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Musical Instruments Museum (MIM)

The MIM occupies the former Old England warehouse, an Art Nouveau building of iron and glass that Paul Saintenoy designed in 1899 next to the Place Royale, on Brussels' Mont des Arts. It belongs to the Royal Museums of Art and History and spreads its collection of instruments from around the world over four floors. Its pieces include the oldest surviving saxophone known and decorated harpsichords of the Ruckers family. Besides the exhibition rooms, the museum has a concert hall, a library with iconographic and audiovisual holdings and a shop. The visit includes a multimedia audio guide that lets you hear the instruments while walking through the rooms. The building's facade, with its iron and glass structure, can be admired from Rue Montagne de la Cour without going inside.

Things to do at Musical Instruments Museum (MIM): 4 missions

• Listen to three instruments with the audio guideWith the included multimedia audio guide, activate the sound of three different instruments in front of their display cases.
• Admire the Art Nouveau façade of the former Old EnglandFrom Rue Montagne de la Cour, frame the façade of the building that housed the Old England department store and is now the museum.
• Find a decorated Ruckers harpsichordAmong the keyboard rooms, look for a Ruckers harpsichord and notice the painted decoration on its lid or case.
• Find the oldest surviving saxophoneInside the museum, find the display case of the oldest surviving saxophone and read its label.

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Source: Web oficial - MIM