NAMM's Museum of Making Music Celebrates Grand Reopening After several years of planning and a recently completed remodel and transformation of its physical space, NAMM's Museum of Making Music officially celebrated its grand reopening to the public on June 15. The re-envisioned Carlsbad-based cultural institution revealed a vibrant, dynamic, and immersive experience across four new galleries and fresh perspectives of the ecosystem of music products, their history, and cultural impact that will inspire visitors to make their own connections to the role of music-making in their lives. The MoMM will be open Tuesday - Sunday from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Under the direction of state and county health protocols, the MoMM will utilize COVID mitigation strategies and cleaning throughout the museum, as well as a ticketed registration system to manage the flow and number of visitors to the new space. Additional information is available here: https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/reopening . As the only museum of its kind in the world, the new MoMM welcomes visitors from near and far on a journey of musical exploration and discovery as told through instruments, artifacts, and multimedia displays featuring video stories, photographs, performance clips, and interviews from the instrument creators, artists, and industry innovators. Across the MoMM's four new galleries, guests will experience key themes of "Making the Instruments," "Providing the Instruments," "Using the Instruments," and "Beyond the Instruments," and develop a greater knowledge of how instrument creators and external events have brought us the music we make and enjoy. The MoMM's hands-on opportunities also underwent a redesign at "Sit & Play" stations throughout the galleries. In the popular Interactive Gallery, visitors will enjoy a suite of instruments for solo exploration and collaborative performances. Available instruments include a variety of stringed instruments, including a banjo and a guitar from San Diego-based Deering Banjo Co. and Taylor Guitars, respectively, a MOOG Grandmother synthesizer, a Pioneer DJ station, a harp guitar, a Harpejji K24, a theremin, a Chapman Stick, and more. Admission to the MoMM is $15; $10 for seniors, students, and active military; and free for Museum Members, NAMM Members, and Children age three and under. Additional information is available at http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/reopening #MoMM 
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