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

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

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

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

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

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

Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of the Claremont Colleges - http://www.cuc.claremont.edu/fiske/index.asp
Houses over 1,400 American, European and ethnic instruments dating from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Includes photos, an indexed list and the location.

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

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

Museum of Musical Instruments - http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de/
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 select pieces are available on site.

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

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

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

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

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

Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande - The Nydahl Collection - http://web.comhem.se/smf/Components/eframes.html
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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