Horniman Museum
Large coll of music insts from all over world (8000 insts) inc Adam Carse and Boosey & Hawkes colls of historic European wind insts, Wayne coll of concertinas, Percy A Bull coll and Alice Schulmann Frank coll of world music insts, and Dolmetsch coll. Permanent gallery of musical insts shows c 1500 from the collection. A checklist of part of the coll is available on the museum's website. Library inc 2,000 titles on music insts. Also educ service. Library open 10.30am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 2-5.30pm Sun; closed bank holidays. Museum open 10.30am-5.30pm every day; closed 24-26 Dec. Library open by appointment, please book via website.
100 London Rd
London
SE23 3PQ
Contact(s) | Margaret Birley, keeper of mus insts; Hayley Egan, archivist. |
Tel. | 020 8699 1872 |
Fax | 020 8291 5506 |
enquiry@horniman.ac.uk | |
Web site | http://www.horniman.ac.uk |