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Preserving and Exploring our Musical Heritage
The Museum of Music History
The Museum of Music History
Preserving and Exploring our Musical Heritage
Our Unique Collection

We care for tens of thousands of musical artefacts spanning several centuries. Our unique collection of musical material encompasses sheet music, portraits, photographs, concert, opera and ballet programmes, ephemera and illustrated title pages, books, periodicals, sculpture, instruments, recordings and personal archives.

All aspects of vocal and instrumental music are celebrated, from opera to popular music. We provide access to researchers by appointment and are always seeking to build partnerships with other museums and institutions, including those devoted to the other performing arts.

We welcome enquiries from any individual or public body seeking a secure location to which they can donate their historical collections and archival material.

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October 2024

Latest Exhibition

Chief Os-ke-non-ton of the Mohawk Nation, who appeared in the Royal Choral Society productions of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha between 1925 and 1939.
September 2024

Previous Exhibition

One of the greatest cellists of the twentieth century.
Exhibition DateSubject
October 2024
Chief Os-ke-non-ton (c.1888-1955)
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September 2024
Beatrice Harrison (1892-1965)
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August 2024
Maidstone Music Club (1943-1993)
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July 2024
Maria Theresia von PARADIS (1759-1824)
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May 2024
Musically Themed Liebig Cards – Part V
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March 2024
Sir Frederick BRIDGE (1844-1924)
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Museum of Music History

We are gratefully accepting donations