Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix)
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Coordinates: 33°40′03″N 111°58′43″W / 33.667454°N 111.978671°W / 33.667454; -111.978671
The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is a music museum in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the biggest museum in the world of its type. It has a collection of over 13,000 musical instruments. It includes instruments from nearly 200 countries and territories in the world. Some larger countries such as India, China, Russia, the United States and Congo have multiple displays with subsections for different types of ethnic, folk, and tribal music.
The building that houses the Musical Instrument Museum also contains a 299-seat theater for musical instrument performances. The museum opened in April 2010.[1]
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