List of music museums

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This is a list of music museums world wide. The list contains notable former and existing museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects.

Argentina

• Museo de las Campanas – Mina Clavero
• Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos Aires
• Museo de instrumentos musicales Emilio Azzarini – La Plata
• Museo Beatle, dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires

Armenia

• House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, dedicated to Aram Khachaturian – Jerevan
• Charles Aznavour Museum, dedicated to Charles Aznavour – Yerevan

Australia

• National Film and Sound Archive – Acton, Australian Capital Territory
• Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Adelaide, South Australia
• National Library of Australia – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• Australian Country Music Hall of Fame – Tamworth, New South Wales^[1]
• Grainger Museum, dedicated to Percy Grainger – University of Melbourne, Victoria
• Performing Arts Collection – Melbourne
• Arts Centre Melbourne, musical collection – Melbourne
• ARIA Hall of Fame – Melbourne
• Australian Jazz Museum – Wantirna, Victoria

Austria

Pasqualati-Haus

Dedicated to composers^[2][3][4][5]

dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven

• Beethoven-Haus – Krems an der Donau
• Beethoven-Haus – Baden bei Wien, Vienna
• Erdődy estate (1973–2013) – Floridsdorf, Vienna
• Bezirksmuseum Floridsdorf, musical collection – Floridsdorf
• Eroica-Haus – Vienna
• Haus des Heiligenstädter Testaments – Vienna
• Pasqualati-Haus – Vienna

dedicated to Anton Bruckner

• Anton-Bruckner-Museum – Ansfelden
• Kronstorfer Brucknerzimmer – Kronstorf

dedicated to Johannes Brahms and/or Joseph Haydn

• Brahms-Museum – Mürzzuschlag
• Haydn-Haus with Brahms room – Vienna
• Haydn-Haus – Eisenstadt
• Haydnkirche – Eisenstadt
• Haydn's birthplace, dedicated to Joseph and Michael Haydn – Rohrau

dedicated to Gustav Mahler

• Composers house of Gustav Mahler – Steinbach am Attersee
• Composers house of Gustav Mahler – Maiernigg near Maria Wörth

dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and/or family members

• Mozarthaus, dedicated to Nannerl Mozart and her mother – St. Gilgen
• Mozart's birthplace – Salzburg
• Mozarts Wohnhaus, dedicated to the whole family – Salzburg
• Mozarthaus – Vienna

dedicated to Franz Schubert

• Schloss Atzenbrugg – Atzenbrugg
• Birth house of Franz Schubert – Vienna
• Death house of Franz Schubert – Vienna

dedicated to the Strauss family

• Museum der Johann Strauss Dynastie, dedicated to the family Strauss – Vienna
• Johann Strauss Wohnung, dedicated to Johann Strauss II – Vienna

dedicated to Arnold Schoenberg

• Schönberg-Haus – Mödling
• Arnold Schönberg Center – Vienna

dedicated to other composers

• Zeitbrücke-Museum, partly dedicated to Franz von Suppé – Gars am Kamp
• Lehár Villa, dedicated to Franz Lehár – Bad Ischl
• Carl Zeller-Museum, dedicated to Carl Zeller – St. Peter in der Au
• Liszthaus, dedicated to Franz Liszt – Raiding

Vienna (other museums)^[2][3][4][5]

• Fatty-George-Jazzmus, dedicated to Fatty George
• Haus der Musik
• Kunsthistorisches Museum, musical collection
• Vienna Technical Museum, musical collection

Other museums^[2][3][4][5]

• Eboardmuseum – Klagenfurt
• Musikinstrumentenmuseum Schloss Kremsegg – Kremsmünster
• Stille-Nacht & Heimatmuseum, partly dedicated to Silent Night – Oberndorf bei Salzburg
• Blasmusikmuseum – Ratten

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture – Baku

Belarus

• Czesław Niemen Museum, dedicated to Czesław Niemen – Staryya Vasilishki

Belgium

East and West Flanders^[6][7]

• Jazz Centrum Vlaanderen, with jazz museum – Dendermonde
• Stedelijk Museum Peter Benoit, dedicated to Peter Benoit – Harelbeke
• Organ Collection Ghysels – Kallo, Beveren
• Music museum De Harmonie – Koekelare
• Jukebox Museum (2012–2017) – Menen

Province of Antwerp^[6][7]

• Museum Vleeshuis – Antwerp
• Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn", named after Jef Denyn – Mechelen
• Barrel Organ Museum – Voortkapel, Westerlo

Brussels and Flemish Brabant^[6][7]

• Archief en Museum voor het Vlaams Leven, musical collection – Brussels
• Musical Instrument Museum – Brussels
• Volksinstrumentenmuseum – Gooik
• Zuidwestbrabants Museum, collection of cellist François Servais and family – Halle
• Jazz Station – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
• Brabants Centrum voor Muziektradities – Kampenhout
• Museum van de Radio- en Televisie-Omroep (1979–1996) – Schaerbeek

Limburg^[6][7]

• Stedelijk Beiaardmuseum – Hasselt
• Museum voor muziekinstrumenten – Peer
• Armand Preud'homme-museum, dedicated to Armand Preud'homme – Peer

Wallonia^[6][7]

• Mr Sax's House, dedicated to Adolphe Sax – Dinant
• Klokken- en beiaardmuseum – Tellin

