List of music museums
This is a list of music museums worldwide. 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]
- Slim Dusty Centre - Kempsey, New South Wales[2]
- 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
- Dedicated to composers
dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven
- Beethoven-Haus– Krems an der Donau
- Beethoven-Haus Baden – 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
dedicated to Johannes Brahms and/or Joseph Haydn
- Brahmsmuseum Mürzzuschlag – Mürzzuschlag
- Haydn-Haus Vienna with Brahms room – Vienna
- Haydn-Haus Eisenstadt – Eisenstadt
- Haydnkirche – Eisenstadt
- Haydn's birthplace, dedicated to Joseph and Michael Haydn – Rohrau
dedicated to Gustav Mahler
- Composing hut of Gustav Mahler – Steinbach am Attersee
- Composing hut 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
- Pleyel Museum, dedicated to Ignaz Pleyel – Ruppersthal, near Großweikersdorf
- Vienna (other museums)
- Fatty-George-Jazzmus , dedicated to Fatty George
- Haus der Musik
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, musical collection
- Vienna Technical Museum, musical collection
- Other museums
- Eboardmuseum – Klagenfurt
- Musikinstrumentenmuseum Schloss Kremsegg – Kremsmünster
- Stille-Nacht & Heimatmuseum , partly dedicated to Silent Night – Oberndorf bei Salzburg
- Blasmusikmuseum – Ratten
Azerbaijan
Belarus
- Czesław Niemen Museum , dedicated to Czesław Niemen – Staryya Vasilishki
Belgium
East and West Flanders
- Jazz Center Flanders, 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 Menen (2012–2017) – Menen
- Museum Vleeshuis – Antwerp
- Harmonium Art museuM – Klein-Willebroek
- Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn", dedicated to Jef Denyn – Mechelen
- Barrel Organ Museum Voortkapel – Voortkapel, Westerlo
- Archive and Museum for Flemish Way of Living , musical collection – Brussels
- Musical Instrument Museum – Brussels
- Popular Instruments Museum Gooik – Gooik
- South-West Brabant Museum, collection of cellist François Servais and family – Halle
- Jazz Station – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- Brabant Center for Music Traditions – Kampenhout
- Museum van de Radio- en Televisie-Omroep (1979–1996) – Schaerbeek
- Stedelijk Beiaardmuseum – Hasselt
- Museum for Musical Instruments Peer (?–2014) – Peer
- Armand Preud'homme Museum (1990–2018), dedicated to Armand Preud'homme – Peer
- Mr Sax's House, dedicated to Adolphe Sax – Dinant
- Bell and Carillon Museum (1992–2013) – 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 do 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
- Reggae Maranhão Museum - São Luís
- Villa-Lobos Museum, dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos – Rio de Janeiro[3]
- 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[4]
- 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[5]
Nova Scotia and Quebec
- Celtic Music Interpretive Centre – Judique[6]
- Hank Snow Home Town Museum, dedicated to Hank Snow – Liverpool[7]
- Musée de l'Accordéon – Montmagny[8]
- Anne Murray Centre, dedicated to Anne Murray – Springhill
- Forest City Gallery, musical collection – London
- Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum, dedicated to Neil Young – Omemee[9]
- Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre – Greater Sudbury[10]
- 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[11]
Cape Verde
- Museu da Tabanka, dedicated to tabanka music – Assomada
China
- Choir Organ Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian[12]
- Gulangyu Piano Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian[13]
- Heilongjiang Music Museum, musical instruments – Harbin, province of Heilongjiang[14]
- Drum Tower of Xi'an – Xi'an, province Shaanxi
- Wuhan Museum, musical instruments collection – Wuhan, province of Hubei
Czech Republic
- dedicated to composers
dedicated to Antonín Dvořák
- Birth House of Antonín Dvořák – Nelahozeves
- Antonín Dvořák Museum – Prague
- Antonín Dvořák Museum (Sychrov) – Sychrov
- Antonín Dvořák Museum (Vysoké u Příbramě) – Vysoká u Příbramě
- Antonín Dvořák Museum (Zlonicích) – Zlonice
dedicated to Leoš Janáček
dedicated to Bedřich Smetana
- Bedřich Smetana Museum (Jabkenice) – Jabkenice
- Birth House of Bedřich Smetana – Litomyšl
- Bedřich Smetana Museum (Obříství) – Obříství
- Bedřich Smetana Museum – Prague
dedicated to other composers
- Josef Suk Museum , dedicated to Josef Suk – Křečovice
- Pavel and Antonín Vranický exihibition , dedicated to Paul Wranitzky, Antonín Vranický and Jan Novák – Nová Říše
- Centrum Bohuslava Martinů , dedicated to Bohuslav Martinů – Polička
- Bertramka (temporally closed)[15], dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Prague
- Památník Jaroslava Ježka – Blue Room – Modrý pokoj, dedicated to Jaroslav Ježek – Prague
- Memorial Room František Drdla , dedicated to František Drdla – Žďár nad Sázavou
- Other museums
