Welcome to the Bate Collection, one of the most magnificent collections of musical instruments in the world.
If you enjoy musical instruments you may enjoy surfing through some of our favourite web sites.
Musical instrument collections in Oxford:
The Pitt Rivers Museum
The Ashmolean Museum
Societies for the study and enjoyment of musical instruments:
CIMCIM The International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections
Musical Instrument Museums Online
The American Musical Instrument Society
The Fellowship of Makers and Restorers of Historical Musical Instruments
The Galpin Society
Some specialist musical instrument societies:
British Clavichord Society
British Double Reed Society
British Flute Society
British Harpsichord Society
Harpsichord and Fortepiano Magazine
Historic Brass Society
International Double Reed Society
Serpents
The Northumbrian Pipers' Society
Theremin
For all sorts of rare and unusual musical instruments:Tony Bingham - Old Musical Instruments
More Links Here:The National Music Museum in South Dakota, USA
Do you want to learn about musical instrument making? Here is a short list of some of the places where this is taught in the UK:London Metropolitan UniversityLincoln College - Newark
Cambridge Woodwind Makers