List of music museums

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
Museo Beatle[nl], dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires
Museo de instrumentos musicales Emilio Azzarini[es] – La Plata
Museo de las Campanas[es] (2001–2013†) – 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 – Tamworth, New South Wales
Slim Dusty Centre – Kempsey, New South Wales
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 composers

dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven-Haus – Krems an der Donau
Beethoven-Haus Baden – Baden bei Wien, Vienna
Erdődy estate[de] (1976–2013†) – Floridsdorf, Vienna
Bezirksmuseum Floridsdorf[de], musical collection – Floridsdorf
Eroica-Haus[nl] – Vienna
Haus des Heiligenstädter Testaments[de] – Vienna
Pasqualati House – Vienna
Beethoven-Haus Probusgasse – Vienna

dedicated to Johannes Brahms or Joseph Haydn

Brahms Museum, Mürzzuschlag – Mürzzuschlag
Haydn-Haus Vienna[nl] with Brahms room – Vienna
Haydn-Haus Eisenstadt[de] – Eisenstadt
Haydnkirche – Eisenstadt
Haydn's birthplace, dedicated to Joseph and Michael Haydn – Rohrau

dedicated to Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner Museum – Ansfelden
Kronstorfer Brucknerzimmer[nl] – Kronstorf

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

Mozarthaus,[de] dedicated to Nannerl Mozart and her mother – St. Gilgen
Mozart's birthplace – Salzburg
Mozarts Wohnhaus[nl], dedicated to the whole family – Salzburg
Mozarthaus – Vienna

dedicated to Arnold Schoenberg

Schönberg-Haus[de] – Mödling
Arnold Schönberg Center – Vienna

dedicated to Franz Schubert

Schloss Atzenbrugg[de] – Atzenbrugg
Schubert's birthplace – Vienna
Death house of Franz Schubert[nl] – Vienna

dedicated to the Strauss family

House of Strauss, dedicated to the Strauss family – Vienna
Museum der Johann Strauss Dynastie, (2015–2020†) dedicated to the Strauss family – Vienna
Johann Strauss Wohnung[nl], dedicated to Johann Strauss II – Vienna

dedicated to other composers

Zeitbrücke-Museum[de], partly dedicated to Franz von Suppé – Gars am Kamp
Lehár Villa, dedicated to Franz Lehár – Bad Ischl
Carl Zeller-Museum[nl], 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[nl], dedicated to Fatty George
Haus der Musik
Kunsthistorisches Museum, musical collection
Vienna Technical Museum, musical collection

Other museums

Eboardmuseum – Klagenfurt
Musikinstrumentenmuseum Schloss Kremsegg[nl] – Kremsmünster
Stille-Nacht & Heimatmuseum[de], partly dedicated to Silent Night – Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Blasmusikmuseum[nl] – Ratten

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture – Baku

Belarus

Czesław Niemen Museum[pl], 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
Music Museum De Harmonie[nl] – Koekelare
Jukebox Museum Menen[nl] (2012–2017†) – Menen

Province of Antwerp

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

Brussels and Flemish Brabant

Archive and Museum for Flemish Way of Living[nl], musical collection – Brussels
Musical Instrument Museum – Brussels
Popular Instruments Museum Gooik[nl] – 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[nl] (1979–1996†) – Schaerbeek

Limburg

Stedelijk Beiaardmuseum[nl] – Hasselt
Museum for Musical Instruments Peer[nl] (?–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

Museu da Imagem e do Som de Bauru[pt] – Bauru
Museu da Imagem e do Som de Campinas[pt] – Campinas
Museu da Imagem e do Som de Campo Grande[pt] – Campo Grande
Museu da Imagem e do Som do Ceará[pt] – Ceará
Museu da Imagem e do Som de Cuiabá[pt] – Cuiabá
Museu da Imagem e do Som de Alagoas – Maceió
Museu da Música de Mariana[pt] – Minas Gerais
Museu da Imagem e do Som do Pará[pt] – Pará
Luiz Gonzaga Museum[pt], dedicated to Luiz Gonzaga – Pernambuco
Carmen Miranda Museum – Rio de Janeiro
Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro
Villa-Lobos Museum, dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos – Rio de Janeiro
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
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