Brazil

• Museu da Imagem e do Som de Bauru – Bauru
• Museu da Imagem e do Som de Campinas – Campinas
• Museu da Imagem e do Som de Campo Grande – Campo Grande
• Museu da Imagem e do Som do Ceará – Ceará
• Museu da Imagem e do Som de Cuiabá – Cuiabá
• Museu da Imagem e Som de Alagoas – Maceió
• Museu da Música de Mariana – Minas Gerais
• Museu da Imagem e do Som do Pará – Pará
• Luiz Gonzaga Museum, dedicated to Luiz Gonzaga – Pernambuco
• Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro
• Villa-Lobos Museum, dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos – Rio de Janeiro^[8]
• São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound – São Paulo

Burkina Faso

• Musée de Manega, musical collection – Oubritenga
• National Musical Museum – Ouagadougou

Canada

British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan

• Gervais Wheels Museum – Alida, Saskatchewan^[9]
• National Music Centre – Calgary
• Creative Kids Museum, musical collection – Calgary
• Canadian Music Hall of Fame – Calgary
• Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame – Calgary
• Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame – Merritt
• Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum – Revelstoke^[10]

Nova Scotia and Quebec

• Celtic Music Interpretive Centre – Judique^[11]
• Hank Snow Home Town Museum, dedicated to Hank Snow – Liverpool^[12]
• Musée de l'Accordéon – Montmagny^[13]
• Anne Murray Centre, dedicated to Anne Murray – Springhill

Ontario

• Forest City Gallery, musical collection – London
• Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum, dedicated to Neil Young – Omemee^[14]
• Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre – Greater Sudbury^[15]
• Shania Twain Centre (2001–2013), dedicated to Shania Twain – Timmins
• Ontario Science Centre, musical collection – Flemingdon Park, Toronto
• Barn Dance Historical Society Entertainment Museum – Wingham^[16]

Cape Verde

• Museu da Tabanka, dedicated to tabanka music – Assomada

China

Choir Organ Museum

• Choir Organ Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian^[17]
• Gulangyu Piano Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian^[18]
• Heilongjiang Music Museum, musical instruments – Harbin, province of Heilongjiang^[19]
• Drum Tower of Xi'an – Xi'an, province Shaanxi
• Wuhan Museum, musical instruments collection – Wuhan, province of Hubei

Czech Republic

Antonín Dvořák Museum, Prague

dedicated to composers^[20][21]

dedicated to Antonín Dvořák

• Birth House of Antonín Dvořák – Nelahozeves
• Antonín Dvořák Museum – Prague
• Antonín Dvořák Museum – Sychrov
• Antonín Dvořák Museum – Vysoká u Příbramě
• Antonín Dvořák Museum – Zlonice

dedicated to Leoš Janáček

• Leoš Janáček Museum – Brno
• Leoš Janáček Museum – Hukvaldy

dedicated to Bedřich Smetana

• Bedřich Smetana Museum – Jabkenice
• Birth House of Bedřich Smetana – Litomyšl
• Bedřich Smetana Museum – Obříství
• Bedřich Smetana Museum – Prague

dedicated to other composers

• Josef Suk Museum, dedicated to Josef Suk – Křečovice
• Pavel and Antonín Vranický exposition, dedicated to Paul Wranitzky, Antonín Vranický and Jan Novák – Nová Říše

Villa Bertramka

• Bertramka (temporally closed), dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Prague^[22]
• Památník Jaroslava Ježka – Modrý pokoj, dedicated to Jaroslav Ježek – Prague
• Memorial Room František Drdla, dedicated to František Drdla – Žďár nad Sázavou

Other museums^[20][21]

• Music without Musicians – Hořovice
• Citerárium – Ostrava
• Czech Musical Museum – Prague
• Lobkowicz Palace, partly dedicated to classical music – Prague
• PopMuseum – Prague
• Muzeum lidových kapel – Lesonice
• Muzeum středního Pootaví, collection bagpipes – Strakonice

Denmark

• Memory Lane Rock Museum – Knebel^[23]
• Musikmuseet – Copenhagen^[24]
• Carl Nielsen Museum, dedicated to Carl Nielsen – Odense
• Memphis Mansion, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Randers^[25]
• Museum Ragnarock – Roskilde^[26]

Estonia

• Estonian Theatre and Music Museum – Tallinn

Finland

• Ainola, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Järvenpää
• Military Music Museum of Finland – Lahti
• Sibelius Museum, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Turku
• Mechanical Music Museum – Varkaus^[27]
• Villa Kokkonen, dedicated to Joonas Kokkonen – Järvenpää^[28]

France

Paris

• Musée des Arts et Métiers – 3rd arrondissement
• Salon Frédéric Chopin, dedicated to Frédéric Chopin – 4th arrondissement
• Maison du Jazz (?-2006) – 9th arrondissement^[29]
• Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris – 9th arrondissement
• Musée du Hard Rock Café – 9th arrondissement^[30]
• Musée Édith Piaf, dedicated to Édith Piaf – 11th arrondissement
• Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie, dedicated to Erik Satie – 18th arrondissement
• Musée de la Musique – 19th arrondissement

