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MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA Founded in 1928, the Museum of Northern Arizona inspires a sense of love and responsibility for the beauty and diversity of the Colorado Plateau. View exhibits relating to the museum’s four main disciplines: anthropology, biology, geology and fine art; attend annual Zuni, Hopi, Navajo and Latino Festivals of Arts & Culture that attract thousands of visitors from around the world; discover the Colorado Plateau on week-long outdoor adventures with museum researchers; take a Navajo weaving or Hopi pottery class; or purchase authentic Native American art and jewelry from the award-winning Museum Shop. Don’t miss the museum’s newest permanent exhibition, Tribal Peoples of the Colorado Plateau, opening in 2018. To learn more, call 928.774.5213 or visit musnaz.org.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEM Rated Phoenix’s #1 attraction by TripAdvisor, MIM displays more than 6,500 musical instruments and objects and provides a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors of all ages. MIM’s five Geographic Galleries showcase music and cultures from every country in the world through multimedia that allows you to hear, see, and feel the creative spirit of people as they play their instruments. Visitors can also get a close-up look at instruments played by influential artists, such as Elvis Presley®, Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift, and Maroon 5 in MIM’s Artist Gallery and have fun making some music of their own in the Experience Gallery. mim.org
MUSICANOVA ORCHESTRA Known for performing unique and rare pieces from the classical repertoire, MusicaNova Orchestra is comprised of the best musicians from the Valley. Led by Music Director Warren Cohen, the 2017/18 Season opens with Mid-Century Masters, with cinematic pieces from Twentieth Century English composers, evoking images of 40s, 50s and 60s spy films, the morning, mid-day and evening symphonies of Haydn in A Day with Papa Haydn; Johannes Sebastian Bach’s controversial and highly unusual Eastertide Oratorio, St. John Passion and Ports of Call, featuring orchestral compositions inspired by music from exotic locales around the world, from Bali and the Mediterranean to tribes of the New World. musicanovaaz.com
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