Nova Scotia and Quebec

Musée des ondes Emile Berliner dedicated to the history of music recording – Montreal
Celtic Music Interpretive Centre – Judique
Hank Snow Home Town Museum, dedicated to Hank Snow – Liverpool
Musée de l'Accordéon – Montmagny
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
Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre – Greater Sudbury
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

Cape Verde

Museu da Tabanka, dedicated to tabanka music – Assomada

China

Choir Organ Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian
Gulangyu Piano Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian
Heilongjiang Music Museum, musical instruments – Harbin, province of Heilongjiang
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[nl] – Nelahozeves
Antonín Dvořák Museum – Prague
Antonín Dvořák Museum (Sychrov)[nl] – Sychrov
Antonín Dvořák Museum (Vysoké u Příbramě)[cs] – Vysoká u Příbramě
Antonín Dvořák Museum (Zlonicích)[cs] – Zlonice

dedicated to Leoš Janáček

Leoš Janáček Museum (Brno)[nl] – Brno
Leoš Janáček Museum (Hukvaldy)[cs] – Hukvaldy

dedicated to Bedřich Smetana

Bedřich Smetana Museum (Jabkenice)[nl] – Jabkenice
Birth House of Bedřich Smetana[cs] – Litomyšl
Bedřich Smetana Museum (Obříství)[nl] – Obříství
Bedřich Smetana Museum – Prague

dedicated to other composers

Josef Suk Museum, dedicated to Josef Suk – Křečovice
Pavel and Antonín Vranický exhibition[cs], dedicated to Paul Wranitzky, Antonín Vranický and Jan Novák – Nová Říše

Centrum Bohuslava Martinů[cs], dedicated to Bohuslav Martinů – Polička
Bertramka (temporally closed), dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Prague
Památník Jaroslava Ježka – Blue Room[cs] – Modrý pokoj, dedicated to Jaroslav Ježek – Prague
Memorial Room František Drdla[cs], dedicated to František Drdla – Žďár nad Sázavou

Other museums

Music Without Musicians (?–2021†) – Hořovice
Citerárium[cs] – Ostrava
Czech Musical Museum[cs] – Prague
Lobkowicz Palace, partly dedicated to classical music – Prague
PopMuseum[nl] – Prague
Museum of folk bands[cs] – Lesonice
Muzeum středního Pootaví[nl], collection bagpipes – Strakonice

Denmark

Memory Lane Rock Museum[da] – Knebel
The Danish Music Museum (Musikmuseet) – Copenhagen
Carl Nielsen Museum, dedicated to Carl Nielsen – Odense
Memphis Mansion, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Randers
Museum Ragnarock[da] – Roskilde
Nysted Orgelmuseum – Nysted

Estonia

Estonian Theatre and Music Museum – Tallinn

Finland

Fame, Finnish Music Hall of Fame – Helsinki
Ainola, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Järvenpää
Military Music Museum of Finland – Lahti
Sibelius Museum, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Turku
Mechanical Music Museum[fi] – 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
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 (France) – 9th arrondissement

Other museums

Musée de la musique – Anduze
Josephine Baker Museum, Château des Milandes, dedicated to Josephine Baker – Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
Museum of Musical Instruments, Céret – Céret
Musée de l'art forain et de la musique mécanique – Conflans-en-Jarnisy
Musée Hector-Berlioz – birthplace of Hector Berlioz – La Côte-Saint-André
Musée des instruments à vent[fr] – La Couture-Boussey
Musée Claude-Debussy, dedicated to Claude Debussy – Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Musée de la musique mécanique – Les Gets
Maisons Satie, dedicated to Erik Satie – Honfleur
Musée européen d'art campanaire[fr] – L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers
Musée du piano de Limoux[fr] – Limoux
Musée de la musique mécanique – Mirecourt
Musée de la Lutherie et de l'Archèterie françaises – Mirecourt
Le Belvédère[fr], dedicated to Maurice Ravel – Montfort-l'Amaury
MuPop[fr] – Montluçon
Palais Lascaris, musical instruments museum – Nice
Musée de la chanson française – La Planche
Ferme des orgues[fr] – Steenwerck