Josephine Baker Museum

Other museums

• Musée de la musique – Anduze^[31]
• Josephine Baker Museum, Château des Milandes, dedicated to Josephine Baker – Castelnaud-la-Chapelle^[32]
• Museum of Musical Instruments, Céret – Céret
• Musée de l'art forain et de la musique mécanique – Conflans-en-Jarnisy^[33]
• Musée des instruments à vent – La Couture-Boussey
• Musée Claude-Debussy, dedicated to Claude Debussy – Saint-Germain-en-Laye
• Musée de la musique mécanique – Les Gets^[34]
• Musée européen d'art campanaire – L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers
• Musée du piano de Limoux – Limoux
• Musée de la musique mécanique – Mirecourt^[35]
• Musée de la lutherie et de l'archèterie française – Mirecourt
• Le Belvédère, dedicated to Maurice Ravel – Montfort-l'Amaury
• MuPop – Montluçon
• Palais Lascaris, musical instruments museum – Nice
• Musée de la chanson française – La Planche^[36]
• Ferme des orgues – Steenwerck

Germany

Baden-Württemberg^[37][38][39]

• Brahms-Haus, dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Baden-Baden
• Deutsches Musikautomaten-Museum – Bruchsal
• Bezirksmuseum Buchen, partly dedicated to Joseph Martin Kraus – Buchen
• Augustiner Museum, musical instruments collection – Freiburg
• German Phono Museum – Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald
• Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche – Herrenberg
• Musikhistorische Sammlung Jehle – Lautlingen, Albstadt
• Museum Bassermannhaus für Musik und Kunst – Mannheim
• Haus der Musik – Stuttgart
• Deutsches Harmonikamuseum – Trossingen
• Elztalmuseum, collection mechanical musical instruments – Waldkirch
• Silcher-Museum, dedicated to Friedrich Silcher – Weinstadt-Schnait

Bavaria^[37][38][39]

House Wahnfried

• Mozarthaus, dedicated to Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Augsburg
• E.T.A. Hoffmann-Haus, dedicated to E. T. A. Hoffmann – Bamberg
• Franz-Liszt-Museum, dedicated to Franz Liszt – Bayreuth
• House Wahnfried, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Bayreuth
• Heimatmuseum, partly dedicated to Christoph Willibald Gluck – Berching
• Carl Orff Museum, dedicated to Carl Orff – Dießen am Ammersee
• Werner-Egk-Begegnungsstätte, dedicated to Werner Egk – Donauwörth
• Sängermuseum – Feuchtwangen
• Richard-Strauss-Institut, dedicated to Richard Strauss – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• Geigenbaumuseum – Mittenwald
• Rockmuseum Munich – Munich
• Orgelbaumuseum – Ostheim vor der Rhön
• Stadsmuseum Schwabach, with a collection of Adolf von Henselt – Schwabach
• Orgelzentrum – Valley
• Gebrüder-Lachner-Museum, dedicated to Vinzenz, Franz and Ignaz Lachner – Rain

Berlin and Brandenburg^[37][38][39]

• Musical Museum – Beeskow
• Brandenburgisches Orgelmuseum, Bad Belzig
• Piano Salon Christophori, dedicated to Bartolomeo Cristofori – Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
• Ramones Museum, dedicated to the Ramones – Berlin-Kreuzberg
• Berlin Musical Instrument Museum – Berlin-Tiergarten
• Kreismuseum Bad Liebenwerda, dedicated to August Friedrich, Johann Gottlieb and Carl Heinrich Graun – Bad Liebenwerda
• Scharwenka Kulturforum, dedicated to Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka – Bad Saarow

Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern^[37][38][39]

Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum

• Ostholstein-Museum, partly dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Eutin
• Brahms-Haus, dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Heide
• KomponistenQuartier Hamburg – Hamburg-Neustadt
  • Brahms-Museum, dedicated to Johannes Brahms
  • Telemann-Museum, dedicated to Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Museum, dedicated to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Johann Adolf Hasse Museum, dedicated to Johann Adolph Hasse
  • Gustav Mahler-Museum, dedicated to Gustav Mahler
  • Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn Museum, dedicated to Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn
• Hamburg Museum, musical collection – Hamburg-Neustadt
• Beatlemania Hamburg (2009–2012), dedicated to The Beatles – Hamburg-St. Pauli
• Jazz-Museum Bix Eiben (1987–2013) – Hamburg-Winterhude
• Ostrockmuseum – Kröpelin
• Brahms-Institut, dedicated to Johannes Brahms and other componists – Lübeck
• Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum – Malchow

North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen^[37][38][39]

• Pianomuseum Haus Eller – Bergheim
• Beethoven House, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Bonn
• Schumannhaus, dedicated to Robert Schumann – Bonn-Endenich
• Orgelmuseum – Borgentreich
• Elvis-Presley-Museum (2011–2013), dedicated to Elvis Presley – Düsseldorf
• Musikinstrumente- und Puppenmuseum (?-2011) – Goslar
• Rock'n'popmuseum – Gronau
• Haus Kemnade, musical instruments collection – Hattingen
• Klingendes Museum in der Burg Sternberg – Extertal
• Stones Fan Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Lüchow
• Murals of The Rolling Stones, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Lüchow
• Musical Museum (2009–2013) – Monschau
• Orgelmuseum Fleiter, dedicated to Friedrich Fleiter – Münster-Nienberge
• Harry's klingendes Museum – Schwarmstedt
• Organeum – Weener

Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse^[37][38][39]

• Wetterau-Museum, partly dedicated to Elvis Presley – Friedberg
• Hindemith Kabinett, dedicated to Paul Hindemith – Frankfurt
• Spohr-Museum, dedicated to Louis Spohr – Kassel
• Mutter-Beethoven-Haus, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Koblenz
• Musical Instruments Museum – Ortenberg-Lißberg
• Siegfrieds Mechanischem Musikkabinett – Rüdesheim am Rhein
• Musikantenland Museum – Thallichtenberg
• OrgelARTmuseum – Windesheim

Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt^[37][38][39]

Händel-Haus

Musical Instruments Museum, Markneukirchen

• Villa Teresa, dedicated to Eugen d'Albert and Teresa Carreño – Coswig
• Kurt-Weill-Zentrum, dedicated to Kurt Weill – Dessau-Roßlau
• Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum, dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Dresden-Hosterwitz
• Richard-Wagner-Stätten, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Dresden-Graupa
• Gottfried-Silbermann-Museum, dedicated to Gottfried Silbermann – Frauenstein
• Mauersberger-Museum, dedicated to Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger – Großrückerswalde
• Beatles Museum, dedicated to The Beatles – Halle
• Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus, dedicated to seven composers – Halle
• Händel-Haus, dedicated to Georg Friedrich Händel – Halle
• Orgelbaumuseum Klosterhäseler – Klosterhäseler
• Historisches Museum & Bachgedenkstätte, collection Johann Sebastian Bach – Köthen
• Mendelssohn-Haus, dedicated to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn – Leipzig
• Bach-Museum, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Leipzig
• Grieg-Begegnungsstätte, dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Leipzig
• Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University – Leipzig
• Schumannhaus, dedicated to Robert and Clara Schumann – Leipzig
• Carl-Loewe-Museum, dedicated to Carl Loewe – Löbejün
• Musical Instruments Museum – Markneukirchen
• Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann, dedicated to Clara Schumann – Müglitztal
• Reinhard-Keiser-Gedenkstätte, dedicated to Keiser, Schieferdecker, Heinichen and Fasch – Teuchern
• Heinrich-Schütz-Haus, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Weißenfels
• Robert Schumann House, dedicated to Robert Schumann – Zwickau

Thuringia^[37][38][39]

• Schlossmuseum, partly dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Arnstadt
• Thüringer Orgelmuseum (1988–2009) – Bechstedtstraß
• Bachhaus, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Eisenach
• Reuter-Wagner-Museum, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Eisenach
• Heinrich-Schütz-Haus, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Bad Köstritz
• Max Reger-archief, dedicated to Max Reger – Meiningen
• Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg, musical history and instruments – Meiningen
• Bach-Stammhaus, dedicated to the Bach family and violins craft – Wechmar
• Liszt-Haus, dedicated to Franz Liszt – Weimar

Ghana

• Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre of Ghana – Cape Coast

Greece

Philharmonic Society of Corfu

• Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments – Plaka, Athens
• Musical Museum of Macedonia – Thessaloniki
• Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments – Thessaloniki
• Philharmonic Society of Corfu, dedicated to Nikolaos Mantzaros – Corfu

Guatemala

• Museo Casa K'ojom, at the Centro Cultural la Azotea, dedicated to Maya music – Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez^[40]

Hungary

Budapest^[41][42]

• Béla Bartók Memorial House, dedicated to Béla Bartók
• Frans Liszt Memorial Museum, dedicated to Franz Liszt
• Zoltán Kodály Memorial Museum, dedicated to Zoltán Kodály
• Musical History Museum

Other museums

• Egri Road Beatles Museum, dedicated to The Beatles – Eger
• Beethoven Memorial Museum, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Martonvásár

Iceland

• The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll – Reykjanesbær
• Folk Music Centre – Siglufjörður^[43]

India

• Karnataka Folk Museum, musical collection – Bangalore^[44]

Ireland

• Irish Rock N Roll Museum – Dublin^[45]
• Irish Music Hall of Fame – Dublin (closed)

Israël

• Violins of Hope – Tel Aviv

Italy

Museo Wagner, Venice

Northern Italy^[46][47][48]

• Museum Pietro Abbà-Cornaglia – Alessandria
• Gustav Mahler Stube, dedicated to Gustav Mahler – Altschluderbach, Toblach
• Museo Donizettiano, dedicated to Gaetano Donizetti – Bergamo
• Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica – Bologna
• Oratorium of San Colombano – Bologna
• Museo nazionale Giuseppe Verdi, dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi – Busseto
• Casa di Verdi, dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi – Busseto
• Villa Verdi, dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi – Busseto
• Civic Museum of Crema, musical collection – Crema
• Museo del violino – Cremona
• Museo Civico Ala Ponzone – Cremona
• Museum Via del Campo 29 rosso, dedicated to Fabrizio De André – Genoa
• Jazz Museum of Genua – Genua
• Collezione Didattica piccolo Museo della Musica – Lodi
• Fondo Musicale Greggiati, dedicated to Giuseppe Greggiati – Mantua
• Museum of Musical Instruments, Milan
• Museo Teatrale alla Scala, musical collection – Milan
• Casa natale di Arturo Toscanini, dedicated to Arturo Toscanini – Parma
• Museo storico Riccardo Barilla del Conservatorio di Parma – Parma
• Museum of Instruments for Popular Music – Roncegno
• Museum of Instruments for Popular Music and Wind Music – Quarna Sotto
• Museo Teatrale Carlo Schmidl, musical collection – Trieste
• Museo della Canzone – Vallecrosia
• San Maurizio, dedicated to music of Baroque Venice – Venice
• Museo Wagner, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Ca' Vendramin Calergi, Venice
• Arena MuseOpera, AMO – Verona