- Music Without Musicians – Hořovice
- Citerárium – Ostrava
- Czech Musical Museum – Prague
- Lobkowicz Palace, partly dedicated to classical music – Prague
- PopMuseum – Prague
- Museum of folk bands – Lesonice
- Muzeum středního Pootaví , collection bagpipes – Strakonice
Denmark
- Memory Lane Rock Museum – Knebel
- The Danish Music Museum (Musikmuseet) – Copenhagen
- Carl Nielsen Museum, dedicated to Carl Nielsen – Odense
- Memphis Mansion, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Randers
- Museum Ragnarock – Roskilde
Estonia
Finland
- Ainola, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Järvenpää
- Military Music Museum of Finland – Lahti
- Sibelius Museum, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Turku
- Mechanical Music Museum – Varkaus
- Villa Kokkonen, dedicated to Joonas Kokkonen – Järvenpää
France
- Musée des Arts et Métiers – 3rd arrondissement
- Salon Frédéric Chopin, dedicated to Frédéric Chopin – 4th arrondissement
- Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris – 9th arrondissement
- Musée du Hard Rock Café – 9th arrondissement[16]
- 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
Other museums
- Musée de la musique – Anduze[17]
- Josephine Baker Museum, Château des Milandes, dedicated to Josephine Baker – Castelnaud-la-Chapelle[18]
- Museum of Musical Instruments, Céret – Céret
- Musée de l'art forain et de la musique mécanique – Conflans-en-Jarnisy[19]
- Musée Hector-Berlioz – birthplace of Hector Berlioz – La Côte-Saint-André
- 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[20]
- Maisons Satie, dedicated to Erik Satie – Honfleur[21]
- Musée européen d'art campanaire – L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers
- Musée du piano de Limoux – Limoux
- Musée de la musique mécanique – Mirecourt[22]
- 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[23]
- Ferme des orgues – Steenwerck
Germany
- Brahms House, 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
- House of Music − Stuttgart
- Deutsches Harmonikamuseum – Trossingen
- Elztalmuseum , collection mechanical musical instruments – Waldkirch
- Silcher-Museum , dedicated to Friedrich Silcher – Weinstadt-Schnait
- Mozarthaus Augsburg , 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 Berching , 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 – Ostheim vor der Rhön
- Stadsmuseum Schwabach , with a collection of Adolf von Henselt – Schwabach
- Orgelzentrum Valley – Valley
- Gebrüder-Lachner-Museum , dedicated to Vinzenz, Franz and Ignaz Lachner – Rain
Berlin and Brandenburg
- Musik-Museum Beeskow – 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
- Ostholstein-Museum Eutin , partly dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Eutin
- Brahms-Haus Heide , dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Heide
- Composers Quarter 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 Adolph 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 – Kröpelin
- Brahms-Institut, dedicated to Johannes Brahms and other composers – Lübeck
- Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum – Malchow
North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen
- Haus Eller , piano museum – Bergheim
- Beethoven House, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Bonn
- Schumannhaus Bonn , dedicated to Robert Schumann – Bonn-Endenich
- Orgelmuseum Borgentreich – Borgentreich
- Elvis-Presley-Museum Düsseldorf (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
- Musik-Museum Monschau (2009–2013) – Monschau
- Orgelmuseum Fleiter , dedicated to Friedrich Fleiter – Münster-Nienberge
- Harry’s klingendes Museum – Schwarmstedt
- Organeum – Weener
Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse
- 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 Lißberg – Ortenberg-Lißberg
- Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett – Rüdesheim am Rhein
- Musikantenland Museum – Thallichtenberg
- orgelARTmuseum – Windesheim
Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
- 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 , 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 Halle , dedicated to The Beatles – Halle
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House, dedicated to seven composers – Halle
- Handel House, dedicated to Georg Friedrich Händel – Halle
- Orgelbaumuseum Klosterhäseler – Klosterhäseler
- Historisches Museum & Bachgedenkstätte , 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 , dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Leipzig
- Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University – Leipzig
- Schumann-Haus Leipzig , dedicated to Robert and Clara Schumann – Leipzig
- Carl-Loewe-Museum , dedicated to Carl Loewe – Löbejün
- Musikinstrumenten-Museum Markneukirchen – Markneukirchen
- Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann, dedicated to Clara Schumann – Müglitztal
