returning & have been recommending it to everyone!