SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

Special Exhibitions in the Target Gallery complement the museum’s permanent collection with exciting and informative traveling shows, special engagements, and changing exhibitions. MIM is grateful to the Target Corporation for its generous contribution in making this gallery possible.

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Instruments played by the heroes of folk, blues, and bluegrass music

Exhibition open now! Closing September 15, 2024.

MIM’s newest special exhibition, Acoustic America: Iconic Guitars, Mandolins, and Banjos, opens November 10. See a once-in-a-lifetime collection of 90 historic stringed instruments—mandolins, guitars, banjos, ukuleles, and more—that have shaped generations of American music since before the Civil War.

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Past Exhibitions

Rediscover Treasures: Legendary Musical Instruments

Nov. 2022–Sep. 2023

Treasures: Legendary Musical Instruments

Nov. 2021–Oct. 2022

Congo Masks and Music Image

Congo Masks and Music: Masterpieces from Central Africa

Nov. 2019–Sep. 2021

The Electric Guitar: Inventing an American Icon

Nov. 2018–Sep. 2019

Ancient Musical Treasures from Central China: Harmony of the Ancients from the Henan Museum

Nov. 2017–May 2018

Dragons and Vines: Inlaid Guitar Masterpieces

Nov. 2016–Sep. 2017

Stradivarius: Origins and Legacy of the Greatest Violin Maker

Jan.–Jun. 2016

Beyond the Beat: Drums of the World

Nov. 2014–Oct. 2015

Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power

Oct. 2013–Apr. 2014

Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz

Nov. 2012–Apr. 2013

SANZA: African Thumb Pianos from the Collections of F. & F. Boulanger-Bouhière, the Royal Museum of Central Africa, and MIM

Feb. 2012–Oct. 2012

American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music

Nov. 2010–May 2011

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