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Brahms House, dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Baden-Baden
Deutsches Musikautomaten-Museum – Bruchsal
Bezirksmuseum Buchen[de], 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[nl] – Lautlingen, Albstadt
Museum Bassermannhaus für Musik und Kunst[de] – Mannheim
House of Music – Stuttgart
Deutsches Harmonikamuseum[de] – Trossingen
Elztalmuseum[de], collection mechanical musical instruments – Waldkirch
Silcher-Museum[nl], dedicated to Friedrich Silcher – Weinstadt-Schnait

Bavaria

Mozarthaus Augsburg[de], dedicated to Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Augsburg
E.T.A. Hoffmann-Haus[de], dedicated to E. T. A. Hoffmann – Bamberg
Franz-Liszt-Museum[nl], dedicated to Franz Liszt – Bayreuth
House Wahnfried, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Bayreuth
Heimatmuseum Berching[nl], partly dedicated to Christoph Willibald Gluck – Berching
Carl Orff Museum[nl], dedicated to Carl Orff – Dießen am Ammersee
Werner-Egk-Begegnungsstätte[nl], dedicated to Werner Egk – Donauwörth
Sängermuseum[nl] – Feuchtwangen
Richard-Strauss-Institut[nl], dedicated to Richard Strauss – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Geigenbaumuseum[nl] – Mittenwald
Rockmuseum Munich[de] – Munich
Orgelbaumuseum Ostheim vor der Rhön[de] – Ostheim vor der Rhön
Stadsmuseum Schwabach[nl], with a collection of Adolf von Henselt – Schwabach
Orgelzentrum Valley[de] – Valley
Gebrüder-Lachner-Museum[nl], dedicated to Vinzenz, Franz and Ignaz Lachner – Rain

Berlin and Brandenburg

Musik-Museum Beeskow[de] – Beeskow
Brandenburgisches Orgelmuseum[de] – Bad Belzig
Piano Salon Christophori[de], dedicated to Bartolomeo Cristofori – Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
Ramones Museum, dedicated to the Ramones – Berlin-Friedrichshain
Berlin Musical Instrument Museum – Berlin-Tiergarten
Kreismuseum Bad Liebenwerda[de], dedicated to August Friedrich, Johann Gottlieb and Carl Heinrich Graun – Bad Liebenwerda
Scharwenka Kulturforum[nl], dedicated to Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka – Bad Saarow

Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Ostholstein-Museum Eutin[de], partly dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Eutin
Brahms-Haus Heide[nl], 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[nl] (1987–2013†) – Hamburg-Winterhude
Ostrockmuseum Kröpelin[de] – Kröpelin
Brahms-Institut, dedicated to Johannes Brahms and other composers – Lübeck
Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum – Malchow

North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen

Haus Eller[de], piano museum – Bergheim
Beethoven House, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Bonn
Schumannhaus Bonn[de], dedicated to Robert Schumann – Bonn-Endenich
Orgelmuseum Borgentreich[de] – Borgentreich
Elvis-Presley-Museum Düsseldorf[nl] (2011–2013†), dedicated to Elvis Presley – Düsseldorf
Musikinstrumente- und Puppenmuseum[de] (?–2011†) – Goslar
rock’n’popmuseum[de] – Gronau
Haus Kemnade[de], musical instruments collection – Hattingen
Klingendes Museum in der Burg Sternberg[de] – Extertal
Stones Fan Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Lüchow
Musik-Museum Monschau[de] (2009–2013†) – Monschau
Orgelmuseum Fleiter[de], dedicated to Friedrich Fleiter – Münster-Nienberge
Harry’s klingendes Museum[de] – Schwarmstedt
Organeum[de] – Weener

Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse

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

Schlossmuseum Arnstadt[nl], partly dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Arnstadt
Thüringer Orgelmuseum[de] (1988–2009†) – Bechstedtstraß
Bachhaus, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Eisenach
Reuter-Wagner-Museum[de], dedicated to Richard Wagner – Eisenach
Heinrich Schütz House, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Bad Köstritz
Max-Reger-Archiv[de], dedicated to Max Reger – Meiningen
Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg, musical history and instruments – Meiningen
Bach-Stammhaus[nl], dedicated to the Bach family and violins craft – Wechmar
Liszt-Haus Weimar[de], 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
Musical Museum of Macedonia[uk] – Thessaloniki

Guatemala

Museo Casa K'ojom, at the Centro Cultural la Azotea, dedicated to Maya music – Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez

Hungary

Budapest

House of Music Hungary
Béla Bartók Memorial House, dedicated to Béla Bartók
Frans Liszt Memorial Museum[nl], dedicated to Franz Liszt
Zoltán Kodály Memorial Museum[nl], dedicated to Zoltán Kodály
Museum of Music History

Other museums

Egri Road Beatles Múzeum, dedicated to The Beatles – Eger
Beethoven Memorial Museum[nl], dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Martonvásár

Iceland

The Eurovision Museum – Húsavík
The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll – Reykjanesbær
Folk Music Centre – Siglufjörður

India

Indian Music Experience Museum: an interactive music museum – Bangalore
Karnataka Folk Museum, musical collection – Bangalore
Melody World Wax Museum, musical instruments collection (tribal, ethnic, folk & modern) – Mysore

Indonesia

Museum Musik Indonesia[id] – Malang

Iran

Iran Museum of Music[fa] – Tehran

Ireland

Irish Rock N Roll Museum – Dublin
Irish Music Hall of Fame (1999–2001†) – Dublin

Israel

the Hebrew Music Museum – Jerusalem
Violins of Hope – Tel Aviv

Italy

Northern Italy

Museo Pietro Abbà-Cornaglia[it] – 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
Casa natale di Giuseppe Verdi[it], 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[it], dedicated to Fabrizio De André – Genoa
Jazz Museum of Genoa[it] – 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 Museo Luciano Pavarotti, dedicated to Luciano Pavarotti – Modena
Casa natale di Arturo Toscanini[it], dedicated to Arturo Toscanini – Parma
Museo storico Riccardo Barilla del Conservatorio di Parma – Parma
Museum of Instruments for Popular Music[it] – Roncegno
Museo Etnografico e dello Strumento Musicale a Fiato – Quarna Sotto
Museo del disco d'epoca[it] – Sogliano al Rubicone
Civico museo teatrale Carlo Schmidl[it], 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[it] – Verona

Central Italy

Museo internazionale della fisarmonica[it] – Castelfidardo
Museo degli strumenti musicali (Firenze)[it] – Florence
Museo Enrico Caruso[it], dedicated to Enrico Caruso – Lastra a Signa
Museo Gaspare Spontini[it], dedicated to Gaspare Spontini – Maiolati Spontini
Organ Museum Santa Cecilia[it] – Massa Marittima
Collezione Titta Ruffo[it], 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[it] – 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
Museum for Calabrian Popular Music and Musical Instruments[it] – Isca sullo Ionio
Museum of the Conservatory San Pietro a Majella[it] – Naples
Cultural Centre Leonida Repaci[it], 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

Japan

Tokyo

Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall, dedicated to Michio Miyagi
Orugōru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan[ja] (?–2013†), mechanical musical instruments
Museum of the Musashino Academia Musicae
Min-On Musical Museum

