This list of music museums offers a guide to museums worldwide that specialize in the domain of music. These institutions are dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of music-related history, including the lives and works of prominent musicians, the evolution and variety of musical instruments, and other aspects of the world of music. The list includes both existing and historical museums. This list is not exhaustive.
Pasqualati-Haus
Dedicated to composers
dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven
dedicated to Anton Bruckner
dedicated to Johannes Brahms or Joseph Haydn
dedicated to Gustav Mahler
dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or family members
Mozart's birthplace , Salzburg
dedicated to Franz Schubert
dedicated to the Strauss family
dedicated to Arnold Schoenberg
dedicated to other composers
Vienna (other museums)
Other museums
Choir Organ Museum
Antonín Dvořák Museum , Prague
Dedicated to composers
dedicated to Antonín Dvořák
dedicated to Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček Museum (Brno) [ nl ] – Brno
Leoš Janáček Museum (Hukvaldy) [ cs ] – Hukvaldy
dedicated to Bedřich Smetana
dedicated to other composers
Villa Bertramka
Other museums
Paris
Josephine Baker Museum
Other museums
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
House Wahnfried
Mozarthaus Augsburg [ de ] , dedicated to Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Augsburg
E.T.A. Hoffmann-Haus [ de ] , dedicated to E. T. A. Hoffmann – Bamberg
Franz-Liszt-Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Franz Liszt – Bayreuth
House Wahnfried , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Bayreuth
Heimatmuseum Berching [ nl ] , partly dedicated to Christoph Willibald Gluck – Berching
Carl Orff Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Carl Orff – Dießen am Ammersee
Werner-Egk-Begegnungsstätte [ nl ] , dedicated to Werner Egk – Donauwörth
Sängermuseum [ nl ] – Feuchtwangen
Richard-Strauss-Institut [ nl ] , dedicated to Richard Strauss – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Geigenbaumuseum [ nl ] – Mittenwald
Rockmuseum Munich [ de ] – Munich
Orgelbaumuseum Ostheim vor der Rhön [ de ] – Ostheim vor der Rhön
Stadsmuseum Schwabach [ nl ] , with a collection of Adolf von Henselt – Schwabach
Orgelzentrum Valley [ de ] – Valley
Gebrüder-Lachner-Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Vinzenz , Franz and Ignaz Lachner – Rain
Berlin and Brandenburg
Hamburg , Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum
North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony and Bremen
Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland and Hesse
Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
Handel House
Musical Instruments Museum, Markneukirchen
Villa Teresa , dedicated to Eugen d'Albert and Teresa Carreño – Coswig
Kurt Weill Centre , dedicated to Kurt Weill – Dessau-Roßlau
Carl Maria von Weber Museum , dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Dresden-Hosterwitz
Richard-Wagner-Stätten Graupa [ de ] , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Dresden-Graupa
Gottfried-Silbermann-Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Gottfried Silbermann – Frauenstein
Mauersberger-Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger – Großrückerswalde
Beatles-Museum Halle [ de ] , dedicated to The Beatles – Halle
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House , dedicated to seven composers – Halle
Handel House , dedicated to Georg Friedrich Händel – Halle
Orgelbaumuseum Klosterhäseler [ de ] – Klosterhäseler
Historisches Museum & Bachgedenkstätte [ nl ] , collection Johann Sebastian Bach – Köthen
Mendelssohn House, Leipzig , dedicated to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn – Leipzig
Bach Museum Leipzig , dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Leipzig
Grieg-Begegnungsstätte [ nl ] , dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Leipzig
Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University – Leipzig
Schumann House, Leipzig , dedicated to Robert and Clara Schumann – Leipzig
Carl-Loewe-Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Carl Loewe – Löbejün
Musikinstrumenten-Museum Markneukirchen [ de ] – Markneukirchen
Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann , dedicated to Clara Schumann – Müglitztal
Reinhard-Keiser-Gedenkstätte [ nl ] , dedicated to Reinhard Keiser , Johann Christian Schieferdecker , Johann David Heinichen , and Johann Friedrich Fasch – Teuchern
Heinrich Schütz House , dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Weißenfels
Robert Schumann House , dedicated to Robert Schumann – Zwickau
Thuringia
Melody World Wax Museum, Mysore
Indian Music Experience:[44] an interactive music museum – Bangalore [45]
Karnataka Folk Museum, musical collection – Bangalore[46]
Melody World Wax Museum, musical instruments collection (tribal, ethnic, folk & modern) – Mysore [47]
Melody World Wax Museum – Mysore[48]
Museo Wagner, Venice
Northern Italy [54] [55] [56]
Museo Pietro Abbà-Cornaglia [ it ] – Alessandria
Gustav Mahler Stube , with memorial dedicated to Gustav Mahler – Altschluderbach, Toblach
Donizetti's birthplace , dedicated to Gaetano Donizetti – Bergamo
Donizetti Museum , 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 natale di Giuseppe Verdi [ it ] , 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 [ it ] , dedicated to Fabrizio De André – Genoa
Jazz Museum of Genoa [ it ] – Genoa
Collezione Didattica piccolo Museo della Musica [57] – Lodi
Fondo Musicale Greggiati, dedicated to Giuseppe Greggiati – Mantua
Museum of Musical Instruments – Milan
Museo Teatrale alla Scala , musical collection – Milan
Casa Museo Luciano Pavarotti, dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti – Modena [58]
Casa natale di Arturo Toscanini [ it ] , dedicated to Arturo Toscanini – Parma
Museo storico Riccardo Barilla del Conservatorio di Parma – Parma
Museum of Instruments for Popular Music [ it ] – Roncegno
