About
The museum is located close to Turku Cathedral in the historical city centre of Turku on the southwest coast of Finland. It is the only museum devoted to music in Finland.
The museum houses a wide collection of historical music instruments from around the world. The archives of the museum include documents The museum was first founded during the 1920s as a seminar for the Department of Musicology at Åbo Akademi University and has later developed into its own department. The Museum is currently organised and funded by the Åbo Akademi Foundation.
The current building was built and opened in 1968, and it was designed by architect Woldemar Baeckman.
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