- Reinhard-Keiser-Gedenkstätte , 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
- Schlossmuseum Arnstadt , 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 House, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Bad Köstritz
- Max-Reger-Archiv , 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 Weimar , dedicated to Franz Liszt – Weimar
Ghana
Greece
- Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments – Plaka, Athens
- Music Museum "Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros", dedicated to Nikolaos Mantzaros – Corfu
- Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments – Thessaloniki
- Musical Museum of Macedonia – Thessaloniki
Guatemala
- Museo Casa K'ojom, at the Centro Cultural la Azotea, dedicated to Maya music – Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez[24]
Hungary
- Béla Bartók Memorial House, dedicated to Béla Bartók[25]
- Frans Liszt Memorial Museum , dedicated to Franz Liszt
- Zoltán Kodály Memorial Museum , dedicated to Zoltán Kodály
- Museum of Music History[26]
- Other museums
- Egri Road Beatles Múzeum, 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[27]
India
- Melody World Wax Museum, musical instruments collection (tribal, ethnic, folk & modern) − Mysore[28]
- Karnataka Folk Museum, musical collection – Bangalore[29]
Indonesia
Iran
Ireland
- Irish Rock N Roll Museum – Dublin[31]
- Irish Music Hall of Fame – Dublin (1999-2001)[32]
Israel
- the Hebrew Music Museum - Jerusalem
- Violins of Hope – Tel Aviv
Italy
- Museo Pietro Abbà-Cornaglia – Alessandria
- Gustav Mahler Stube, with memorial 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 Genoa – Genoa
- 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
- Museo Etnografico e dello Strumento Musicale a Fiato – Quarna Sotto
- Civico 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
- Museo internazionale della fisarmonicait – Castelfidardo
- Museo degli strumenti musicali (Firenze) – 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
- Museum of Multiethnic Musical Instruments "Fausto Cannone" – Alcamo
- Museum of Castle of Gesualdo, dedicated to Carlo Gesualdo – Gesualdo[36], dedicated to Carlo Gesualdo — Gesualdo
- 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
Jamaica
- Bob Marley Museum, dedicated to Bob Marley – Nine Mile
- Bob Marley Mausoleum – Kingston[37]
Japan
- Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall, dedicated to Michio Miyagi
- Orugōru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan (?-2013), mechanical musical instruments[38]
- Museum of the Musashino Academia Musicae[39]
- Min-On Musical Museum
- Other museums
- Mandolin Melodies Museum – Aichi
- Kawaguchiko Music Box Forest – Fujikawaguchiko
- Musical Instruments Museum – Hamamatsu
- Musicbox Museum Izu – Izu, Itō[40]
- Rokko Musicbox Museum – Kobe[41]
- The Museum, successor of Belgium Organ Museum – Matsushima[42]
- 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
- Otaru Music Box Museum – Otaru
- John Lennon Museum (2000–2010), dedicated to John Lennon – Saitama
- Musicbox Museum of Lake Hamana – Shizuoka
- ARSBEL (2000-2010), organ museum – Tendō
Kazakhstan
Latvia
- Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum, devoted to folklorist Krišjānis Barons and his work collecting Latvian folk songs (Dainas) - Riga
Lithuania
- Povilas Stulga Museum of Lithuanian Folk Instruments, named after Povilas Stulga – Kaunas
- Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum – 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[43]
- National Musical Library – Mexico City
Mongolia
Netherlands
North
- Barrel Organ Museum Assen (1987–2008) – Assen
- Harmonium Museum Netherlands – Barger-Compascuum
- Museum Vosbergen – Eelde
- Accordeon Museum Harte Meijer – Gasselternijveenschemond
- C+B Museum , dedicated to Cuby + Blizzards – Grolloo
- Elvis Presley Museum Molkwerum , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Molkwerum
- Museum Musica – Stadskanaal
- Barrel Organ Museum Folkloreklanken (2008–2012) – de Wijk
West
- Beatles Museum Alkmaar , dedicated to The Beatles – Alkmaar
- Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen (1991–2015) – Amsterdam
- Willy Alberti Museum (1997–2011/14), dedicated to Willy Alberti – Amsterdam
- G. Perlee Barrel Organ Museum – Amsterdam
- Geelvinck Pianola Museum – Amsterdam
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, musical collection – The Hague
- Music History Museum Scheurleer (1905–1935) – The Hague
- Barrel Organ Museum Haarlem – Haarlem
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision – Hilversum
- Museum RockArt – Hook of Holland
- Palingsound Museum – Volendam
- Musical Information and Documentation Centre Ton Stolk – Vlaardingen
Centre and east
- Watch & Listen Museum – Bennekom
- Elvis Presley Museum Culemborg , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Culemborg
- National Organ Museum – Elburg
