The Royal College of Music's Museum of Instruments houses an internationally renowned collection of over 800 instruments and accessories from c.1480 to the present (700 European, keyboard, stringed and wind; 100 Asian and African). Gifts since the foundation of the College in 1883 include important collections from the Rajah S.M.Tagore (1884), the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1886), Sir George Donaldson (1894), A.J.Hipkins (1911), E.A.K.Ridley (1968), Geoffrey Hartley (1985), Amaryllis Fleming (2002), Richard Walton (2003) and Crispian Steele-Perkins (2003). In 1970 the collection was re-housed in a new museum, made possible by the generosity of Trusts and donors.

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Opening times & admission

The Museum of Instruments is open to the members of the public (admission: free) on Tuesdays to Fridays from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. Closed for Christmas and Easter vacations.

Groups and special visits can be arranged by appointment with the Curator.
RCM staff and students may visit at other times by appointment.

Admission free