Central Italy^[46][47][48]

• Museo internazionale della fisarmonica – Castelfidardo
• Musical Instruments Museum – Florence
• Museo Enrico Caruso, dedicated to Enrico Caruso – Lastra a Signa
• Museo Gaspare Spontini, dedicated to Gaspare Spontini – Maiolati Spontini
• Organ Museum Santa Cecilia – Massa Marittima
• Collezione Titta Ruffo, dedicated to Titta Ruffo – Pisa
• Casa Natale di Rossini, dedicated to Gioachino Rossini – Pesaro
• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Musical Instruments Museum – Rome
• Museo Storico, part of the Teatro Argentina – Rome
• Museo nazionale degli strumenti musicali – Rome
• Museo della Zampogna, bagpipe museum – Scapoli
• Accademia Musicale Chigiana – Siena
• Museo della musica – Talla
• Torre del Lago Puccini, estate of Giacomo Puccini – Viareggio

Southern Italy^[46][47][48]

• Museum for Calabrian Popular Music and Musical Instruments – Isca sullo Ionio
• Museum of the Conservatory San Pietro a Majella – Naples
• Cultural Centre Leonida Repaci, partly dedicated to Francesco Cilea and Nicola Manfroce – Palmi, Reggio Calabria
• Museum of Multiethnic Musical Instruments "Fausto Cannone" – Alcamo

Jamaica

Bob Marley Museum

• Bob Marley Museum, dedicated to Bob Marley – Nine Mile
• Bob Marley Mausoleum – Kingston^[49]

Japan

Belgium Organ Museum

Tokyo

• Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall, dedicated to Michio Miyagi
• Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan, musical instruments^[50]
• Museum of the Musashino Academia Musicae^[51]
• Min-On Musical Museum

Other museums

• Mandoline Melodies Museum – Aichi
• Kawaguchi-ko Music Forest Museum – Fujikawaguchiko
• Musical Instruments Museum – Hamamatsu
• Musicbox Museum Izu – Izu, Itō^[52]
• Rokko Musicbox Museum – Kobe^[53]
• The Museum Matsushima, successor of Belgium Organ Museum – Matsushima, Miyagi^[54]
• Misasa Violin Museum – Misasa
• Nasu Music Box Museum – Nasu
• Onyoku Loudspeaker Museum – Saikai
• Horie Organ Museum – Nishinomiya
• Japan Museum of Contemporary Toy & Hall of Music Box – Mimasaka
• Musical Museum of the Music College – Osaka
• Musicbox Museum Otaru – Otaru
• John Lennon Museum (2000–2010), dedicated to John Lennon – Saitama
• Musicbox Museum of Lake Hamana – Shizuoka
• ARSBEL (2000-2010), organ museum – Tendō

Kazakhstan

• Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments – Almaty

Lithuania

• Povilas Stulga Museum of Lithuanian Folk Instruments, named after Povilas Stulga – Kaunas
• Lietuvos teatro, muzikos ir kino muziejus – Vilnius

Madagascar

• University of Madagascar's Museum of Art and Archaeology, collection of musical instruments – Antananarivo

Mexico

• Museum of the Yucatecan Song – Mérida
• Casa de la Música Mexicana – Mexico City^[55]
• Nationale Musical Library – Mexico City

Mongolia

• Mongolian Theatre Museum – Ulaanbaatar

Netherlands

C+B Museum – Grolloo

North^[56][57][58]

• Draaiorgelmuseum (1987–2008) – Assen
• Harmonium Museum Nederland – Barger-Compascuum
• Museum Vosbergen – Eelde
• Accordeonmuseum Harte Meijer – Gasselternijveenschemond
• C+B Museum, dedicated to Cuby + Blizzards – Grolloo
• Elvis Presley Museum, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Molkwerum
• Museum Musica – Stadskanaal
• Draaiorgelmuseum Folkloreklanken (2008–2012) – de Wijk

Beatles Museum – Alkmaar

Sound and Vision – Hilversum

West^[56][57][58]

• Beatles Museum, dedicated to The Beatles – Alkmaar
• Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen (1991–2015) – Amsterdam
• Willy Alberti-museum (1997–2011/14), dedicated to Willy Alberti – Amsterdam
• G. Perlee Draaiorgelmuseum – Amsterdam
• Geelvinck Pianola Museum – Amsterdam
• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, musical collection – The Hague
• Muziekhistorisch Museum Scheurleer (1905–1935) – The Hague
• Barrel Organ Museum Haarlem – Haarlem
• Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision – Hilversum
• Museum RockArt – Hook of Holland
• Palingsoundmuseum – Volendam
• Musical Information and Documentation Centre Ton Stolk – Vlaardingen

Centre and east^[56][57][58]