- Accordeon Museum De Muse – Malden
- Grammophone Museum – Nieuwleusen
- 192 & Demis Roussos Museum , dedicated to Radio Veronica and Demis Roussos – Nijkerk
- Harmonium Museum Paasloo – Paasloo, Steenwijkerland
- Museum Speelklok – Utrecht
- Geelvinck Music Museum – Zutphen
South
- Museum Klok & Peel – Asten
- Gavioli Hall , named after Anselmo Gavioli – Helmond
- Museum Dansant – Hilvarenbeek
- Jukebox Museum – Sint-Oedenrode
- Kessels, Muziek Instrumenten Tilburg – Tilburg
New Zealand
- Elvis Presley Museum (Hawera) , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Hawera
- Whittaker's Live Musical Museum – Auckland[44]
Norway
- 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
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 National Anthem – Będomin
- Museum of Silesian Pipe Organs – Katowice
- Musical Instruments Museum in Poznań – Poznań
- Musical Instruments Museum in Szyba – Szyba
- Museum of Folk 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[45]
- Stringed Instruments Museum, string instruments museum – Tebosa
- Museu Fernando Lopes-Graça, dedicated to Fernando Lopes-Graça – Tomar[46]
Puerto Rico
- Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna, dedicated to Héctor Flores Osuna – Caguas[47]
- Casa del Trovador – Caguas[48]
- Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón, dedicated to José Ignacio Quintón – Caguas[49]
- Casa Paoli, dedicated to Antonio Paoli – Barrio Cuarto, Ponce
- Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña – Barrio Tercero, Ponce
- Museo Pablo Casals – San Juan
- Museum of Reggaeton and Daddy Yankee - at Plaza Las Américas Mall[50]
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
- Glinka Museum
- Harmonica Museum, dedicated to Alfred Mirek[51]
- Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky at Taganka Square, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky[52]
- Temple of Love, Peace and Music, dedicated to John Lennon[53]
- Kamchatka, house of Viktor Tsoi[54]
- Museum of the Alexandrinsky Theatre[55]
- St.Petersburg State Museum, and branches:[56]
- House and Museum of Feodor Chaliapin[56]
- The Museum of Music and Music Instruments at the Count Sheremetev Palace[56]
- Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum, dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov[56]
- The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum[56]
Other museums
- Museum of Sergei Taneyev, dedicated to Sergei Taneyev – Dyudkovo, Zvenigorod[57]
- Museum Music and Time – Yaroslavl[58]
- Tchaikovsky State House-Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky en Sergei Taneyev – Klin
- Rockmuseum – Ufa[59]
- Ivanovka, former summer residence of Sergei Rachmaninoff – Tambov
- Musical Instrument Museum – Volgograd
- Tsjaikovski Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Votkinsk
Slovakia
Slovenia
- Birth House of Hugo Wolf – Ljubljana[60]
- The Rolling Stones Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Portorož
South Africa
- Music of the Caab Centre – Franschhoek[61]
- Adler Museum of the History of Music – Johannesburg[62]
South Korea
- Ureuk Museum, course of music in Gaya and Silla – Goryeong, North Gyeongsang Province[63]
- Korean Folk Village – Yongin
Spain
- Valldemossa Charterhouse, living of Frédéric Chopin – Valldemossa, Mallorca
- Casa–Museo del Timple, local string instruments (timples) – Teguise, Lanzarote[64]
- North coast
- Alfercam Museum, ethnic musical instruments – Avilés, Asturias
- Casa Museo Jesús de Monasterio, de dedicated to Jesús de Monasterio – Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria[65]
- International Bagpipe Museum – Gijón
- Soinuenea–Herri Musikaren Txokoa, Basque music – Oiartzun, Basque Country[66]
- North-east
- Museo del Órgano, dedicated to organs – Agüero, Aragon[67]
- Museo Nino Bravo, dedicated to Nino Bravo – Aielo de Malferit, Valencia[68]
- Museu de la Música de Barcelona – Barcelona
- Rock Museum – Barcelona
- Museo de Música Étnica – Busot, Valencia[69]
- Museu Isaac Albéniz, dedicated to Isaac Albéniz – Camprodon, Catalonia[70]
- Museo Pablo Sarasate, dedicated to Pablo Sarasate – Pamplona, Navarra[71]
- Casa-Museo Julián Gayarre, dedicated to Julián Gayarre – Roncal, Navarra[72]
- Museu Pau Casals, dedicated to Pablo Casals – el Vendrell, Catalonia[73]
- House-Museum of Concha Piquer , dedicated to Concha Piquer – Valencia
- South
- Museo de la Música Étnica, music cultures worldwide – Barranda, Murcia[74]
- Casa Museo Manuel de Falla, dedicated to Manuel de Falla – Granada[75]
- Casa Museo Andrés Segovia, dedicated to Andrés Segovia – Linares, Jaén[76]
- Museo de Raphael, dedicated to Raphael – Linares, Jaén[77]
- Interactive musical museum of Málaga – Málaga
- Museo del Baile Flamenco , dedicated to flamenco – Sevilla
- Castillia's and Rioja
- Museo Jacinto Guerrero, dedicated to Jacinto Guerrero – Ajofrín, Toledo[78]
