List of music museums explained

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.

Argentina

• Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos Aires
• , dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires
• – La Plata
• (2001–2013†^[1]) – Mina Clavero

Armenia

• House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, dedicated to Aram Khachaturian – Yerevan
• 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^[2] – Tamworth, New South Wales^[3]
• Slim Dusty Centre^[4] – Kempsey, New South Wales^[5]
• Grainger Museum, dedicated to Percy Grainger – University of Melbourne, Victoria
• Australian Performing Arts Collection – Melbourne
• Arts Centre Melbourne, musical collection – Melbourne
• ARIA Hall of Fame – Melbourne
• Australian Jazz Museum – Wantirna, Victoria

Austria

Dedicated to composersdedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven

• Beethoven-Haus – Krems an der Donau
• – Baden bei Wien, Vienna
• (1976–2013†^[6]) – Floridsdorf, Vienna
• , musical collection – Floridsdorf
• – Vienna
• – Vienna
• Pasqualati House – Vienna
• Beethoven-Haus Probusgasse – Vienna

dedicated to Anton Bruckner

• Anton Bruckner Museum – Ansfelden
• – Kronstorf

dedicated to Johannes Brahms or Joseph Haydn

• Brahms Museum, Mürzzuschlag – Mürzzuschlag
• with Brahms room – Vienna
• – 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 or family members

• dedicated to Nannerl Mozart and her mother – St. Gilgen
• Mozart's birthplace – Salzburg
• , dedicated to the whole family – Salzburg
• Mozarthaus – Vienna

dedicated to Franz Schubert

• – Atzenbrugg
• Schubert's birthplace – Vienna
• – Vienna

dedicated to the Strauss family

• House of Strauss, dedicated to the Strauss family – Vienna^[7]
• Museum der Johann Strauss Dynastie, (2015–2020†^[8]) dedicated to the Strauss family – Vienna
• , dedicated to Johann Strauss II – Vienna

dedicated to Arnold Schoenberg

• – Mödling
• Arnold Schönberg Center – Vienna

dedicated to other composers

• , partly dedicated to Franz von Suppé – Gars am Kamp
• Lehár Villa, dedicated to Franz Lehár – Bad Ischl
• , 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)

• , dedicated to Fatty George
• Haus der Musik
• Kunsthistorisches Museum, musical collection
• Vienna Technical Museum, musical collection

Other museums

• Eboardmuseum – Klagenfurt
• – Kremsmünster
• , partly dedicated to Silent Night – Oberndorf bei Salzburg
• – Ratten

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture – Baku

Belarus

• , dedicated to Czesław Niemen – Staryya Vasilishki

Belgium

East and West Flanders

• Jazz Center Flanders, with jazz museum – Dendermonde
• Peter Benoit Huis, dedicated to Peter Benoit – Harelbeke
• Organ collection Ghysels – Kallo, Beveren
• – Koekelare
• (2012–2017†) – Menen

Province of Antwerp

• Museum Vleeshuis – Antwerp
• Harmonium Art museuM (?–2023†^[9]) – Klein-Willebroek
• Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn", dedicated to Jef Denyn – Mechelen
• – Voortkapel, Westerlo

Brussels and Flemish Brabant

• , musical collection – Brussels
• Musical Instrument Museum – Brussels
• – 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
• (1979–1996†) – Schaerbeek

Limburg

• – Hasselt
• (?–2014†) – Peer
• Armand Preud'homme Museum (1990–2018†), dedicated to Armand Preud'homme – Peer

Wallonia

• Mr Sax's House, dedicated to Adolphe Sax – Dinant
• Bell and Carillon Museum (1992–2013†) – Tellin

Brazil

• – Bauru
• – Campinas
• – Campo Grande
• – Ceará
• – Cuiabá
• Museu da Imagem e do Som de Alagoas – Maceió
• – Minas Gerais
• – Pará
• , dedicated to Luiz Gonzaga – Pernambuco
• Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro
• Villa-Lobos Museum, dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos – Rio de Janeiro^[10]
• Reggae Maranhão Museum – São Luís
• 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^[11]
• 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^[12]

Nova Scotia and Quebec

• Musée des ondes Emile Berliner dedicated to the history of music recording – Montreal^[13]
• Celtic Music Interpretive Centre^[14] – Judique^[15]
• Hank Snow Home Town Museum,^[16] dedicated to Hank Snow – Liverpool^[17]
• Musée de l'Accordéon^[18] – Montmagny^[19]
• Anne Murray Centre, dedicated to Anne Murray – Springhill

Ontario

• Forest City Gallery, musical collection – London
• Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum, dedicated to Neil Young – Omemee^[20]
• Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre – Greater Sudbury^[21]
• 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^[22]

Cape Verde

• Museu da Tabanka, dedicated to tabanka music – Assomada

China

• Choir Organ Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian^[23]
• Gulangyu Piano Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian^[24]
• Heilongjiang Music Museum, musical instruments – Harbin, province of Heilongjiang^[25]
• Drum Tower of Xi'an – Xi'an, province Shaanxi
• Wuhan Museum, musical instruments collection – Wuhan, province of Hubei