• Kijk & Luistermuseum – Bennekom
• Elvis Presley Museum, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Culemborg
• Nationaal Orgelmuseum – Elburg
• Accordeonmuseum De Muse – Malden
• Grammofoonmuseum – Nieuwleusen
• 192 & Demis Roussos Museum, dedicated to Radio Veronica and Demis Roussos – Nijkerk
• Harmonium Museum – Paasloo, Steenwijkerland
• Museum Speelklok – Utrecht
• Geelvinck Muziek Museum – Zutphen

South^[56][57][58]

• Museum Klok & Peel – Asten
• Gaviolizaal, named after Anselmo Gavioli – Helmond
• Museum Dansant – Hilvarenbeek
• Jukeboxenmuseum – Sint-Oedenrode
• Kessels, Muziek Instrumenten Tilburg – Tilburg

New Zealand

• K.D's Elvis Presley Museum, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Hawera^[59]
• Whittaker's Live Musical Museum – Auckland^[60]

Norway

Villa Lysøen

• Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen, dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Bergen
• Siljustøl, dedicated to Harald Sæverud, Bergen
• Ringve Museum – Lade
• Villa Lysøen, dedicated to Ole Bull – Os, Hordaland
• Rockheim – Trondheim
• Myllarheimen, dedicated to Torgeir Augundsson – Vinje

Philippines

José Gullas Halad Museum

• Jose R. Gullas Halad Museum – Cebu City

Poland

dedicated to Frédéric Chopin

• Fryderyk Chopin Museum – Warsaw
• Chopin family parlor – Warsaw
• Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin – Żelazowa Wola

dedicated to other musicians

• Feliks Nowowiejski Music Salon Museum, dedicated to Feliks Nowowiejski – Barczewo
• Villa Atma, dedicated to Karol Szymanowski – Zakopane
• Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky in Koszalin, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky – Koszalin

Other museums

• Museum of the Polish Hymne – Będomin
• Museum of Silesian Pipe Organs – Katowice
• Musical Instruments Museum of Poznań – Poznań
• Musical Instruments Museum of Szyba – Szyba
• Museum of Popylar Musical Instruments – Szydłowiec
• Museum of Kashubian and Pomeran Literature and Music – Wejherowo

Portugal

• Museum of Portuguese Music – Estoril
• Fado Museum – Lisbon
• Museu Nacional da Música – Lisbon
• Museum of the Hot Club of Portugal – Lisbon^[61]
• Stringed Instruments Museum, string instruments museum – Tebosa
• Museu Fernando Lopes-Graça, dedicated to Fernando Lopes-Graça – Tomar^[62]

Puerto Rico

Museo Música Puertorriqueña

• Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna, dedicated to Héctor Flores Osuna – Caguas^[63]
• Casa del Trovador – Caguas^[64]
• Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón, dedicated to José Ignacio Quintón – Caguas^[65]
• Casa Paoli, dedicated to Antonio Paoli – Cuarto, Ponce
• Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña – Ponce
• Museo Pablo Casals – San Juan

Reunion

• Maison Morange, also 'Musée des musiques et instruments de l'océan Indien' – Hell-Bourg

Romania

• Luminiș Villa, dedicated to George Enescu – Cumpătu, Sinaia

Russia

Museum of Music and Time

Moscow

• Glinka Museum
• Harmonica Museum, dedicated to Alfred Mirek^[66]

Saint Petersburg

• Temple of Love, Peace and Music, dedicated to John Lennon^[67]
• Kamchatka, house of Viktor Tsoi^[68]
• Museum of the Alexandrinsky Theatre^[69]
• St.Petersburg State Museum, and branches:^[70]
  • House and Museum of Feodor Chaliapin^[70]
  • The Museum of Music and Music Instruments at the Count Sheremetev Palace^[70]
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum, dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov^[70]
  • The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum^[70]

Other museums

• Museum of Sergei Taneyev, dedicated to Sergei Taneyev – Dyudkovo, Zvenigorod^[71]
• Museum Music and Time – Yaroslavl^[72]
• Tchaikovsky State House-Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky en Sergei Taneyev – Klin
• Rockmuseum – Ufa^[73]
• Ivanovka, former summer residence of Sergei Rachmaninoff – Tambov
• Musical Instrument Museum – Volgograd
• Tsjaikovski Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Votkinsk

Slovakia

• Slovak National Museum – Bratislava

Slovenia

• Birth House of Hugo Wolf – Ljubljana^[74]
• The Rolling Stones Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Portorož

South Africa

• Music of the Caab Centre – Franschhoek^[75]
• Adler Museum of the History of Music – Johannesburg^[76]

South Korea

• Ureuk Museum, course of music in Gaya and Silla – Goryeong, North Gyeongsang Province^[77]
• Korean Folk Village – Yongin

Spain^[78]

Museu de la Música de Barcelona

• Alfercam Museum, Avilés – Asturias
• Museu de la Música de Barcelona – Barcelona
• Rockmuseum – Barcelona
• International Bagpipe Museum – Gijón
• Valldemossa Charterhouse, living of Frédéric Chopin – Mallorca
• Interactive musical museum of Málaga – Málaga
• House-Museum of Concha Piquer, dedicated to Concha Piquer – Valencia
• Museo del Baile Flamenco – Valencia

Sweden

ABBA: The Museum

Stockholm^[79]

• ABBA: The Museum, dedicated to ABBA
• Swedish Music Hall of Fame^[80]
• Stockholm Music Museum (1901–2010)
• Swedish Museum of Performing Arts