- Museo de Sonidos del Mundo / Museo de Instrumentos – Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos[79]
- Museo Sara Montiel, dedicated to Sara Montiel – Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real[80]
- Casa Museo José Padilla, dedicated to José Padilla Sánchez – Madrid[81]
- Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo, dedicated to Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo – Madrid[82]
- Museo Hazen, piano collection – Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid[83]
- Museo de la Música – Urueña, Valladolid[84]
Sweden
- ABBA: The Museum, dedicated to ABBA
- Swedish Music Hall of Fame
- Stockholm Music Museum (1901–2010)
- Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
Other museums
- Jussi Björlingmuseum , dedicated to Jussi Björling – Borlänge
- Smetana Room , dedicated to Bedřich Smetana – Gothenburg
- Evert Taubes World (2008–2016), dedicated to Evert Taube – Göteborg
- Jazzens museum , museum on jazz – Strömsholm
- Guitars – the Museum – Umeå
- Birgit Nilsson Museum, dedicated to Birgit Nilsson
- Zarah Leander-museet, dedicated to Zarah Leander
Switzerland
- Music Museum – Basel
- Salon des Pianos – Basel
- Musée Baud, named after instrument builders Frédy, Robert and Auguste Baud – L'Auberson
- Organ and Harmonium Museum , Liestal
- Queen: The Studio Experience, dedicated to Queen – Montreux
- Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Musical Instruments – Oberhofen am Thunersee
- Musée Suisse de l'Orgue – Roche[85]
- Musée d'automates et de boîtes à musique – Sainte-Croix
- Museum for Musical Automates – Seewen
- Richard-Wagner-Museum Lucerne , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Tribschen
- SwissJazzOrama , jazz museum – Uster
Taiwan
- Chang Lien-cheng Saxophone Museum – Houli, Taichung
- Chimei Museum, musical collection – Tainan
Tajikistan
Tunisia
Turkey
- Aynalıkavak Palace, collection of musical instruments – Istanbul
United Kingdom
- Museum of Asian Music – Acton[86]
- 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
- Eel Pie Island Museum – Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames
- Museum of Army Music – Kneller Hall, Whitton, Richmond upon Thames
- The Royal College of Music Museum – South Kensington
- 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[87]
- 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
- Coventry Music Museum − The 2-Tone Village, Coventry[88]
- Mechanical Museum and Doll Collection – Chichester[89]
- Paul Corins Magnificent Music Machines (1967-2013) – Liskerad, Cornwall[90]
- Mechanical Music Museum – Cotton[91]
- Warwick Arts Centre, musical collection – University of Warwick, Coventry
- 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[92][93] 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[94]
- Bate Collection of Musical Instruments – Oxford
- Ashmolean Museum, musical instruments – Oxford
- Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection, collection pipe organs – Pinchbeck[95]
- 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
- 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
- National Museum Cardiff, musical instruments – Cardiff
- Tŷ Siamas, national center for folkmusic – Dolgellau
United States
Mobile
Alabama
- Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame – Birmingham
- W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library, dedicated to W. C. Handy – Florence[97]
- Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Georgiana[98]
- The Hank Williams Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Montgomery[99]
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – Sheffield
- National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, Troy University – Troy[100]
- Alabama Music Hall of Fame – Tuscumbia
- Commodore Museum, dedicated to the Commodores – Tuskegee[101]
Arizona
Arkansas
- Delta Cultural Center – Helena
- Guitar Museum – Jacksonville[102]
- Ozark Folk Center – Mountain View
California
- 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[103]
- 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
Colorado
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame – Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison
Connecticut
- Museum of Fife & Drum – Ivoryton[104]
- Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments – New Haven
Florida
- Latin Music Hall of Fame Museum – Miami[105]
- Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, Universal Studios' City Jazz – Orlando,
- Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida State Capitol – Tallahassee
- Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, dedicated to Stephen Foster – White Springs
Georgia
- Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame – Atlanta
- Trap Music Museum, dedicated to rapper T.I. – Atlanta[106]
- Georgia Music Hall of Fame – Macon
- The Allman Brothers Band Museum, dedicated to The Allman Brothers Band – Macon