Czech Republic

Dedicated to composersdedicated to Antonín Dvořák

• – Nelahozeves
• Antonín Dvořák Museum – Prague
• – Sychrov
• – Vysoká u Příbramě
• – Zlonice

dedicated to Leoš Janáček

• – Brno
• – Hukvaldy

dedicated to Bedřich Smetana

• – Jabkenice
• – Litomyšl
• – Obříství
• Bedřich Smetana Museum – Prague

dedicated to other composers

• Josef Suk Museum, dedicated to Josef Suk – Křečovice
• , dedicated to Paul Wranitzky, Antonín Vranický and Jan Novák – Nová Říše

• , dedicated to Bohuslav Martinů – Polička
• Bertramka (temporally closed),^[26] dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Prague
• – Modrý pokoj, dedicated to Jaroslav Ježek – Prague
• , dedicated to František Drdla – Žďár nad Sázavou

Other museums

• Music Without Musicians (?–2021†) – Hořovice
• – Ostrava
• – Prague
• Lobkowicz Palace, partly dedicated to classical music – Prague
• – Prague
• – Lesonice
• , collection bagpipes – Strakonice

Denmark

• – Knebel
• The Danish Music Museum (Musikmuseet) – Copenhagen
• Carl Nielsen Museum, dedicated to Carl Nielsen – Odense
• Memphis Mansion, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Randers
• – Roskilde
• Nysted Orgelmuseum – Nysted^[27]

Estonia

• Estonian Theatre and Music Museum – Tallinn

Finland

• Fame, Finnish Music Hall of Fame – Helsinki^[28]
• Ainola, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Järvenpää
• Military Music Museum of Finland – Lahti
• Sibelius Museum, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Turku
• – Varkaus
• Villa Kokkonen, dedicated to Joonas Kokkonen – Järvenpää

France

Paris

• Musée des Arts et Métiers – 3rd arrondissement
• Salon Frédéric Chopin, dedicated to Frédéric Chopin – 4th arrondissement
• Army Museum, Cabinet des instruments – 7th arrondissement
• Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris – 9th arrondissement
• Musée du Hard Rock Café – 9th arrondissement^[29]
• 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
• Phono Museum^[30] (France) – 9th arrondissement^[31]

Other museums

• Musée de la musique – Anduze^[32]
• Josephine Baker Museum, Château des Milandes, dedicated to Josephine Baker – Castelnaud-la-Chapelle^[33]
• Museum of Musical Instruments, Céret – Céret
• Musée de l'art forain et de la musique mécanique – Conflans-en-Jarnisy^[34]
• Musée Hector-Berlioz – birthplace of Hector Berlioz – La Côte-Saint-André
• – La Couture-Boussey
• Musée Claude-Debussy, dedicated to Claude Debussy – Saint-Germain-en-Laye
• Musée de la musique mécanique^[35] – Les Gets^[36]
• Maisons Satie, dedicated to Erik Satie – Honfleur^[37]
• – L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers
• – Limoux
• Musée de la musique mécanique – Mirecourt^[38]
• Musée de la Lutherie et de l'Archèterie françaises – Mirecourt
• , dedicated to Maurice Ravel – Montfort-l'Amaury
• – Montluçon
• Palais Lascaris, musical instruments museum – Nice
• Musée de la chanson française – La Planche^[39]
• – Steenwerck

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

• Brahms House, dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Baden-Baden
• Deutsches Musikautomaten-Museum – Bruchsal
• , partly dedicated to Joseph Martin Kraus – Buchen
• Augustiner Museum, musical instruments collection – Freiburg
• German Phono Museum – Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald
• Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche – Herrenberg
• – Lautlingen, Albstadt
• – Mannheim
• House of Music – Stuttgart
• – Trossingen
• , collection mechanical musical instruments – Waldkirch
• , dedicated to Friedrich Silcher – Weinstadt-Schnait

Bavaria

• , dedicated to Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Augsburg
• , dedicated to E. T. A. Hoffmann – Bamberg
• , dedicated to Franz Liszt – Bayreuth
• House Wahnfried, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Bayreuth
• , partly dedicated to Christoph Willibald Gluck – Berching
• , dedicated to Carl Orff – Dießen am Ammersee
• , dedicated to Werner Egk – Donauwörth
• – Feuchtwangen
• , dedicated to Richard Strauss – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
• – Mittenwald
• – Munich
• – Ostheim vor der Rhön
• , with a collection of Adolf von Henselt – Schwabach
• – Valley
• , dedicated to Vinzenz, Franz and Ignaz Lachner – Rain

Berlin and Brandenburg

• – Beeskow
• – Bad Belzig
• , dedicated to Bartolomeo Cristofori – Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
• Ramones Museum, dedicated to the Ramones – Berlin-Friedrichshain
• Berlin Musical Instrument Museum – Berlin-Tiergarten
• , dedicated to August Friedrich, Johann Gottlieb and Carl Heinrich Graun – Bad Liebenwerda
• , dedicated to Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka – Bad Saarow

Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• , partly dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Eutin
• , 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
• (1987–2013†) – Hamburg-Winterhude
• – Kröpelin
• Brahms-Institut, dedicated to Johannes Brahms and other composers – Lübeck
• Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum – Malchow

