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The Museum of Music History (MOMH) began 2024 in an already strong position, with all its archives and objects securely stored and ready to be processed. We end 2024 having hired two new members of staff, recruited five new volunteers, and with a new temporary processing office in Haddenham to move this work forward. 2024 […]
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Britten Pears Visits MOMH to Explore Collection
The Museum of Music History (MOMH) was honoured to welcome Nick Clark and Christopher Hilton from the Britten Pears Archiv…
A pivotal moment in the evolution of MOMH
Yesterday evening, the Museum of Music History (MOMH) celebrated a pivotal moment in its evolution with an event marking t…
Death of Paul Strang
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Paul Strang who passed away peacefully at home on 18th March 2024. Al…
2023 has been a busy year for MOMH
In addition to expanding the collection of MOMH through the acquisition of the English Chamber Orchestra archive, we moved…
New life for Napoleon’s Erard
Having languished for years on a corner shelf of J. G. Morley’s of South Kensington, an instrument the shop simply called …
English Chamber Orchestra archive acquired by MOMH
We are delighted to announce that we have acquired the archive of the world-renowned English Chamber Orchestra. The ECO wa…
The discography of Oliver Davies
“As a colleague and friend who worked with Oliver on each and every MOMH Image of the Month as they used to be called, I w…
A Personal Recollection of the Founder of the Museum of Music History
Oliver Davies died more almost three years ago, and many of us feel his absence ever more keenly as time passes. How much …
The hero of the evening was Oliver Davies
Oliver Davies, FRCM, Hon ARAM, distinguished pianist, musicologist, lecturer, teacher, collector and curator, made an ines…