Musical Instrument Museum will present ’Tis the Season: Holidays at MIM this month.

Festive performances and family-friendly activities will celebrate holiday traditions from around the world from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15. MIM is located at 4725 E. Mayo Blvd., in Phoenix.

Highlights of the weekend will include:

• Craft: Handbells – Make your own handbell to accompany the day’s festive performances.
• Pop-Up Performance: Dickens Carolers – Enjoy classic holiday carols sung by the strolling Dickens Carolers.
• Youth-led Mini-Tours – Join Junior Museum Guides for short tours focused on holiday celebrations across the globe.
• Kwanzaa Storytelling – Experience an interactive exploration of Kwanzaa traditions with storyteller and musician Súle Greg Wilson.
• Performance: The Hot Beignets – Experience the sounds of a New Orleans–style holiday performance.

MIM also presents a new special exhibition, “Stradivarius and the Golden Age of Violins and Guitars, which showcases 70 string instruments crafted by legendary European makers from the 16th to the 19th century.

Tickets for “Stradivarius and the Golden Age of Violins and Guitars” are $7 with paid museum admission or $10 special exhibition only for ages 20 and up, $4 for ages 4–19, and free for ages 3 and under.

Junior Museum Guides will lead short tours focused on holiday celebrations around the world the weekend of Dec. 14-15.

(Photo courtesy of the Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona)