text: Very cool place My husband is a music junkie has been his whole life He plays instruments and is in a band so I thought surprising him on his birthday with a visit here would be a great idea and it was he LOVED it It was like taking a kid to Disneyland for the first time As we were walking through the exhibits I was thinking to myself how is it that Phoenix has something so amazing now do get all upset I am born and raised here a true PhoeniciannnEverything is broken up into sectionsrooms depending on geographical location They give you a headset to wear and as you walk up to the exhibits there is music that plays to give an example of what you are looking at Most of them have a television screen that shows clips of how things are made dancing concerts or people playing musical instruments from all around the world Very cool We got there later in the day and stayed until closing unfortunately we were rushed towards the end and wanted to still at least see everything so we just walked real fast through the last part of it The place is huge and you need pretty much the whole day so you can take your time and soak it all in You can take photos with no flash They have a room that you can actually play some instruments including a theremin They also offer events you can bring your children to for hands on participating even for children under months We will be taking our month old back in a couple weeks will update on thatnnThey usually have other exhibits for example Women Who Rock that will be an extra charge to look at we did not do that since we figured we would run out of time anyways It was per person just for the main museum including the headsets Not bad They have a cafe there that has snacks lunch drinks even beer and wine closes at pm We decided to eat there before we walked around the prices are very high but the food is all local and was very good My husband and I shared a hamburger grass fed and fries since we had dinner plans for later VERY GOOD The only complaint was that we waitedwhat seemed to be forever for the burger but it was well worth it nnThis is a true gem If you love music and have not visited what are you waiting for get down there and spend the day you will enjoy it And from what I hear they switch out exhibits with other instruments they have in a warehouse from time to time