- The Little Richard House and Museum, dedicated to Little Richard - Macon[107]
Illinois
- Place de la Musique – Barrington Hills
- Rock N Roll McDonald's (1983–2018, as restaurant museum) – Chicago[108]
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Rt. 66 – Joliet, IL[109]
- David Adler Music and Arts Center – Libertyville
- Sousa Archives and Center for American Music – Urbana
Indiana
- Songbook Exhibit Gallery, Great American Songbook Foundation – Carmel
- Great American Songbook Foundation – Carmel
- Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor and Museum – Columbus[110]
- Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels, named after Ted Waflart – Huntingburg[111]
- Rhythm! Discovery Center – Indianapolis[112]
Iowa
- America's Old-Time Country Music Hall Of Fame – Anita
- Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame – Arnolds Park
- Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum, dedicated to Glenn Miller – Clarinda[113]
- River Music Experience – Davenport
- Music Man Square – Mason City[114]
- Bily Clocks Museum, partly dedicated to Antonín Dvořák – Spillville
- Surf Ballroom & Museum - Clear Lake, Iowa[115]
Kentucky
- Kentucky Music Hall of Fame – Mount Vernon
- International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame – Owensboro
- U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum – Paintsville
- Francis M. Stafford House – Paintsville
- Bill Monroe Museum, dedicated to Bill Monroe – Rosine
Louisiana
- Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – Baton Rouge
- Cajun Music Hall of Fame, dedicated to Cajun music – Eunice[116]
- 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
Maine
- Bryant Stove & Music Museum – Thorndike
Maryland
Michigan
- Music House Museum – Acme
- Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments – Ann Arbor
- Motown Museum – Detroit
- Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame – Detroit
- International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Detroit[117]
- Carnegie Center, Port Huron Museum, musical collection – Port Huron[118]
- Tuba Museum, dedicated to the tuba – Okemos[119]
Minnesota
- Minnesota Music Hall of Fame – New Ulm
- Paisley Park Studios, dedicated to Prince – Chanhassen
- Schubert Club, named after Franz Schubert – Saint Paul
Mississippi
- Mississippi John Hurt Museum, dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt – Carrollton[120]
- Delta Blues Museum – Clarksdale
- Rock & Blues Museum – Clarksdale[121]
- The Grammy Museum Mississippi – Cleveland
- Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery – Greenwood[122]
- Robert Johnson Blues Museum, dedicated to Robert Johnson – Crystal Springs[123]
- Mississippi Music Museum – Hazlehurst[124]
- Graceland Too (1990–2014) – Holly Springs
- B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, dedicated to B.B. King – Indianola
- Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame – Jackson
- Highway 61 Blues Museum – Leland[125]
- Hartley Peavey Visitor Center, dedicated to Peavey – Meridian[126]
- Highland Park, dedicated to Jimmie Rodgers – Meridian
- Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum, musical collection – Starkville[127]
- Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center and Museum – Tunica[128]
- Elvis Presley Birthplace, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Tupelo
- Howlin' Wolf Museum, dedicated to Howlin' Wolf – West Point[129]
Missouri
- Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame – Branson
- American Jazz Museum – Kansas City
- National Blues Museum – St. Louis
- Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, dedicated to Scott Joplin – Saint Louis
Nebraska
Nevada
- Liberace Museum Collection – Paradise
- Elvis-A-Rama Museum (1999–2006) – dedicated to Elvis Presley, Paradise
- The King's Ransom Museum, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Las Vegas[130]
New Jersey
New York
- 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[131]
- 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[132]
- Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum, dedicated the kazoo – Eden[133]
- Fiddler's Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated to fiddlers – Redfield[134]
- Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum – Syracuse[135]
North Carolina
- Curb Museum for Music and Motorsports – Kannapolis, North Carolina
- North Carolina Music Hall of Fame – Kannapolis, North Carolina
- Earl Scruggs Center, Cleveland County Courthouse, dedicated to Earl Scruggs – Shelby, North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- Ted Lewis Museum, dedicated to Ted Lewis – Circleville[137]
- 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
Oklahoma
- Roger Miller Museum, dedicated to Roger Miller – Erick
- Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame – Muskogee
