Musical Instrument Museum.

Love this guitar!

And this one!

This xylophone is made of rocks!

Octobass - the step to the left is where the player stands to play.

Iranian bagpipes.

This is a G.I. Piano manufactured by Steinway during WWII. They were parachuted into camps and used by the troops!

I left work early on Thursday to go to the new Musical Instrument Museum with Vicki and Faith. It is seriously amazing! There is 75,000 square feet of exhibit space and the goal of the museum is to represent every country with at least one instrument. The museum opened in April and they are still adding to the exhibits. I didn't even get to the American and European rooms! Curators and consultants began collecting for the museum three years ago and they have an extensive collection of app. 16,000 pieces! And, you get a wireless headset that connects with each exhibit to hear the instruments on display. The founder of the museum is Robert Ulrich, the chairman emeritus of Target. So, they have plenty of money to create an experience. And, we knew almost everyone there. It seems like as soon as the job opportunities came up, everyone left every other museum in the valley to head to MIM. Very cool place!!