North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen

• , piano museum – Bergheim
• Beethoven House, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Bonn
• , dedicated to Robert Schumann – Bonn-Endenich
• – Borgentreich
• (2011–2013†), dedicated to Elvis Presley – Düsseldorf
• (?–2011†) – Goslar
• – Gronau
• , musical instruments collection – Hattingen
• – Extertal
• Stones Fan Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Lüchow
• (2009–2013†) – Monschau
• , dedicated to Friedrich Fleiter – Münster-Nienberge
• – Schwarmstedt
• – Weener

Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse

• , partly dedicated to Elvis Presley – Friedberg
• , dedicated to Paul Hindemith – Frankfurt
• Museum of Modern Electronic Music – Frankfurt
• , dedicated to Louis Spohr – Kassel
• Mutter-Beethoven-Haus, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Koblenz
• – Ortenberg-Lißberg
• – Rüdesheim am Rhein
• Musikantenland Museum – Thallichtenberg
• – 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
• , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Dresden-Graupa
• , dedicated to Gottfried Silbermann – Frauenstein
• , dedicated to Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger – Großrückerswalde
• , dedicated to The Beatles – Halle
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House, dedicated to seven composers – Halle
• Handel House, dedicated to Georg Friedrich Händel – Halle
• – Klosterhäseler
• , collection Johann Sebastian Bach – Köthen
• Mendelssohn House, Leipzig, dedicated to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn – Leipzig
• Bach Museum Leipzig, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Leipzig
• , dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Leipzig
• Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University – Leipzig
• Schumann House, Leipzig, dedicated to Robert and Clara Schumann – Leipzig
• , dedicated to Carl Loewe – Löbejün
• – Markneukirchen
• Lindenmuseum Clara Schumann, dedicated to Clara Schumann – Müglitztal
• , 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

• , partly dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Arnstadt
• (1988–2009†) – Bechstedtstraß
• Bachhaus, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Eisenach
• , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Eisenach
• Heinrich Schütz House, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Bad Köstritz
• , dedicated to Max Reger – Meiningen
• Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg, musical history and instruments – Meiningen
• , dedicated to the Bach family and violins craft – Wechmar
• , dedicated to Franz Liszt – Weimar

Ghana

• Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre of Ghana – Cape Coast

Greece

• Maria Callas Museum – Athens
• 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
• – Thessaloniki

Guatemala

• Museo Casa K'ojom, at the Centro Cultural la Azotea, dedicated to Maya music – Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez^[40]

Hungary

Budapest

• House of Music Hungary
• Béla Bartók Memorial House, dedicated to Béla Bartók^[41]
• , dedicated to Franz Liszt
• , dedicated to Zoltán Kodály
• Museum of Music History^[42]

Other museums

• Egri Road Beatles Múzeum, dedicated to The Beatles – Eger
• , dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Martonvásár

Iceland

• The Eurovision Museum – Húsavík
• The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll – Reykjanesbær
• Folk Music Centre – Siglufjörður^[43]

India

• 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]

Indonesia

• – Malang

Iran

• – Tehran^[49]

Ireland

• Irish Rock N Roll Museum^[50] – Dublin^[51]
• Irish Music Hall of Fame (1999–2001†^[52]) – Dublin

Israel

• the Hebrew Music Museum ^[53] – Jerusalem
• Violins of Hope – Tel Aviv

Italy

Northern Italy^{[54] [55] [56]}

• – 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
• , 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
• , dedicated to Fabrizio De André – Genoa
• – 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]
• , dedicated to Arturo Toscanini – Parma
• Museo storico Riccardo Barilla del Conservatorio di Parma – Parma
• – Roncegno
• Museo Etnografico e dello Strumento Musicale a Fiato – Quarna Sotto
• , 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
• – Verona

Central Italy

• ^[59] – Castelfidardo
• – Florence
• ,^[60] dedicated to Enrico Caruso – Lastra a Signa
• , dedicated to Gaspare Spontini – Maiolati Spontini
• – Massa Marittima
• , 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
• – Talla
• Villa Puccini, estate of Giacomo Puccini – Torre del Lago

Southern Italy

• Museum of Multiethnic Musical Instruments "Fausto Cannone" – Alcamo
• Museum of Castle of Gesualdo, dedicated to Carlo Gesualdo – Gesualdo^[61]
• – Isca sullo Ionio
• – Naples
• , 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^[62]

Japan

Tokyo

• Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall, dedicated to Michio Miyagi
• (?–2013†), mechanical musical instruments^[63]
• Museum of the Musashino Academia Musicae^[64]
• Min-On Musical Museum

Other museums

• Mandolin Melodies Museum – Aichi
• – Fujikawaguchiko
• Musical Instruments Museum – Hamamatsu
• – Izu, Itō^[65]
• – Kobe^[66]
• The Museum, successor of – Matsushima^[67]
• – Misasa
• – Nasu
• – Saikai
• – Nishinomiya
• – Mimasaka
• – Osaka
• Otaru Music Box Museum – Otaru
• John Lennon Museum (2000–2010†), dedicated to John Lennon – Saitama
• – Shizuoka
• (2000–2010†), organ museum – Tendō

Kazakhstan

• Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments – Almaty
• Tlendiyev Memorial Museum, dedicated to – Almaty

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
• Lithuanian Theater, Music and Cinema Museum – 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^[68]
• – Mexico City