Other museums^[79]

• Jussi Björlingmuseum, dedicated to Jussi Björling – Borlänge^[81]
• Smetanarummet (Smetana Room), dedicated to Bedřich Smetana – Gothenburg^[82]
• Evert Taubes World (2008–2016), dedicated to Evert Taube – Göteborg^[83]
• Jazzens museum, museum on jazz – Strömsholm^[84]
• Guitars – the Museum – Umeå

Switzerland

• Music Museum – Basel^[85]
• Salon des Pianos – Basel^[86]
• Musée Baud, named after instrument builders Frédy, Robert and Auguste Baud – L'Auberson^[87]
• Orgel- und Harmonium-Museum, Liestal^[87]
• Queen: The Studio Experience, dedicated to Queen – Montreux^[88]
• Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Musical Instruments – Oberhofen am Thunersee^[87]
• Musée d'automates et de boîtes à musique – Sainte-Croix^[89]
• Museum for Musical Automates – Seewen^[90]
• Richard-Wagner-Museum, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Tribschen^[91]
• SwissJazzOrama, jazz museum – Uster^[87]

Taiwan

Chimei Museum

• Chang Lien-cheng Saxophone Museum – Houli, Taichung
• Chimei Museum, musical collection – Tainan

Tajikistan

• Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments – Dushanbe

Tunisia

Ennejma Ezzahra Palace

• Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes, Ennejma Ezzahra Palace – Sidi Bou Said

Turkey

• Aynalıkavak Palace, collection of musical instruments – Istanbul

United Kingdom

London

• Museum of Asian Music – Acton^[92]
• Musical Museum – Brentford
• Foundling Museum – Bloomsbury
• Horniman Museum, named after Frederick John Horniman – Forest Hill
• British Music Experience (2009–2014) – Greenwich
• Fenton House – Hampstead
• Royal College of Music Museum – Royal College of Music, Kensington
• Royal Academy of Music Museum – Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road
• Handel & Hendrix in London, dedicated to George Frideric Handel – Mayfair
• Museum of Army Music – Kneller Hall, Whitton, Richmond upon Thames
• The Royal College of Music Museum – South Kensington

Liverpool

• Cavern Mecca (1981–1984), dedicated to The Beatles
• The Beatles Story, dedicated to The Beatles
• Liverpool Wall of Fame
• 251 Menlove Avenue, paternal home of John Lennon
• 20 Forthlin Road, birth house Paul McCartney

England (other museums)

• St. Albans Organ Museum – St Albans^[93]
• Herschel Museum of Astronomy, musical exhibition, named after William and Caroline Herschel – Bath
• Holburne Museum – Bath
• City of Birmingham Museum – Birmingham
• Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Birmingham
• Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, musical instruments – Brighton
• Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, musical instruments – Bristol
• Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge – Cambridge
• National Museum Cardiff, musical instruments – Cardiff
• Mechanical Museum and Doll Collection – Chichester^[94]
• Paul Corins Magnificent Music Machines (1967-2013) – Liskerad, Cornwall^[95]
• Mechanical Music Museum – Cotton^[96]
• Warwick Arts Centre, musical collection – University of Warwick, Coventry
• Hatchlands Park, keyboard instruments – East Clandon
• Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, musical instruments – Cumbria
• Finchcocks, historical keyboard instruments – Goudhurst
• John Taylor & Co, collections bells – Loughborough
• Elgar Birthplace Museum, dedicated to Edward Elgar – Broadheath
• Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum – Morpeth
• Keith Hardings World of Mechanical Music – Northleach^[97]
• Bate Collection of Musical Instruments – Oxford
• Ashmolean Museum, musical instruments – Oxford
• Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection, collection pipe organs – Pinchbeck^[98]
• Scarborough Fair Collection, collection mechanical organs – Scarborough
• National Centre for Popular Music (2009–2014) – Sheffield
• American Museum in Britain – Somerset
• Museum of Somerset – Taunton
• Thursford Collection – Thursford
• Museum of Wigan Life – Wigan
• York Minster, musical instruments – York
• York Museums Trust, bells – York

Northern Ireland

• Nerve Centre – Derry^[99]

Scotland

• Music museum of the Reid Concert Hall – Edinburgh
• St Cecilia's Hall, musical instruments – Edinburgh
• Russell Collection, musical instruments – Edinburgh
• George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum, dedicated to George Waterston – Fair Isle
• The Museum of Piping – Glasgow
• Dean Castle, collection of musical instruments – Kilmarnock
• Glenesk Folk Museum – Tarfside

Wales

• Tŷ Siamas, national center for folkmusic – Dolgellau

United States

Here follow halls of fame and museums. A hall of fame does not necessarily have to be a physical museum (any more), but can be a representation or an internet presentation.

