This category is for museums primarily focused on musical instruments of any kind.
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- Mandolin Melodies Museum Nagoya, Japan; exhibits instruments and recordings from around the world.
- Ukulele Hall of Fame Museum Describes ukulele history: includes events, artists, membership information, and online shop.
- Cobbe Collection, The Surrey, England: Collection of historic keyboard instruments with composer connections. Recital programme.
- Finchcocks Living Museum of Music Kent, UK: Keyboard instruments from 18th and 19th centuries, chamber organs, harpsichords, virginals, spinets and clavichords.
- Music House Museum (Acme, MI: near Traverse City) preserves and restores mechanical musical instruments.
- Empire State Theatre and Musical Instrument Museum Syracuse, New York; features a working Wurlitzer theater organ: includes location and membership information.
- The Musical Museum London, England: Describes it collection of automatic mechanical musical instruments; activities; volunteer opportunities; and links.
- The Band Museum Pine Bluff, Arkansas: includes pictures of vintage and antique band instruments.
- 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.
- The Collections of Musical Instruments The Cremonese, Wilkins, Miller, and Thai collections of the Library of Congress. Located in Washington,DC.
- 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 select pieces are available on site.
- 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.
- Orpheon Foundation Offers traveling exhibits, concerts, and music courses based around a collection of baroque-era musical instruments: includes calendar of events.
- Ringve Museum National museum (Norway) for music and musical instruments with collections from all over the world. Located at Ringve Manor in Trondheim.
- Musikhistorisk Museum The Museum of Musical Instruments in Copenhagen. Information in English and Danish.
- Whittaker's Musical Museum (Waiheke Island, New Zealand) Displays and demonstrates instruments from the last 400 years.
- 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.
- Musical Instrument Museum Displays thousands of instruments from around the world. Also provides concerts and education programs. Located in Phoenix, Arizona.
- National Music Museum At the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, this collection includes instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
- Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments Musical instruments from around the world including over 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
- 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.