The History of Music Reproduction - Museum & Concert Venue at Kew Bridge, London
New! Korg Gallery
What's in the museum?
An amazing collection of musical instruments and inventions. Self-playing pianos and violins, pipe organs, music boxes, gramophones, keyboards, synthesizers and more.
See – and hear- amazing instruments and inventions that have captured, replayed and generated music from past centuries to the present day. A piano that can play a performance recorded by Rachmaninov (or dozens of other famous pianists). A violin that can play itself! Have you heard an Edison Phonograph play? Or a jukebox that plays 78rpm records? The electronic organ that changed the sound of pop music? See if you agree with Charles Babbage (the “father of computing”) that one instrument should have been banned... Marvel at the mighty Wurlitzer Cinema organ designed to accompany silent films, but which became an attraction in its own right.
All these and many more are here to be demonstrated on your fascinating guided tour. There's also a gallery devoted to Korg electronic instruments, a café, accessible toilets and parking, too.
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