探索世界–亞利桑那州鳳凰城的樂器博物館

樂器博物館（MIM）坐落在北鳳凰城佔地20英畝的場地上，是逃避酷熱並使自己迷戀文化，音樂和奇觀的理想場所。

The building itself is incredible if you are a fan of architecture. Designed by RSP Architects of Minneapolis, MN, the exterior walls of Indian sandstone compliments the surrounding desert and the cactus/sculpture garden complete with water feature outside is a nice contrast to the stone. Inside the Venetian plaster walls, Italian porcelain floor tile, stainless steel and glass. It’s like an oasis in the desert. But, enough about the building.

MIM收集了將近15,000種儀器和相關對象（一次大約顯示6,000種），建造成本為$2.5億。博物館的策展人在世界各地辛勤工作，以收集和展示各種樂器的多樣性（和相似性）。地理畫廊中有五個重要區域：非洲和中東；亞洲和大洋洲；歐洲，拉丁美洲和加勒比；以及美國和加拿大。

一位值班的志願者告訴我，參觀博物館的最佳方法是從方向畫廊開始，然後上樓到上層看地理畫廊，然後下樓回到藝術家畫廊/體驗畫廊和機械博物館畫廊。事實證明，這條路線是明智的選擇。

一些有趣的顯示值得關注：

• The oldest instrument on display is a paigu or hourglass drum and dates back to China’s Neolithic period. Estimated to have been created between 5000 and 4000 BCE.
• The Steinway piano exhibit shows a piano in “exploded layered view”
• 芬達吉他展
• 馬丁吉他展
• 空氣吉他展 （眨眼）
• 直接來自巴拉圭的再生樂團展覽

For a Musical Instrument Museum, you’d think it would be loud & noisy

您所聽到的只是寂靜和腳步聲的輕柔踩踏，因為博物館的參觀者從陳列品中悄悄走來走去，聆聽他們的語音導覽耳機。

The state of the art equipment (included with admission) is provided to you as you enter the museum. Approach any display in any random order, and the proper “soundtrack” plays in the headset, walk away from the display, and the “soundtrack” stops. It’s as if each person is getting their own personal tour through the museum.

在大多數展品中，也有視頻顯示，顯示了在特定文化環境中使用的樂器。錄像經常顯示與所顯示的樂器完全相同的東西！甚至還有工匠自己製作和製作樂器的鏡頭。

Artist’s Gallery

The Artist’s Gallery features musical instruments linked to famous musicians as well as video footage of their performances, photographs, costumes and awards such as real Grammy awards and gold records on display. This gallery is definitely a must see.

我能想像 （眨眼） that the Steinway piano that John Lennon composed “Imagine” on is a very popular exhibit as is the George Harrison, Taylor Swift and Elvis displays. Look out for one of the “Fou” drums from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Experience Gallery – so that’s where all the noise is!

We didn’t spend much time in this part of the gallery truthfully because we were so tired from seeing everything else, but this is total play time with all sorts of instruments available for you to try your hand at. Great fun for the kids.

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樂器博物館證明，即使世界可能說不同的語言，崇拜不同的宗教或生活在不同的國家；我們所有人的共同點是音樂，而音樂真正是靈魂的語言。

我在這個令人印象深刻的博物館度過了愉快的時光，並強烈推薦給任何音樂愛好者。

 
尖端：

• Be prepared to stand and walk a lot. There are 80,000 square feet of exhibition space, and I noticed that there aren’t very many benches/seating areas within the galleries. If you need to rest, there are seats in the main hall areas.
• 計劃在博物館呆幾個小時。有很多值得一看，聽到和體驗的東西。
• 酒店內還設有一個可容納300人的音樂劇院。有關表演，請訪問其網站，網址為： http://www.mim.org

樂器博物館

4725 East Mayo Boulevard，鳳凰城，亞利桑那州85050

圖片來源：想像一下MIM.org提供的圖片

注意：謝謝 樂器博物館 和 斯科茨代爾會議旅遊局 免費入場以換取此評價。所表達的正面和/或負面的觀點完全是作者的觀點，並不反映所獲得的賠償。

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