Mongolia

• Mongolian Theatre Museum – Ulaanbaatar

Netherlands

North

• (1987–2008†) – Assen
• – Barger-Compascuum
• – Eelde
• – Gasselternijveenschemond
• , dedicated to Cuby + Blizzards – Grolloo
• , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Molkwerum
• – Stadskanaal
• (2008–2012†) – de Wijk

West

• , dedicated to The Beatles – Alkmaar
• Geelvinck Early Piano Museum – Amsterdam
• Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen (1991–2015†) – Amsterdam
• (1997–2014†), dedicated to Willy Alberti – Amsterdam
• – Amsterdam
• – Amsterdam
• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, musical collection – The Hague
• (1905–1935†) – The Hague
• Barrel Organ Museum Haarlem – Haarlem
• Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision – Hilversum
• – Hook of Holland
• – Volendam
• – Vlaardingen

Centre and east

• – Bennekom
• , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Culemborg
• – Elburg
• Museum Geelvinck Kolthoorn – Heerde
• – Malden
• – Nieuwleusen
• , dedicated to Radio Veronica and Demis Roussos – Nijkerk
• – Paasloo, Steenwijkerland
• Museum Speelklok – Utrecht
• Geelvinck Music Museum Zutphen (2016–2019†) – Zutphen
• – Zwolle

South

• – Asten
• , named after Anselmo Gavioli – Helmond
• – Hilvarenbeek
• – Sint-Oedenrode
• – Tilburg

New Zealand

• , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Hāwera
• Whittaker's Live Musical Museum ^[69] – Auckland^[70]

Norway

• Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen, dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Bergen
• Siljustøl, dedicated to Harald Sæverud – Bergen
• Kirsten Flagstad Museum, dedicated to Kirsten Flagstad – Hamar
• Ringve Museum – Lade
• Villa Lysøen, dedicated to Ole Bull – Os, Hordaland
• Rockheim – Trondheim
• , dedicated to Torgeir Augundsson – Vinje

Philippines

• Jose R. Gullas Halad Museum – Cebu City

Poland

Dedicated to composersdedicated to Frédéric Chopin

• Fryderyk Chopin Museum – Warsaw
• Chopin family parlor – Warsaw
• Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin – Żelazowa Wola

dedicated to other musicians

• , 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

• – Będomin
• – Katowice
• – Poznań
• – Szyba
• – Szydłowiec
• – Wejherowo

Portugal

• Museum of Portuguese Music – Estoril
• Fado Museum – Lisbon
• Museu Nacional da Música – Lisbon
• Museum of the Hot Club of Portugal – Lisbon^[71]
• Stringed Instruments Museum, string instruments museum – Tebosa
• Museu Fernando Lopes-Graça, dedicated to Fernando Lopes-Graça – Tomar^[72]

Puerto Rico

• Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna, dedicated to Héctor Flores Osuna – Caguas^[73]
• Casa del Trovador – Caguas^[74]
• Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón, dedicated to José Ignacio Quintón – Caguas^[75]
• Casa Paoli, dedicated to Antonio Paoli – Barrio Cuarto, Ponce
• Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña – Barrio Tercero, Ponce
• Pablo Casals Museum – San Juan
• Museum of Reggaeton and Daddy Yankee – at Plaza Las Américas Mall^[76]

Reunion

• , also 'Musée des musiques et instruments de l'océan Indien' – Hell-Bourg

Romania

• Luminiș Villa, dedicated to George Enescu – Cumpătu, Sinaia

Russia

Moscow

• • Harmonica Museum, dedicated to Alfred Mirek^[77]
• Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky at Taganka Square, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky^[78]

Saint Petersburg

• Temple of Love, Peace and Music, dedicated to John Lennon^[79]
• Kamchatka, house of Viktor Tsoi^[80]
• Museum of the Alexandrinsky Theatre^[81]
• St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music^[82]
• House and Museum of Feodor Chaliapin
• The Museum of Music and Music Instruments at the Count Sheremetev Palace
• Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum, dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum, dedicated to Vasily Samoylov

Other museums

• Museum of Sergei Taneyev, dedicated to Sergei Taneyev – Dyudkovo, Zvenigorod^[83]
• Museum Music and Time – Yaroslavl^[84]
• Tchaikovsky State House-Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky en Sergei Taneyev – Klin
• Rockmuseum – Ufa^[85]
• Ivanovka, former summer residence of Sergei Rachmaninoff – Tambov
• Musical Instrument Museum – Volgograd
• Tsjaikovski Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Votkinsk

Slovakia

• Slovak National Museum – Bratislava
• Guitar museum – Sobrance^[86]

Slovenia

• Birth House of Hugo Wolf – Ljubljana^[87]
• The Rolling Stones Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Portorož

South Africa

• Music of the Caab Centre – Franschhoek^[88]
• Adler Museum of the History of Music – Johannesburg^[89]

South Korea

• Ureuk Museum, course of music in Gaya and Silla – Goryeong, North Gyeongsang Province^[90]
• Museum of Musical Instruments of the World (MMIW) – Paju^[91]
• Hybe Insight, artist museum – Seoul^[92]
• Korean Folk Village – Yongin