- American Banjo Museum – Oklahoma City[138]
- Washington Irving Trail Museum, country music collection, named after Washington Irving – Ripley[139]
- Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Tulsa
- Woody Guthrie Center, dedicated to Woody Guthrie and includes the archives of Phil Ochs – Tulsa
Pennsylvania
- Liberty Bell Museum – Allentown
- Schuman Instrument Collection – Southern Oregon University, Ashland
- DeBence Antique Music World – Franklin
- Wolf Museum of Music and Art – Lancaster County[140]
- American Treasure Tour – Oaks, Montgomery County
- Martin Guitar Museum, named after C. F. Martin & Company – Nazareth
- New Holland Band Museum – New Holland[141]
- 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
South Carolina
- The Kazoo Museum, dedicated to the kazoo – Beaufort, South Carolina
- Carolina Music Museum – Heritage Green, South Carolina[142]
- Sigal Music Museum formerly the Carolina Music Museum – Heritage Green, South Carolina[143]
South Dakota
- National Music Museum – Vermillion, South Dakota
Tennessee
- West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, musical museum and dedication to Tina Turner – Brownsville[144]
- 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[145]
- International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame – Jackson[146]
- Mountain Music Museum – Kingsport
- James D. Vaughan Museum, dedicated to James David Vaughan – Lawrenceburg[147]
- 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[148]
- 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[149]
- 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
Texas
- Tejano Roots Museum, dedicated to Tejano music – Alice[150]
- South Austin Museum of Popular Culture – Austin
- Texas Music Museum – Austin[151]
- Texas Polka Music Museum – Austin[152]
- Heart of Texas Country Music Museum – Brady[153]
- Texas Country Music Hall of Fame – Carthage
- Western Music Association Hall of Fame – Coppell
- The Selena Museum, dedicated to Selena Quintanilla – Corpus Christi
- Lefty Frizzell Museum, dedicated to Lefty Frizzell – Corsicana[154]
- Texas Musicians Museum – Hillsboro
- Jukebox Museum – Houston[155]
- Texas Musicians Museum (?-2018) – Irving
- Buddy Holly Center, dedicated to Buddy Holly and Texan music – Lubbock
- Blues & History Museum – Navasota[156]
- Smitty's Juke Box Museum – Pharr[157]
- Freddy Fender Museum, named after Freddy Fender – San Benito[158]
- Texas Conjunto Music Museum – San Benito[159]
- Sherman Jazz Museum – Sherman[160]
- Bob Wills Museum, dedicated to Bob Wills – Turkey[158]
- Roy Orbison Museum, dedicated to Roy Orbison – Wink[161]
Utah
Virginia
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum – Bristol, Virginia
- Ralph Stanley Museum, dedicated to Ralph Stanley – Clintwood, Virginia
- Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, musical collection – Ferrum, Virginia[162]
- Blue Ridge Music Center – Galax
- Carter Family Fold, dedicated to the Carter Family – Hiltons, Scott County
- Virginia Musical Museum – Williamsburg, Virginia
Washington
- Museum of Pop Culture, formerly Experience Music Project – Seattle
West Virginia
- Gorby's Vintage Instrument Museum, South Charleston, West Virginia[163]
Washington, D.C.
Uzbekistan
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- ^ El Digitál Castillia - La Mancha, Labrador visita los cuarteles de la Guardia Civil en Ajofrín y Orgaz, 11 August 2014
- ^ Santo Domingo de Silos, Museo Sonidos del Mundo
- ^ El Mundo, ¡A los molinos!, 5 August 2015
- ^ ABC, Padilla, el músico que inspiró a Hollywood y que llevó a Chaplin a los tribunales, 10 June 2014
- ^ La Rioja, La hija de Joaquín Rodrigo desea que se conozcan más obras de su padre en el X aniversario, 2 January 2009
- ^ Noticias Bancaria, Museo de Hazen ofrece visitas virtuales a su Colección del Piano, 30 April 2014
- ^ Radio Huesca, Música de circo para despedir Espacio Catedral, 21 Augustus 2018
- ^ Reformatorisch Dagblad, Harmoniummuseum Liestal: Zwitsers staaltje van muzikale nostalgie, 21 October 2017
- ^ Londonist, West London's Best Unsung Museums
- ^ The herts Advertiser, The Feastival is here! Don’t miss the highlight of the St Albans Food & Drink Festival, 24 September 2018
- ^ Coventry Observer, Music museum birthday, Hazel O'Connor and Cockney Rejects, Pete Chambers, 10 November 2018
- ^ The Music Box, Renaissance discs
- ^ Trip Advisor, Magnificent Music Machines
- ^ Association for Suffolk Museums Mechanical Music Museum
- ^ Finchcocks History
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- ^ Radio Museum, Keith Hardings's World of Mechanical Music
- ^ The Cinema Organ Society, Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection
- ^ Derry Journal, Nerve Centre project awarded £900,000, 21 August 2018
- ^ US News, Historic Home of Blues Artist W.C. Handy Returned to Family, 27 July 2018
