Crammed into the tiny upstairs of the small northwest Iowa County Museum is *** collection of rare and historic musical instruments. They aren't exactly displayed in the style of the Smithsonian.

Gordon Close has spent 45 years assembling rare and one-of-a-kind equipment for his Rocky Mountain Music Museum, from ...

The first electric guitar played in public. The first Hawaiian-made ukulele. Eric Clapton’s 1956 Fender Stratocaster, “Brownie,” which helped create his signature sound on classic songs like “Layla” ...

A unique display of rare musical instruments from far corners of the country is attracting pilgrims and tourists alike at Mahakumbh-2025. The exhibition of dozens of such rarely seen and even more ...

Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

Archaeologists were perplexed by a strange pair of discs found in Oman – only to discover these items were actually a single 4,000-year-old instrument. The cymbals date to the third millennium B.C.

PHOENIX — The Musical Instrument Museum is giving visitors a chance to experience the world of music like never before. Located in north Phoenix, MIM houses more than 200,000 square feet of space, ...

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USA TODAY has announced the nominees for their 10Best Reader's Choice Awards in the museum category and a world-famous Phoenix museum has made the cut. The Musical Instrument Museum came in at No. 9 ...

Phoenix’s Musical Instrument Museum doesn’t just display exotic and unique music-making artifacts; it also showcases them in action. Inside its intimate 300-seat theater, the MIM hosts performances ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...