Mobile

• National Guitar Museum
• New Jersey Music Hall of Fame

Alabama

Muscle Shoals

• Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame – Birmingham
• W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library, dedicated to W. C. Handy – Florence^[100]
• Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Georgiana^[101]
• The Hank Williams Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Montgomery^[102]
• Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – Sheffield
• National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, Troy University – Troy^[103]
• Alabama Music Hall of Fame – Tuscumbia
• Commodore Museum, dedicated to the Commodores – Tuskegee^[104]

California

Crystal Palace

• Buck Owens Crystal Palace, dedicated to Buck Owens – Bakersfield
• Museum of Making Music – Carlsbad
• Grammy Museum at L.A. Live – Los Angeles
• Songwriters Hall of Fame – Los Angeles
• Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum – Sacramento^[106]
• Nethercutt Collection – Sylmar, San Fernando Valley
• Musée Mécanique – Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
• Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – San Jose

Georgia

Allman Brothers Museum

• Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame – Atlanta
• Georgia Music Hall of Fame – Macon
• The Allman Brothers Band Museum, dedicated to The Allman Brothers Band – Macon

Louisiana

Delta Music Museum

• Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – Baton Rouge
• Cajun Music Hall of Fame, dedicated to Cajun music – Eunice^[115]
• Delta Music Museum – Ferriday
• Rebel State Historic Site – Marthaville
• New Orleans Mint (music collection went to Jazz Museum) – New Orleans
• New Orleans Jazz Museum – New Orleans

Michigan

Motown Museum

• Music House Museum – Acme
• Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments – Ann Arbor
• Motown Museum – Detroit
• International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Detroit^[116]
• Carnegie Center, Port Huron Museum, musical collection – Port Huron^[117]
• Tuba Museum, dedicated to the tuba – Okemos^[118]

New York

Louis Armstrong House

New York City and Long Island

• Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum – Brooklyn
• National Jazz Museum – Harlem
• Hip Hop Hall of Fame – Harlem
• Long Island Music Hall of Fame – Melville, Huntington
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, circa 5,000 instruments – Manhattan
• National Museum of Hip-Hop – Manhattan^[130]
• New York Jazz Museum – Manhattan
• ARChive of Contemporary Music – Manhattan
• Rose Museum, memorial of the debut of the Vienna Philharmonic – Carnegie Hall, Manhattan
• Strawberry Fields, dedicated to John Lennon – Central Park, Manhattan
• Louis Armstrong House Museum, dedicated to Louis Armstrong – Queens

Other museums

• Bethel Woods Center for the Arts – Bethel (Woodstock site)
• Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum, dedicated to Marcella Sembrich – Bolton Landing, Warren County
• New York State Country Music Hall of Fame – Cortland^[131]
• Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum, dedicated the kazoo – Eden^[132]
• Fiddler's Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated to fiddlers – Redfield^[133]
• Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum – Syracuse^[134]

Ohio

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• Ted Lewis Museum, dedicated to Ted Lewis – Circleville^[136]
• American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Cincinnati
• Verdin Bell and Clock Museum – Cincinnati
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland
• Polka Hall of Fame – Euclid

Pennsylvania

Bayernhof Music Museum

• Liberty Bell Museum – Allentown
• Schuman Instrument Collection – Southern Oregon University, Ashland
• DeBence Antique Music World – Franklin
• Wolf Museum of Music and Art – Lancaster County^[139]
• American Treasure Tour – Oaks, Montgomery County
• Martin Guitar Museum, named after C. F. Martin & Company – Nazareth
• New Holland Band Museum – New Holland^[140]
• Bayernhof Music Museum – O'Hara Township
• Marian Anderson House, dedicated to Marian Anderson – Philadelphia
• Stephen Foster Memorial, dedicated to Stephen Foster – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
• Phillip Paul Bliss House, named after Philip Bliss – Rome
• Vocal Group Hall of Fame – Sharon

Part of the Schuman Instrument Collection of the Southern Oregon University

Tennessee

Graceland

• West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, musical museum and dedication to Tina Turner – Brownsville^[141]
• Rockabilly Hall of Fame – Burns
• Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame – Dollywood
• Chasing Rainbows Museum, dedicated to Dolly Parton – Dollywood
• Loretta Lynn Ranch, dedicated to Loretta Lynn – Hurricane Mills^[142]
• International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame – Jackson^[143]
• Mountain Music Museum – Kingsport
• James D. Vaughan Museum, dedicated to James David Vaughan – Lawrenceburg^[144]
• Graceland, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Memphis
• Blues Hall of Fame – Memphis
• Memphis Music Hall of Fame – Memphis
• Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum – Memphis
• W. C. Handy Museum, dedicated to W. C. Handy – Memphis^[145]
• Stax Museum of American Soul Music – Memphis
• Johnny Cash Museum, dedicated to Johnny Cash – Nashville
• Patsy Cline Museum, dedicated to Patsy Cline – Nashville
• Willie Nelson and Friends Museum, dedicated to Willie Nelson – Nashville^[146]
• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Nashville
• Music City Walk of Fame – Nashville
• Gospel Music Hall of Fame – Nashville
• Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum – Nashville
• Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – Nashville
• Museum of Appalachia, collection of Uncle Dave Macon – Norris
• Elvis & Hollywood Legends Museum, dedicated to Elvis Presley and others – Pigeon Forge

Virginia

Birthplace of Country Music

• Birthplace of Country Music Museum – Bristol, Virginia
• Ralph Stanley Museum, dedicated to Ralph Stanley – Clintwood, Virginia
• Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, musical collection – Ferrum, Virginia^[159]
• Blue Ridge Music Center – Galax
• Carter Family Fold, dedicated to the Carter Family – Hiltons, Scott County
• Virginia Musical Museum – Williamsburg, Virginia

Uzbekistan

• Memorial house museum of Tamara Khanum – Tashkent

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