Other museums

Mandolin Melodies Museum – Aichi
Kawaguchiko Music Box Forest[ja] – Fujikawaguchiko
Musical Instruments Museum – Hamamatsu
Musicbox Museum Izu[ja] – Izu, Itō
Rokko Musicbox Museum[ja] – Kobe
The Museum, successor of Belgium Organ Museum[ja] – Matsushima
Misasa Violin Museum[ja] – Misasa
Nasu Music Box Museum[ja] – Nasu
Onyoku Loudspeaker Museum[ja] – Saikai
Horie Organ Museum[ja] – Nishinomiya
Japan Museum of Contemporary Toy & Hall of Music Box[ja] – Mimasaka
Musical Museum of the Music College[ja] – Osaka
Otaru Music Box Museum – Otaru
John Lennon Museum (2000–2010†), dedicated to John Lennon – Saitama
Musicbox Museum of Lake Hamana[ja] – Shizuoka
ARSBEL[ja] (2000–2010†), organ museum – Tendō

Kazakhstan

Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments – Almaty
Tlendiyev Memorial Museum, dedicated to Nurgisa Tlendiyev[ru] – 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
National Musical Library[es] – Mexico City

Mongolia

Mongolian Theatre Museum – Ulaanbaatar

Netherlands

North

Barrel Organ Museum Assen[nl] (1987–2008†) – Assen
Harmonium Museum Netherlands[nl] – Barger-Compascuum
Museum Vosbergen[nl] – Eelde
Accordeon Museum Harte Meijer[nl] – Gasselternijveenschemond
C+B Museum[nl], dedicated to Cuby + Blizzards – Grolloo
Elvis Presley Museum Molkwerum[nl], dedicated to Elvis Presley – Molkwerum
Museum Musica[nl] – Stadskanaal
Barrel Organ Museum Folkloreklanken[nl] (2008–2012†) – de Wijk

West

Beatles Museum Alkmaar[nl], dedicated to The Beatles – Alkmaar
Geelvinck Early Piano Museum – Amsterdam
Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen (1991–2015†) – Amsterdam
Willy Alberti Museum[nl] (1997–2014†), dedicated to Willy Alberti – Amsterdam
G. Perlee Barrel Organ Museum[nl] – Amsterdam
Geelvinck Pianola Museum[nl] – Amsterdam
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, musical collection – The Hague
Music History Museum Scheurleer[nl] (1905–1935†) – The Hague
Barrel Organ Museum Haarlem – Haarlem
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision – Hilversum
Museum RockArt[nl] – Hook of Holland
Palingsound Museum[nl] – Volendam
Musical Information and Documentation Centre Ton Stolk[nl] – Vlaardingen

Centre and east

Watch & Listen Museum[nl] – Bennekom
Elvis Presley Museum Culemborg[nl], dedicated to Elvis Presley – Culemborg
National Organ Museum[nl] – Elburg
Museum Geelvinck Kolthoorn – Heerde
Accordeon Museum De Muse[nl] – Malden
Gramophone Museum[nl] – Nieuwleusen
192 & Demis Roussos Museum[nl], dedicated to Radio Veronica and Demis Roussos – Nijkerk
Harmonium Museum Paasloo[nl] – Paasloo, Steenwijkerland
Museum Speelklok – Utrecht
Geelvinck Music Museum Zutphen (2016–2019†) – Zutphen
Herman Brood Museum & Experience[nl] – Zwolle

South

Museum Klok & Peel[nl] – Asten
Gavioli Hall[nl], named after Anselmo Gavioli – Helmond
Museum Dansant[nl] – Hilvarenbeek
Jukebox Museum[nl] – Sint-Oedenrode
Kessels, Muziek Instrumenten Tilburg[nl] – Tilburg

New Zealand

Whittaker's Live Musical Museum – Auckland
Elvis Presley Museum (Hawera)[nl], dedicated to Elvis Presley – Hawera
Lilburn Residence, dedicated to Douglas Lilburn – Wellington

