the mmm website said: " The Museum presents visitors with a nostalgic and educational journey through a century of instruments and innovations that helped shape American popular music from the 1890s to the present day. The Museum has over 450 vintage instruments on exhibit, features audio and video clips at the touch of a button and includes a special Interactive Area where visitors can put headphones on and play on a variety of hands-on instruments.

The Museum is divided chronologically. Each gallery represents 20 years of time and features the popular music of the era, the instrument innovations during that time, a snapshot of current music business practices (including marketing, distribution and manufacturing) and nostalgic recreations of music stores of each era."