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Many museums are alive with the sound of music! Take note as we slide along the scale and give you the key to some museums of melody. We're sure they'll hit the perfect pitch. Just click and drag to explore each place.
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The Royal College of Music Museum, London, England
Five centuries of music-making are represented in the The Royal College of Music Museum. Over 15,000 objects, including instruments, portraits, engravings, sculptures and photographs, offer a unique insight into musical practices across the ages.
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Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris, France
Under the Rotonde de l'Empereur on the west wing of the Palais Garnier, the French national operahouse, you'll find the Bibliothèque-Musée. This library-museum displays three centuries of the Paris Opera's history through paintings, costumes, and set designs.
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While you're here, take a look at the rest of the building. For over 150 years, royalty, nobility, and celebrities have graced this grand marble staircase.
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Mozart's Birthplace, Salzburg, Austria
Of all composers, perhaps none are more famous than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The musician travelled all over Europe, but he was born in this town house, in Salzburg, Austria. Take a visit to learn more about his early talent, and to see his personal violin and clavichord.
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Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Germany
As Mozart aged, a successor was found in the young Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in this house in Bonn, Germany, in 1770. The modern museum includes an archive, library, publishing house, and music hall, and runs special exhibitions several times a year.
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Musical Instrument Museum, Berlin, Germany
In Berlin, you'll find the Musikinstrumenten-Museum. This institution holds a staggering 3500 items dating back to the 16th Century. Surprisingly, many of these historic exhibits are still working, and are played in special performances.
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Antonín Dvořák Museum, Prague, Czechia
Antonín Dvořák was one of the few Czech composers to achieve worldwide fame during his lifetime. In 1932, to honour the composer, the city of Prague decided to convert an 18th century Baroque house into the Antonín Dvořák Museum, complete with his piano and viola.
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Besides preserving artefacts from Dvořák’s life and times, the Antonín Dvořák Museum frequently hosts live classical music events. The museum also holds special celebrations on the day of Dvořák’s death (1 May) and the day before his birth (8 September).
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Music Without Musicians, Hořovice, Czechia
Nearby, in the former kitchens of Hořovice Castle, you'll find an unusual collection dedicated to musical instruments that work automatically; jukeboxes, clockwork music boxes, barrel organs, and orchestrions.
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Liverpool Beatles Museum
Orchestral music is fine, but sometimes you just need to say, Roll Over Beethoven. Liverpool, home of The Beatles is also home to the Beatles Museum, just across the road from the world-famous Cavern Club. If you're a Day Tripper, then head inside and Tell Me What You See.
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ABBA: The Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Inspired by The Beatles Museum, ABBA: The Museum opened in Stockholm in 2013 (you could say, the history book on the shelf is always repeating itself). Inside you'll find interactive exhibits, recreations of famous ABBA locations, costumes, and waxwork models.
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
The US may have given us rock n roll, blues, and hip hop, but there's no genre more American than Country. Here, visitors are immersed in the history and sound of country music, its origins and traditions, and the stories and voices of many of its most famous stars.
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Membership of the Country Music Hall of Fame is the highest honour a country music professional can receive. From Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers to Dean Dillon and Marty Stuart, they're all memorialised here in bronze casts.
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