Norway

Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen, dedicated to Edvard Grieg - Bergen, Vestland
Siljustøl, dedicated to Harald Sæverud – Bergen, Vestland
Kirsten Flagstad Museum, dedicated to Kirsten Flagstad – Hamar, Innlandet
Ringve Museum – Lade, Trøndelag
Villa Lysøen, dedicated to Ole Bull – Bjørnafjorden, Vestland
Rockheim – Trondheim, Trøndelag
Myllarheimen[no], dedicated to Torgeir Augundsson – Vinje, Telemark

Philippines

Jose R. Gullas Halad Museum – Cebu City

Poland

Dedicated to composers

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[pl], 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[pl] – Będomin
Museum of Silesian Pipe Organs[pl] – Katowice
Musical Instruments Museum in Poznań[pl] – Poznań
Musical Instruments Museum in Szyba[pl] – Szyba
Museum of Folk Musical Instruments[pl] – Szydłowiec
Museum of Kashubian and Pomeran Literature and Music[pl] – Wejherowo

Portugal

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

Puerto Rico

Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna, dedicated to Héctor Flores Osuna – Caguas
Casa del Trovador – Caguas
Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón, dedicated to José Ignacio Quintón – Caguas
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

Reunion

Maison Morange[fr], also 'Musée des musiques et instruments de l'océan Indien' – Hell-Bourg

Romania

Luminiș Villa, dedicated to George Enescu – Cumpătu, Sinaia

Russia

Moscow

Glinka Museum[ru]
Harmonica Museum, dedicated to Alfred Mirek
Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky at Taganka Square, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky

Saint Petersburg

Temple of Love, Peace and Music, dedicated to John Lennon
Kamchatka, house of Viktor Tsoi
Museum of the Alexandrinsky Theatre
St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music
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
The Sound Museum[ru]

Other museums

Museum of Sergei Taneyev, dedicated to Sergei Taneyev – Dyudkovo, Zvenigorod
Museum Music and Time – Yaroslavl
Tchaikovsky State House-Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky en Sergei Taneyev – Klin
Rockmuseum – Ufa
Ivanovka, former summer residence of Sergei Rachmaninoff – Tambov
Novgorod Center for Music Antiquities – Veliky Novgorod
Musical Instrument Museum – Volgograd
Tsjaikovski Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Votkinsk

Slovakia

Slovak National Museum – Bratislava
Guitar museum – Sobrance

Slovenia

Birth House of Hugo Wolf – Ljubljana
The Rolling Stones Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Portorož

South Africa

Music of the Caab Centre – Franschhoek
Adler Museum of the History of Music – Johannesburg

South Korea

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

Spain

North coast

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

North-east

Museo del Órgano, dedicated to organs – Agüero, Aragon
Museo Nino Bravo, dedicated to Nino Bravo – Aielo de Malferit, Valencia
Museu de la Música de Barcelona – Barcelona
Rock Museum[ca] (2011–2012†) – Barcelona
Museo de Música Étnica – Busot, Valencia
Museu Isaac Albéniz, dedicated to Isaac Albéniz – Camprodon, Catalonia
Museo Pablo Sarasate, dedicated to Pablo Sarasate – Pamplona, Navarra
Casa-Museo Julián Gayarre, dedicated to Julián Gayarre – Roncal, Navarra
Museu Pau Casals[ca], dedicated to Pablo Casals – el Vendrell, Catalonia
House-Museum of Concha Piquer[nl], dedicated to Concha Piquer – Valencia

South

Museo de la Música Étnica, music cultures worldwide – Barranda, Murcia
Casa Museo Manuel de Falla, dedicated to Manuel de Falla – Granada
Casa Museo Andrés Segovia, dedicated to Andrés Segovia – Linares, Jaén
Museo de Raphael, dedicated to Raphael – Linares, Jaén
Interactive musical museum of Málaga[es] – Málaga
Museo del Baile Flamenco[es], dedicated to flamenco – Sevilla
Museo de la Guitarra – Almeria

