Museums & GalleriesUpper East Side

Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll

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Description

The Met Museum celebrates the unbreakable relationship between rock icons and their instruments—the tools that not only help them each develop their own sound but also become key to their identity and how they present themselves onstage. In cooperation with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Met displays roughly 130 instruments alongside posters and costumes, representing artists across different genres and generations.

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Location

The Met

Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. Manhattan, NY, 10028

Features

Type
Music
Museums
International Collections
Seasonal
Spring
Summer
Accessibility
Large Print
Braille
Open and/or Closed Captioned
Assistive Listening System
Sign Language Interpretation
Wheelchair Accessible
Adaptive Activities
Audio Description
Neurodiverse Programming
Amenities
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