Spain

North coast

• , ethnic musical instruments – Avilés, Asturias
• Casa Museo Jesús de Monasterio, de dedicated to Jesús de Monasterio – Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria^[93]
• International Bagpipe Museum – Gijón
• Soinuenea–Herri Musikaren Txokoa, Basque music – Oiartzun, Basque Country^[94]

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
• (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]
• , dedicated to Pablo Casals – el Vendrell, Catalonia^[103]
• , dedicated to Concha Piquer – Valencia

South

• Museo de la Música Étnica, music cultures worldwide – Barranda, Murcia^[104]
• Casa Museo Manuel de Falla, dedicated to Manuel de Falla – Granada^[105]
• Casa Museo Andrés Segovia, dedicated to Andrés Segovia – Linares, Jaén^[106]
• Museo de Raphael, dedicated to Raphael – Linares, Jaén^[107]
• – Málaga
• , dedicated to flamenco – Sevilla
• Museo de la Guitarra – Almeria

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

• Valldemossa Charterhouse, living of Frédéric Chopin – Valldemossa, Mallorca
• Casa–Museo del Timple, local string instruments (timples) – Teguise, Lanzarote^[115]

Sweden

Stockholm

• , dedicated to ABBA
  • Stockholm Music Museum (1901–2010†)
• Swedish Museum of Performing Arts

Other museums

• , dedicated to Jussi Björling – Borlänge
• , dedicated to Bedřich Smetana – Gothenburg
• (2008–2016†), dedicated to Evert Taube – Göteborg
• , museum on jazz – Strömsholm
• Guitars – the Museum – Umeå
• Birgit Nilsson Museum, dedicated to Birgit Nilsson – Båstad^[116]
• Zarah Leander-museet, dedicated to Zarah Leander – Vikbolandet^[117]

Switzerland

• Music Museum – Basel
• – Basel
• Musée Baud, named after instrument builders Frédy, Robert and Auguste Baud – L'Auberson
• – Liestal
• , dedicated to Queen – Montreux
• Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Musical Instruments – Oberhofen am Thunersee
• – Roche^[118]
• Musée d'automates et de boîtes à musique – Sainte-Croix
• – Seewen
• Richard Wagner Museum, Lucerne, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Tribschen
• , jazz museum – Uster

Taiwan

• Chang Lien-cheng Saxophone Museum – Houli, Taichung
• Chimei Museum, musical collection – Tainan

Tajikistan

• Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments – Dushanbe

Tunisia

• Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes, Ennejma Ezzahra Palace – Sidi Bou Said

Turkey

• Aynalıkavak Palace, collection of musical instruments – Istanbul

Ukraine

• Victor Kosenko Museum, dedicated to Viktor Kosenko – Kyiv

United Kingdom

London

• Museum of Asian Music^[119] – Acton^[120]
• Musical Museum – Kew Bridge, 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 and Jimi Hendrix – Mayfair
• Eel Pie Island Museum – Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames
• Museum of Army Music – Kneller Hall, Whitton, Richmond upon Thames

Liverpool

• 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
• Liverpool Beatles Museum, created by Roag Best

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

• Nerve Centre – Derry^[131]

Scotland

• 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

Wales

• National Museum Cardiff, musical instruments – Cardiff
• Tŷ Siamas, national center for folkmusic – Dolgellau

United States

Mobile

• National Guitar Museum
• New Jersey Music Hall of Fame

Alabama

• Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame – Birmingham
• W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library, dedicated to W. C. Handy – Florence^[132]
• Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Georgiana^[133]
• The Hank Williams Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Montgomery^[134]
• Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – Sheffield
• National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, Troy University – Troy^[135]
• Alabama Music Hall of Fame – Tuscumbia
• Commodore Museum, dedicated to the Commodores – Tuskegee^[136]

Arizona

• Musical Instrument Museum – Phoenix

Arkansas

• Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, dedicated to Johnny Cash – Dyess
• Delta Cultural Center – Helena
• Guitar Museum – Jacksonville^[137]
• 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^[138]
• Nethercutt Collection – Sylmar, San Fernando Valley
• 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

• Charles Ives House, dedicated to Charles Ives – Danbury
• Museum of Fife & Drum – Ivoryton^[139]
• Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments – New Haven

Florida

• Latin Music Hall of Fame Museum – Miami^[140]
• 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
• Trap Music Museum, dedicated to rapper T.I. – Atlanta^[141]
• 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^[142]

Illinois

• Place de la Musique – Barrington Hills
• Rock N Roll McDonald's (1983–2017†) – Chicago^[143]
• Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Rt. 66 – Joliet^[144]
• David Adler Music and Arts Center – Libertyville
• Sousa Archives and Center for American Music – Urbana

Indiana

• Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels, named after Ted Waflart – Huntingburg^[145]
• Great American Songbook Foundation – Carmel
• Rhythm! Discovery Center – Indianapolis^[146]
• Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor and Museum – Columbus^[147]

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^[148]
• River Music Experience – Davenport
• Music Man Square, dedicated to Meredith Willson and his musical The Music Man – Mason City^[149]
• Bily Clocks Museum, partly dedicated to Antonín Dvořák – Spillville
• Surf Ballroom & Museum – Clear Lake^[150]

Kentucky

• – 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^[151]
• 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

• Bagpipe Museum (1997–2005†^[152]) – Ellicott City
• Strathmore – North Bethesda

