Web Directory

» Cobbe Collection, The
   Surrey, England: Collection of historic keyboard instruments with composer connections. Recital programme.
   http://www.cobbecollection.co.uk/

» Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
   A museum in Scotland open to the public. Contains 1000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe, and distant lands.
   http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/

» Empire State Theatre and Musical Instrument Museum
   Syracuse, New York; features a working Wurlitzer theater organ: includes location and membership information.
   http://www.jrjunction.com/estmim

» Finchcocks Living Museum of Music
   Kent, UK: Keyboard instruments from 18th and 19th centuries, chamber organs, harpsichords, virginals, spinets and clavichords.
   http://www.finchcocks.co.uk

» Instrument Encyclopedia - Stearns Collection
   Musical instruments from around the world including over 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan.
   http://www2.si.umich.edu//chico/instrument/

» International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections
   Information is jointly provided by The International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections and by The American Musical Instrument Society.
   http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/cimcim/id/index.html

» Mandolin Melodies Museum
   Nagoya, Japan; exhibits instruments and recordings from around the world.
   http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~mandolin/

» Museum of Musical Instruments
   Museum established in the early 1900s, largely destroyed in World War II, and rebuilt since then to provide an accurate perspective of the development of musical instruments in Europe from Renaissance up until the present day. Images and sound files of se
   http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de/

» Music House Museum
   (Acme, MI: near Traverse City) preserves and restores mechanical musical instruments.
   http://www.musichouse.org/

» Musikhistorisk Museum
   The Museum of Musical Instruments in Copenhagen. Information in English and Danish.
   http://www.natmus.dk/sw25193.asp

» National Music Museum
   At the University of South Dakota, this collection includes instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
   http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/

» Orpheon Foundation
   Offers traveling exhibits, concerts, and music courses based around a collection of baroque-era musical instruments: includes calendar of events.
   http://www.orpheon.org/

» Ringve Museum
   National museum (Norway) for music and musical instruments with collections from all over the world. Located at Ringve Manor in Trondheim.
   http://www.ringve.com

» Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande - The Nydahl Collection
   Located in Stockholm, Sweden. Houses manuscripts, scores, letters and other music-related material; and approximately 550 old instruments, of which 75 are keyboards, dating from the 16th century up to the 1940's.
   http://web.comhem.se/smf/Components/eframes.html

» The Band Museum
   Pine Bluff, Arkansas: includes pictures of vintage and antique band instruments.
   http://bandmuseum.tripod.com/

» The Collections of Musical Instruments
   The Cremonese, Wilkins, Miller, and Thai collections of the Library of Congress. Located in Washington,DC.
   http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/guide/instru.html

» The Musical Museum
   London, England: Describes it collection of automatic mechanical musical instruments; activities; volunteer opportunities; and links.
   http://www.musicalmuseum.co.uk

» Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum
   Describes ukulele history: includes events, artists, membership information, and online shop.
   http://ukulele.org/

» Whittaker's Musical Museum
   (Waiheke Island, New Zealand) Displays and demonstrates instruments from the last 400 years.
   http://www.musical-museum.org/

» World Of Accordions Museum
   Featuring about 1000 instruments, artifacts, a gift shop, and a library. Includes events, publications, memberships, and volunteer opportunities. Located in Superior, Wisconsin, United States.
   http://museum.accordionworld.org

» Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments
   Holdings comprised of instruments, accessories and related items, the majority of which document the Western European and American art music tradition.
   http://www.yale.edu/musicalinstruments/