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Musikhistorisk Museum

The Museum of Musical Instruments in Copenhagen. Information in English and Danish.
http://www.musikhistoriskmuseum.dk/

Instrument Encyclopedia - Stearns Collection

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

Whittaker's Musical Museum

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

Music House Museum

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

Moeginomura Museum Hall of Halls

Collects and exhibits automatic musical instruments, antique music boxes and traditional Japanese tableware. Located in Kiyosato, Japan.
http://www.moeginomura.co.jp/e-hall.html

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

National Music Museum

At the University of South Dakota, this collection includes instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
http://www.usd.edu/smm/

Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum

Describes ukulele history: includes events, artists, membership information, and online shop.
http://ukulele.org/

Mandolin Melodies Museum

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

Smithsonian Magazine: It's a Wurlitzer

Article about a theatre organ on display.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/apr02/object.html

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
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The Musical Museum

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

Cobbe Collection, The

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

The Band Museum

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

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

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/

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/

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/

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

Musikinstrumentenmuseum der Universität Leipzig (Germany)

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 s
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/museum/musik/index2.html

Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande - The Nydahl Collection

Located in Stockholm, Sweden. Collects and maintains an archive of music manuscripts, scores, letters and other music-related material. In addition to its archives, the Museum houses a collection of approximately 550 old instruments, of which 75 are key
http://members.chello.se/smf/Pages/ebody.html

Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of the Claremont Colleges

Houses one of the most diverse collections of musical instruments in the United States, containing over 1,400 American, European and ethnic instruments dating from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Includes photos, an indexed list and the l
http://www.cuc.claremont.edu/fiske/index.asp

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