Central

Museo Jacinto Guerrero, dedicated to Jacinto Guerrero – Ajofrín, Toledo
Museo de Sonidos del Mundo / Museo de Instrumentos – Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos
Museo Sara Montiel, dedicated to Sara Montiel – Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real
Casa Museo José Padilla, dedicated to José Padilla Sánchez – Madrid
Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo, dedicated to Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo – Madrid
Museo Hazen, piano collection – Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid
Museo de la Música. Colección Luis Delgado – Urueña, Valladolid

Other

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

Sweden

Stockholm

ABBA The Museum, dedicated to ABBA
Swedish Music Hall of Fame
Stockholm Music Museum (1901–2010†)
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
Avicii Experience, dedicated to Tim "Avicii" Bergling

Other museums

Jussi Björlingmuseum[sv], dedicated to Jussi Björling – Borlänge
Smetana Room[sv], dedicated to Bedřich Smetana – Gothenburg
Evert Taubes World[sv] (2008–2016†), dedicated to Evert Taube – Göteborg
Jazzens museum[nl], museum on jazz – Strömsholm
Guitars – the Museum – Umeå
Birgit Nilsson Museum, dedicated to Birgit Nilsson – Båstad
Zarah Leander-museet, dedicated to Zarah Leander – Vikbolandet

Switzerland

Music Museum – Basel
Salon des Pianos[nl] – Basel
Musée Baud, named after instrument builders Frédy, Robert and Auguste Baud – L'Auberson
Organ and Harmonium Museum[nl] – Liestal
Queen: The Studio Experience, dedicated to Queen – Montreux
Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Musical Instruments – Oberhofen am Thunersee
Musée suisse de l'Orgue[fr] – Roche
Musée d'automates et de boîtes à musique – Sainte-Croix
Museum for Musical Automates[de] – Seewen
Richard Wagner Museum, Lucerne, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Tribschen
SwissJazzOrama[nl], 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 – Acton
Musical Museum – Kew Bridge, Brentford
Foundling Museum – Bloomsbury
Horniman Museum, named after Frederick John Horniman – Forest Hill
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

British Music Experience – Greenwich (2009-2014), Liverpool (2015-present)
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
Strawberry Field, dedicated to John Lennon

Rest of England

St. Albans Organ Museum – St Albans
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
Coventry Music Museum, The 2-Tone Village – Coventry
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
Paul Corins Magnificent Music Machines (1967–2013†) – Liskerad, Cornwall
Mechanical Music Museum – Cotton
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 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
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments – Oxford
Ashmolean Museum, musical instruments – Oxford
Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection, collection pipe organs – Pinchbeck
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

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

Traveling (no fixed location)

Alabama

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

Arizona

Musical Instrument Museum – Phoenix

Arkansas

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, dedicated to Johnny Cash – Dyess
Delta Cultural Center – Helena
Guitar Museum – Jacksonville
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
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
Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments – New Haven

Florida

Latin Music Hall of Fame Museum – Miami
DownBeat 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[nl] – Atlanta
Trap Music Museum, dedicated to rapper T.I. – Atlanta
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

Illinois

Chess Records - Chicago
Place de la Musique – Barrington Hills
Rock N Roll McDonald's (1983–2017†) – Chicago
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Rt. 66 – Joliet
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
Great American Songbook Foundation – Carmel
Rhythm! Discovery Center – Indianapolis
Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor and Museum – Columbus

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

Kentucky

Kentucky Music Hall of Fame[nl] – 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
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†) – Ellicott City
Strathmore – North Bethesda

Massachusetts

Frederick Historical Piano Collection – Ashburnham
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, musical instruments collection – Boston

Michigan

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

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

Missouri

Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame[nl] – 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
The Punk Rock Museum – Las Vegas

New Jersey

Morris Museum – Morristown
Grammy Museum Experience – Newark

New York

New York City and Long Island

Universal Hip Hop Museum – The Bronx
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
Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum, dedicated the kazoo – Eden
Fiddler's Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated to fiddlers – Redfield
Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum – Syracuse