Upcoming AzTEC Trip #8: MIM's the Word...
0 comments Posted by TWilliamson on Thursday, July 21, 2011Date: August 6th, 2011
Attendees: lots?
General Area: Phoenix
Attraction 1: The MIM: Musical Instrument Museum (Art/History)
CLICK HERE for a map of the trip.
The MIM was created by the former CEO of Target and opened in 2010. It is the biggest museum in the world of its type. It has a collection of over 13,000 musical instruments. It includes instruments from nearly 200 countries and territories in the world. Some larger countries such as India, China, Russia, the United States and Congo have multiple displays with subsections for different types of ethnic, folk, and tribal music.
BONUS: If you are a Bank of America customer, you get into the MIM for FREE on August 6th as part of BofA's Museums on Us Program. Otherwise, check out pricing on the museum's website.
Date: June 25th, 2011
Attendees: 10
General Area: Phoenix
Attraction 1: Superstition Mountain Museum (History)
Attraction 2: Goldfield Ghost Town (History)
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**NOTE: Check the calendar for some upcoming AzTEC trips!!!
Dearest AzTEC Cohorts,
It has been quite some time since we have conjured up the resting spirits of the forgotten AzTEC peoples. The economy, gas prices, and changes in occupation have caused this once thriving civilization to disperse and disappear into the annuls of history, with only a sliver of hope for a revival or, at the very least, a PBS documentary by the likes of Ken Burns to uncover the story of the AzTECs at the peak of their time in history.
I can almost hear Morgan Freeman now; poetically describing how the AzTEC peoples were forced to co-mingle with the PERUvians (People Estranged Resulting from Unemployment). They eventually came to be called the AzTEC-PERUvians, known for their unusual wit and knowledge, fondness for cuisine from the neighboring Filibertos Tribe, and monthly ritual warfare known as 'Wolfy'.
So what do you say we give Mr. Freeman something to talk about?
As we have ashamedly abandoned our ancestral AzTEC roots, it only seems fitting that we go and visit a ghost town to commence the new season of AzTEC expeditions. Oh, and Groupon has a good deal.
$5 for two admissions to the Superstition Mountain Museum. So get on and buy some tickets guys. We can hit up Lost Dutchman and Goldfield Ghost Town and whatever else is out that direction. We'll start looking at dates in the near future, but first let's buy some tickets. Anyone interested?
Date: December 30th, 2008
Attendees: 20 - a new record!
General Area: Tucson
Attraction 1: Pima Air Space Museum (Science/History)
Attraction 2: Titan Missile Museum and Missile Silo (Science/History)
Alternate Attraction 3: The Boneyard (Science/History)
Food Attraction: El Guero Canelo (Famous for Sonoran Hot Dogs and really good Mexican food)
CLICK HERE for a map of the trip.
CLICK HERE to see some sweet views of the museum
**NOTE: Due to blustery weather conditions, the "Sunrise to Sunset Crater" trip has been postponed. It appeared to be an audience favorite in the voting, so we will plan to reschedule in the spring when the snow melts away.
Date: April 12, 2008
Attendees: 15
Tombstone, AZ and Bisbee, AZ
Date
Attendees: 13
A day of spelunking in Peppersauce cave.
December 8, 2007
Attendees: 15
Mystery Castle and Adobe Western Railroad.