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
, dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires
– La Plata
– 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
– Floridsdorf, Vienna
, musical collection – Floridsdorf
– Vienna
– Vienna
Pasqualati House – Vienna
Beethoven-Haus Probusgasse – Vienna

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 Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner Museum – Ansfelden
– 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
File:Salzburg, Getreidegasse 9, Mozarts Geburtshaus.jpg|thumb|Mozart's birthplace, Salzburg

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

dedicated to Arnold Schoenberg

– Mödling
Arnold Schönberg Center – 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
Museum der Johann Strauss Dynastie, dedicated to the Strauss family – Vienna
, dedicated to Johann Strauss II – 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

, 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
– Menen

;Province of Antwerp

Museum Vleeshuis – Antwerp
Harmonium Art museuM – 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
– Schaerbeek

;Limburg

– Hasselt
– Peer
Armand Preud'homme Museum, dedicated to Armand Preud'homme – Peer

;Wallonia

Mr Sax's House, dedicated to Adolphe Sax – Dinant
Bell and Carillon Museum – 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
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, 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