Massachusetts

• Frederick Historical Piano Collection – Ashburnham^[153]
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston, musical instruments collection – Boston^[154]

Michigan

• Music House Museum – Acme
• Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments – Ann Arbor
• Motown Museum – Detroit
• International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Detroit^[155]
• Carnegie Center, Port Huron Museum, musical collection – Port Huron^[156]
• Tuba Museum, dedicated to the tuba – Okemos^[157]

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^[158]
• Delta Blues Museum – Clarksdale
• Rock & Blues Museum – Clarksdale^[159]
• The Grammy Museum Mississippi – Cleveland
• Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery – Greenwood^[160]
• Robert Johnson Blues Museum, dedicated to Robert Johnson – Crystal Springs^[161]
• Mississippi Music Museum – Hazlehurst^[162]
• 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^[163]
• Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame (planned) – Marks^[164]
• Hartley Peavey Visitor Center, dedicated to Peavey – Meridian^[165]
• Highland Park, dedicated to Jimmie Rodgers – Meridian
• Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum, musical collection – Starkville^[166]
• Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center and Museum – Tunica^[167]
• Elvis Presley Birthplace, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Tupelo
• Howlin' Wolf Museum, dedicated to Howlin' Wolf – West Point^[168]

Missouri

• – Branson
• American Jazz Museum – Kansas City
• National Blues Museum – St. Louis
• Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, dedicated to Scott Joplin – St. Louis
• Steel Guitar Hall of Fame – St. Louis

Nebraska

• Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame – Omaha

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^[169]
• The Punk Rock Museum – Las Vegas

New Jersey

• Morris Museum – Morristown
• Grammy Museum Experience – Newark

New YorkNew York City and Long Island

• Universal Hip Hop Museum – The Bronx^[170]
• 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
• 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^[171]
• Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum, dedicated the kazoo – Eden^[172]
• Fiddler's Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated to fiddlers – Redfield^[173]
• Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum – Syracuse^[174]

North Carolina

• Curb Museum for Music and Motorsports – Kannapolis
• North Carolina Music Hall of Fame – Kannapolis
• Earl Scruggs Center, Cleveland County Courthouse, dedicated to Earl Scruggs – Shelby

North Dakota

• Ray Opera House Museum – Ray^[175]

Ohio

• Ted Lewis Museum, dedicated to Ted Lewis – Circleville^[176]
• 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^[177]
• Washington Irving Trail Museum, country music collection, named after Washington Irving – Ripley^[178]
• Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Tulsa
• Woody Guthrie Center, dedicated to Woody Guthrie and includes the archives of Phil Ochs – Tulsa

Oregon

• Schuman Instrument Collection – Southern Oregon University, Ashland

Pennsylvania

• Liberty Bell Museum (1962–2023†) – Allentown
• DeBence Antique Music World – Franklin
• Wolf Museum of Music and Art – Lancaster County^[179]
• American Treasure Tour – Oaks, Montgomery County
• Martin Guitar Museum, named after C. F. Martin & Company – Nazareth
• New Holland Band Museum – New Holland^[180]
• 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
• Sigal Music Museum (formerly the Carolina Music Museum) – Heritage Green^[181]

South Dakota

• National Music Museum – Vermillion

Tennessee

• 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
• , dedicated to Elvis Presley and others – Pigeon Forge

Texas

• Tejano Roots Museum, dedicated to Tejano music – Alice^[188]
• South Austin Museum of Popular Culture – Austin
• Texas Music Museum – Austin^[189]
• Texas Polka Music Museum – Austin^[190]
• Heart of Texas Country Music Museum – Brady^[191]
• 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^[192]
• Texas Musicians Museum – Hillsboro
• Jukebox Museum – Houston^[193]
• Texas Musicians Museum (?–2018†) – Irving
• Buddy Holly Center, dedicated to Buddy Holly and Texan music – Lubbock
• Blues & History Museum – Navasota^[194]
• Smitty's Juke Box Museum – Pharr^[195]
• Freddy Fender Museum, named after Freddy Fender – San Benito^[196]
• Texas Conjunto Music Museum – San Benito^[197]
• Sherman Jazz Museum – Sherman^[198]
• Bob Wills Museum, dedicated to Bob Wills – Turkey
• Roy Orbison Museum, dedicated to Roy Orbison – Wink^[199]

Utah

• Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum – Ogden

Virginia

• Birthplace of Country Music Museum – Bristol
• Ralph Stanley Museum, dedicated to Ralph Stanley – Clintwood
• Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, musical collection – Ferrum^[200]
• Blue Ridge Music Center – Galax
• Carter Family Fold, dedicated to the Carter Family – Hiltons, Scott County
• Virginia Musical Museum – Williamsburg

Washington

• Museum of Pop Culture, formerly Experience Music Project – Seattle

West Virginia

• West Virginia Music Hall of Fame – Charleston^[201]
• Gorby's Vintage Instrument Museum – South Charleston^[202]

Washington, D.C.