Museo Etnografico e dello Strumento Musicale a Fiato – Quarna Sotto
Civico museo teatrale Carlo Schmidl [ it ] , 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 [ it ] – Verona
Central Italy [54] [55] [56]
Southern Italy
Belgium Organ Museum
Tokyo
Other museums
C+B Museum – Grolloo
North
Beatles Museum – Alkmaar
Sound and Vision – Hilversum
West
Centre and east
South
Dedicated to composers
dedicated to Frédéric Chopin
dedicated to other musicians
Other museums
Museum of the Polish National Anthem [ pl ] – Będomin
Museum of Silesian Pipe Organs [ pl ] – Katowice
Musical Instruments Museum in Poznań [ pl ] – Poznań
Musical Instruments Museum in Szyba [ pl ] – Szyba
Museum of Folk Musical Instruments [ pl ] – Szydłowiec
Museum of Kashubian and Pomeran Literature and Music [ pl ] – Wejherowo
Maison Morange [ fr ] , also 'Musée des musiques et instruments de l'océan Indien' – Hell-Bourg
Museum of Music and Time
Moscow
Glinka Museum [ ru ]
Harmonica Museum, dedicated to Alfred Mirek[77]
Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky at Taganka Square, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky [78]
Saint Petersburg
Other museums
Museu de la Música de Barcelona
House-Museum of Concha Piquer
Museo del Baile Flamenco
North coast
North-east
Museo del Órgano, dedicated to organs – Agüero , Aragon[95]
Museo Nino Bravo, dedicated to Nino Bravo – Aielo de Malferit , Valencia[96]
Museu de la Música de Barcelona – Barcelona
Rock Museum [ ca ] (2011–2012†[97] ) – Barcelona
Museo de Música Étnica[98] – Busot , Valencia[99]
Museu Isaac Albéniz, dedicated to Isaac Albéniz – Camprodon , Catalonia[100]
Museo Pablo Sarasate, dedicated to Pablo Sarasate – Pamplona , Navarra[101]
Casa-Museo Julián Gayarre, dedicated to Julián Gayarre – Roncal , Navarra[102]
Museu Pau Casals [ ca ] , dedicated to Pablo Casals – el Vendrell , Catalonia[103]
House-Museum of Concha Piquer [ nl ] , dedicated to Concha Piquer – Valencia
South
Central
Museo Jacinto Guerrero, dedicated to Jacinto Guerrero – Ajofrín , Toledo[108]
Museo de Sonidos del Mundo / Museo de Instrumentos – Santo Domingo de Silos , Burgos[109]
Museo Sara Montiel, dedicated to Sara Montiel – Campo de Criptana , Ciudad Real[110]
Casa Museo José Padilla, dedicated to José Padilla Sánchez – Madrid [111]
Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo, dedicated to Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo – Madrid[112]
Museo Hazen, piano collection – Las Rozas de Madrid , Madrid[113]
Museo de la Música. Colección Luis Delgado – Urueña , Valladolid[114]
Other
Chimei Museum
Ennejma Ezzahra Palace
London
Liverpool
Rest of England
St. Albans Organ Museum – St Albans [121]
Herschel Museum of Astronomy , musical exhibition, named after William and Caroline Herschel – Bath
Holburne Museum – Bath
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
Holst Victorian House, birthplace of Gustav Holst – Cheltenham [122]
Coventry Music Museum , The 2-Tone Village – Coventry [123]
Warwick Arts Centre , musical collection – University of Warwick , Coventry
Leith Hill Place, former home of Ralph Vaughan Williams and National Trust property – Dorking, Surrey
Mechanical Museum and Doll Collection – Chichester [124]
Paul Corins Magnificent Music Machines (1967–2013†) – Liskerad, Cornwall [125]
Mechanical Music Museum – Cotton [126]
Hatchlands Park , The Cobbe Collection, keyboard instruments – East Clandon
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery , musical instruments – Cumbria
Finchcocks , historical keyboard instruments (1971–2016†) – Goudhurst [127] [128] partly moved to Sevenoaks
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 [129]
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments – Oxford
Ashmolean Museum , musical instruments – Oxford
Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection, collection pipe organs – Pinchbeck [130]
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
Scotland
Wales
Mobile
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Crystal Palace
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Allman Brothers Museum
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Delta Music Museum
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Motown Museum
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Louis Armstrong House
New York City and Long Island
Other museums
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Oklahoma
Oregon
Part of the Schuman Instrument Collection of the Southern Oregon University
Pennsylvania
Bayernhof Music Museum
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Graceland
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, musical museum and dedication to Tina Turner – Brownsville [182]
Rockabilly Hall of Fame – Burns
Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame – Dollywood
Chasing Rainbows Museum , dedicated to Dolly Parton – Dollywood
House of Cash , (1970–2003†) dedicated to Johnny Cash – Hendersonville
Loretta Lynn Ranch, dedicated to Loretta Lynn – Hurricane Mills [183]
International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame – Jackson [184]
Mountain Music Museum – Kingsport
James D. Vaughan Museum, dedicated to James David Vaughan – Lawrenceburg [185]
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[186]
Stax Museum of American Soul Music – Memphis
Sun Studio – 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[187]
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Nashville
Gospel Music Hall of Fame – Nashville
Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum – Nashville
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – Nashville
National Museum of African American Music – Nashville
Museum of Appalachia , Hall of Fame and permanent collection of Uncle Dave Macon – Norris
Elvis & Hollywood Legends Museum [ nl ] , dedicated to Elvis Presley and others – Pigeon Forge
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Birthplace of Country Music
Washington
West Virginia
Washington, D.C.
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