- ^ Alabama News Center, Ole Georgiana: Hank Williams’ hometown hangs onto legacy of music star, 7 June 2018
- ^ Daily Memphian, Montgomery to Memphis, 11 October 2018
- ^ Digital Journal, Brittney Wilkerson promoted to Senior Publicist at PLA Media, 4 February 2018
- ^ Alabama News Center, Few towns had bigger impact on modern African-American history than Tuskegee, 12 March 2017
- ^ Arkansas Times, Jacksonville Guitar
- ^ Sactown Magazine, Sacramento's Rock & Radio Museum seeks new home, 10 January 2018
- ^ Gluseum, 2018 Summer Concert Schedule, 12 June 2018
- ^ Billboard, Billboard Magazine's 1996 Latin music Awards Scheduled for May 1 at the Historical Gusman Center for Performing Arts, 2 March 1966
- ^ Billboard, T.I. Unveils Nipsey Hussle Tribute Exhibit at Atlanta's Trap Music Museum, 15 August 2019
- ^ NBC, International music fest to honor Little Richard coming in 2020, 5 December 2019
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- ^ Indy Star, Old-school ice cream: Soda fountains that serve with style, 8 July 2015
- ^ Dubois County Herald, Musically Marvellous, 6 January 2018
- ^ Indy Star, Ultimate Indiana bucket list: 50+ things to do in Indianapolis and around the state , 30 July 2018
- ^ KMA Land, 43rd Annual Glenn Miller Festival kicks off in Clarinda, 7 June 2018
- ^ KIMT, Visitor spending reaches record high in Cerro Gordo County, 11 October 2018
- ^ Journal Sentinel, Music fans make pilgrimage to Buddy Holly plane crash site and Surf Ballroom in Iowa, 25 January 2019
- ^ KATC, The 30th annual Le Cajun Awards and Music Festival begins tonight, 16 August 2018
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- ^ Port Huron Times Herald, Volunteer Fair will be Oct. 2 at Carnegie Center, 16 September 2018
- ^ Lansing State Journal, Douglas J, True North Development plan to invest $100 million in downtown Okemos, 24 May 2018
- ^ Jackson Clarion Ledger, Retiree, 74, can't slow down, 5 April 2015
- ^ Blues Magazine, Reizen door het land van de blues, 20 November 2016
- ^ Stephen A. King, I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism in the Mississippi Delta, 2011
- ^ Algemeen Dagblad, De blues in een camper in het zuidoosten van de VS, 13 September 2018
- ^ Copia County Courier, Mississippi Music Museum opens in Hazlehurst, 16 June 2014
- ^ Jackson Clarion Ledger, Delta saxophonist, Howlin' Wolf sideman Eddie Shaw dies, 1 February 2018
- ^ Tumbleweed South, 48 Hours in Meridian, Mississippi, January 2011
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- ^ Daily Times Leader, Robinson, King's band headline Blues Fest, 27 July 2018
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- ^ New York Times, Hip-Hop Pioneers Plan a Museum for the Bronx, 12 March 2014
- ^ Huffington Post, “Which One of You Nuts Has Got Any Guts?”, 31 December 2017
- ^ Atlas Obscura, Original American Kazoo Company
- ^ Journal & Republican, Fiddlers Hall of Fame to host end-of-season event, 27 September 2018
- ^ Syracuse Journal-Democrat, Travel: Montreal offers taste of English, French civilizations, 21 September 2018
- ^ Ann Ronald, GhostWest: Reflections Past and Present, page 93, 2002
- ^ Syncopated Times, Ted Lewis: Circleville Honors Its Favorite Son, 1 July
- ^ News OK, OKC's American Banjo Museum opening Jim Henson exhibit, 31 Augustus 2018
- ^ News OK, Washington Irving Trail Museum, 18 May 2006
- ^ Statesman Journal, Looking for weekend plans? Here are five things to do in Salem, 11 October 2018
- ^ The Ringgold Band of Reading, Ringgold Band Partners with New Holland Band Museum, Fall 2006
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- ^ Atlanta Magazine, Star Turn: Loretta Lynn, 30 September 2018
- ^ Jackson Sun, Carl Perkins honored with Lifetime Achievement Award, 9 October 2018
- ^ Lawrenceburg Government, James D. Vaughn Gospel Music Museum
- ^ Lebanon Democrat, Tennessee State Museum traveling exhibit arrives at Historic Granville, 17 September 2018
- ^ Vice, Margo Price, True American Badass, Wants Her Country to Do Better, 20 October 2017
- ^ Caller, Tejano Talks #15: Servando Hinojosa,Tejano artist, 18 July 2018
- ^ Texas Monthly, Dear Mark Cuban, Help Us Save Texas Music, 25 May 2018
- ^ Wide Open Country, 15 Small Texas Towns You Need to Visit,
- ^ Wide Open Country, One of the Nation's Best Country Music Museums is in This Small Texas Town
- ^ Broadway World, LeftyFest Music Festival to Honor Country Music Hall of Famer, Lefty Frizzell, 10 April 2018
- ^ Manta, Jukebox Museum
- ^ Houston Chronicle, The 50 Greatest Texas Musicians Ever
- ^ Austin Chronicle, Day Trips, 7 November 2008
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- ^ Herald Democrat, Doc Severinsen headlines Sherman’s first Jazz Festival, 14 April 2018
- ^ Göteborgs-Posten, Det våras för Roy Orbison, 21 November 2017
- ^ The Roanoke Star, Ferrum to Host Moonshine Heritage Car Show June 9th, 4 June 2018
- ^ World Guides, Charleston Museums