Museum of Instruments at the Royal College of Music

Overview

On display at the Museum of Instruments in the Royal College of Music, you'll find highlights from the collection of more than 1,000 instruments including the anonymous clavicytherium, believed to be the earliest surviving stringed keyboard instrument, remarkable and unfamiliar instruments such as the contrabassophon, division viol and serpent, plus trombones owned and played by Elgar and Holst.

Alongside these are some of the most significant portraits from the RCM collection, including oil paintings of Haydn, Boyce and Farinelli, as well as manuscripts, early printed edition, photographs, letters and many other objects from the Library and Special Collections.

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Admission is Free. Group visits cost £5 per person and can be arranged with the curator.

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Museum of Instruments at the Royal College of Music

Address

Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road

London

SW7 2BS

Telephone:

+44 (0)20 7589 3643

Public transport:

Tube: South Kensington then 10 minutes' walk;Buses: 9, 10, 33, 52, 52A, C1

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