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Museum of Making Music

Name: Museum of Making Music
Address: 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA, 92008, US

5790 Armada Drive

Carlsbad, CA 92008

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760-438-5996

The Museum of Making Music presents visitors with an interactive journey through a century of musical instrument innovations that helped shape American Popular Music from the 1890s to the present day. It includes over 500 vintage instruments on display, hundreds of audio and video examples at the push of a button and an interactive area where visitors can play on a variety of hands-on instruments.

The Museum also presents a number of special events and educational outreach activities.

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