• O Street Museum Foundation

Uzbekistan

• Memorial house museum of Tamara Khanum – Tashkent

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96. Las Provincias, 45 años sin Nino Bravo, 16 April 2018
97. Web site: Efe . 2012-02-24 . El Museu del Rock presenta concurs de creditors . 2023-12-05 . Ara.cat . ca.
98. Web site: Museo de Música Étnica Colección Carlos Blanco Fadol . 28 July 2022 . es-ES.
99. La Verdad, Un fascinante viaje musical a través de los cinco continentes, 22 March 2016
100. Cadalario, Libro: 'Suite Albéniz' de Alfonso Alzamora (Turner Publicaciones), 27 August 2018
101. Noticias de Navarra, Pamplona conmemora el fallecimiento de Pablo Sarasate renovando su mausoleo, 14 September 2018
102. Noticias de Navarra, Los museos de Navarra reciben 142.667 visitas en 2017, 1 February 2018
103. Diari de Tarragona, «Todos los catalanes deben visitar el Museu Pau Casals», 11 June 2018
104. La Opinión de Murcia, Mosquera Celtic Band' cierra el ciclo de conciertos 'A la luna de Barranda', 23 August 2018
105. Ideal, Cincuenta años de la casa museo Manuel de Falla de Granada, 17 juli 2015
106. El Mundo, Linares, memoria del toro y la música, 11 April 2018
107. La Vanguardia, Raphael, nombrado Hijo Predilecto de Linares, su ciudad natal, 14 May 2018
108. El Digitál Castillia - La Mancha, Labrador visita los cuarteles de la Guardia Civil en Ajofrín y Orgaz, 11 August 2014
109. Santo Domingo de Silos, Museo Sonidos del Mundo
110. El Mundo, ¡A los molinos!, 5 August 2015
111. ABC, Padilla, el músico que inspiró a Hollywood y que llevó a Chaplin a los tribunales, 10 June 2014
112. La Rioja, La hija de Joaquín Rodrigo desea que se conozcan más obras de su padre en el X aniversario, 2 January 2009
113. Noticias Bancaria, Museo de Hazen ofrece visitas virtuales a su Colección del Piano, 30 April 2014
114. Radio Huesca, Música de circo para despedir Espacio Catedral, 21 Augustus 2018
115. Crónicas del Lanzarote, La Casa-Museo del Timple acoge la fusión de Alexis Lemes al timple y Javier Infante a la guitarra, 14 November 2018
116. Web site: Birgit Nilsson Museum . 2023-11-19 . Birgit Nilsson Museum . en-GB.
117. Web site: Zarah Leandersällskapet – Välkommen som medlem! . 2023-11-19 . sv-SE.
118. Reformatorisch Dagblad, Harmoniummuseum Liestal: Zwitsers staaltje van muzikale nostalgie, 21 October 2017
119. Web site: Museum . 29 July 2022 . www.amc.org.uk.
120. Londonist, West London's Best Unsung Museums
121. The herts Advertiser, The Feastival is here! Don't miss the highlight of the St Albans Food & Drink Festival, 24 September 2018
122. Web site: SoGlos . 2021-09-01 . 7 fascinating things to discover at Holst Victorian House . 2024-05-20 . www.soglos.com . en.
123. Coventry Observer, Music museum birthday, Hazel O'Connor and Cockney Rejects, Pete Chambers, 10 November 2018
124. The Music Box, Renaissance discs
125. Trip Advisor, Magnificent Music Machines
126. Association for Suffolk Museums Mechanical Music Museum
127. https://www.finchcocks.com/history/ Finchcocks History
128. Independent, The glorious life and times of Finchcocks – the living museum of music, 28 October 2017
129. Radio Museum, Keith Hardings's World of Mechanical Music
130. The Cinema Organ Society, Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection
131. Derry Journal, Nerve Centre project awarded £900,000, 21 August 2018
132. US News, Historic Home of Blues Artist W.C. Handy Returned to Family, 27 July 2018
133. Alabama News Center, Ole Georgiana: Hank Williams' hometown hangs onto legacy of music star, 7 June 2018
134. Daily Memphian, Montgomery to Memphis, 11 October 2018
135. Digital Journal, Brittney Wilkerson promoted to Senior Publicist at PLA Media, 4 February 2018
136. Alabama News Center, Few towns had bigger impact on modern African-American history than Tuskegee, 12 March 2017
137. Arkansas Times, Jacksonville Guitar
138. Sactown Magazine, Sacramento's Rock & Radio Museum seeks new home, 10 January 2018
139. Gluseum, 2018 Summer Concert Schedule, 12 June 2018
140. Billboard, Billboard Magazine's 1996 Latin music Awards Scheduled for May 1 at the Historical Gusman Center for Performing Arts, 2 March 1966
141. Billboard, T.I. Unveils Nipsey Hussle Tribute Exhibit at Atlanta's Trap Music Museum, 15 August 2019
142. NBC, International music fest to honor Little Richard coming in 2020, 5 December 2019
143. Web site: Column: McDonald's new River North restaurant: Not ketchup-red or mustard-yellow, but green — and not quite cooked. 10 August 2018. 9 August 2018. Chicago Tribune. Kamin, Blair.
144. Patch, IL Rock & Roll Museum On Route 66 Unveils Joliet Location, 4 May 2019
145. Dubois County Herald, Musically Marvellous, 6 January 2018
146. Encyclopedia: Museums . Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis . 1994 . 2021 . Cox . Stephen L. . Fischer . Jessica Erin . Indianapolis Public Library . January 15, 2023.
