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.

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.

Past Exhibitions

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