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| - Yeah, it's an OK place to send your out of town guests, but not someplace I would want to go see again. After all, after you've seen your 20th African wood and goat-skin drum, you've pretty much seen it all.
My point of reference to this museum is the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. I went through it a couple years ago and highly recommend it. Basically you start the tour with the origin of RnR, and progress through time and artists through the various styles of the music genre. By the time you walk out you really want to learn to play guitar. Not so with MIM.
Imagine you're watching Antiques Roadshow, and they have person after person coming up with some old instrument they found while cleaning out their late uncle's attic. That's what you're looking at, all organized by country and region. Nice to look at, but there's no continuity between how one region's music influenced another. OK, they do explain that in some instances, but for the most part its gallery after gallery of drums, flutes and stringed instruments.
The biggest annoyance is the headsets you get to listen to the different displays. They do work, but in some cases you have to almost be on top of the display for the previous display's sound to stop and the next one to start. I wouldn't mind except there's always someone parked right in front of that display. Then you have to docents leading groups through...
Glad I went so I don't have to go back.
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