147. Indy Star, Old-school ice cream: Soda fountains that serve with style, 8 July 2015
148. KMA Land, 43rd Annual Glenn Miller Festival kicks off in Clarinda, 7 June 2018
149. KIMT, Visitor spending reaches record high in Cerro Gordo County, 11 October 2018
150. Journal Sentinel, Music fans make pilgrimage to Buddy Holly plane crash site and Surf Ballroom in Iowa, 25 January 2019
151. KATC, The 30th annual Le Cajun Awards and Music Festival begins tonight, 16 August 2018
152. Web site: By . 2005-01-22 . Closing of Historic Oella Mill . 2023-12-05 . Baltimore Sun . en-US.
153. Web site: The Frederick Collection of Historical Pianos. 6 February 2021. www.frederickcollection.org.
154. Web site: Musical Instruments. 6 February 2021. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. en.
155. Cision, International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum 10th Anniversary Dazzles , 8 December 2006
156. Port Huron Times Herald, Volunteer Fair will be Oct. 2 at Carnegie Center, 16 September 2018
157. Lansing State Journal, Douglas J, True North Development plan to invest $100 million in downtown Okemos, 24 May 2018
158. Jackson Clarion Ledger, Retiree, 74, can't slow down, 5 April 2015
159. Blues Magazine, Reizen door het land van de blues, 20 November 2016
160. Stephen A. King, I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism in the Mississippi Delta, 2011
161. Algemeen Dagblad, De blues in een camper in het zuidoosten van de VS, 13 September 2018
162. Copia County Courier, Mississippi Music Museum opens in Hazlehurst, 16 June 2014
163. Jackson Clarion Ledger, Delta saxophonist, Howlin' Wolf sideman Eddie Shaw dies, 1 February 2018
164. Web site: National Rhythm & Blues . 2022-08-18 . Press Release R&B Hall of Fame . 2023-11-19 . en-US.
165. Tumbleweed South, 48 Hours in Meridian, Mississippi, January 2011
166. Mississippi State University Library, Charles H. Templeton Music Museum Overview
167. Memphis, Business Journal, Graceland launches tours to Tupelo, Delta region, 15 November 2017
168. Daily Times Leader, Robinson, King's band headline Blues Fest, 27 July 2018
169. Las Vegas Sun, Elvis Presley: A love affair, 14 February 2010
170. UHHM, Universal Hip Hop Museum
171. Huffington Post, “Which One of You Nuts Has Got Any Guts?”, 31 December 2017
172. Atlas Obscura, Original American Kazoo Company
173. Journal & Republican, Fiddlers Hall of Fame to host end-of-season event, 27 September 2018
174. Syracuse Journal-Democrat, Travel: Montreal offers taste of English, French civilizations, 21 September 2018
175. Ann Ronald, GhostWest: Reflections Past and Present, page 93, 2002
176. Syncopated Times, Ted Lewis: Circleville Honors Its Favorite Son, 1 July
177. News OK, OKC's American Banjo Museum opening Jim Henson exhibit, 31 August 2018
178. News OK, Washington Irving Trail Museum, 18 May 2006
179. Statesman Journal, Looking for weekend plans? Here are five things to do in Salem, 11 October 2018
180. The Ringgold Band of Reading, Ringgold Band Partners with New Holland Band Museum, Fall 2006
181. Web site: About. Sigal Music Museum. July 21, 2023.
182. The Chattanoogan, This Week's Tennessee Tourism Round Up, 7 September 2018
183. Atlanta Magazine, Star Turn: Loretta Lynn, 30 September 2018
184. Jackson Sun, Carl Perkins honored with Lifetime Achievement Award, 9 October 2018
185. Lawrenceburg Government, James D. Vaughn Gospel Music Museum
186. Lebanon Democrat, Tennessee State Museum traveling exhibit arrives at Historic Granville, 17 September 2018
187. Vice, Margo Price, True American Badass, Wants Her Country to Do Better, 20 October 2017
188. Caller, Tejano Talks #15: Servando Hinojosa,Tejano artist, 18 July 2018
189. Texas Monthly, Dear Mark Cuban, Help Us Save Texas Music, 25 May 2018
190. Wide Open Country, 15 Small Texas Towns You Need to Visit,
191. Wide Open Country, One of the Nation's Best Country Music Museums is in This Small Texas Town
192. Broadway World, LeftyFest Music Festival to Honor Country Music Hall of Famer, Lefty Frizzell, 10 April 2018
193. Manta, Jukebox Museum
194. Houston Chronicle, The 50 Greatest Texas Musicians Ever
195. Austin Chronicle, Day Trips, 7 November 2008
196. Houston Chronicle, Push for Texas music museum in Houston revived, 5 June 2017
197. San Benito News, Commission tables Museum design, 18 July 2014
198. Herald Democrat, Doc Severinsen headlines Sherman's first Jazz Festival, 14 April 2018
199. Göteborgs-Posten, Det våras för Roy Orbison, 21 November 2017
200. The Roanoke Star, Ferrum to Host Moonshine Heritage Car Show June 9th, 4 June 2018
201. Web site: West Virginia Music Hall of Fame . 2023-11-19 . www.wvmusichalloffame.com.
202. World Guides, Charleston Museums