


Explore a world-class collection of historical musical instruments from diverse cultures and centuries in Oxford's free museum.
Venue Type
Indoor
Typical visit duration
1-3 hours
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Free admission. Large and impressive collection of historical instruments, and the staff is nice and informative. There's a Haydn's Broadwood piano on the second floor.
Very interesting display. I don't know much about Musical Instruments so it was very helpful that you could listen to samples of the Instruments.
This museum is sort of tucked away, but I loved it. Oxford has a massive collection of unique musical instruments. You can do an audio tour that shows you examples of each instrument being played. So some variations of normal instruments will be played in the context of opera music especially. If you talk to the worker or schedule a time in advance, you can even play the instruments. They have some instruments that belong to famous musicians, and so that made my heart happy when I got that opportunity. I ended up chatting with the woman working at the front desk for over an hour, and it was interesting to hear about her experiences living in London and Oxford, and it really just opened my eyes to the world of England.
Great little museum of musical instruments. You get a hand held speaker to listen to a short musical extract of a variety of instruments, so you can hear the difference between different horns or flutes etc. We spent an hour in there. You can play a Clavichord. Free to get in and a right next Christchurch meadow.
Really fascinating museum in downtown Oxford. Was smaller than what I thought it would be but there’s more than enough to keep you interested there for an hour or so. Guy at the front desk was really friendly. We had to leave our bags there but everything was safe enough. Would highly recommend for a great museum trip!
Reviews last updated: 7 October 2026
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This venue was last updated on 7 October 2026
