Museum of Musical Instruments — Attraction in Poznan

Museum of Musical Instruments in Poznan is the only institution of this type in Poland and one of the few in Europe.

The founder of the museum was Zdzisław Szulc (merchant, tennis player, collector, participant of the Greater Poland Uprising), who at the turn of 1945/46 transferred his 80 objects to the Museum of Wielkopolska, thus initiating a new chapter in the history of Polish musical culture. Their determinant is, among others the oldest tradition of New Year's concerts in Poland (from 1949), opening of a permanent exhibition at the Old Market Square in Poznań (1952), description of Polish violin (Skrzypce in Poland exhibition, 1952 and Dictionary of Polish violin-makers, 1954), complicity in establishing the Association of Polish Violin Makers in Warsaw (1954) or participation in the preparation of the world's first International Violin Making Competition H. Wieniawski (from 1957).

The successor, Włodzimierz Kamiński (1959 - 91, president of the Polish Association of Violin Makers, longtime juror of violin and violin competitions under the name of H. Wieniawski, violin and gamba violinist) has strengthened and expanded the scope of activities of the Museum of Instruments, contributing also to the formation of vocational education in Poland (currently the Poznań High School of Music and the Academy of Music in Poznań). As a pioneer, he organized a subordinate institution in a modern way, which constantly expanded its collections with valuable exhibits as well as exhibition and storage space. In this way, the museum joined the group of such centers that count in Europe.

Thanks to the activities of Jacek Podbielski, another curator (1991-97), the museum began to function in the musical panorama of Poznań as a center for popularization of early music through series of concerts and pioneer sound recordings with the participation of leading baroque music performers. instruments from the museum collection.

Also on his initiative, the museum co-organized five editions of the International Celtic Festivals.

Such a structure has currently collected 2.5 thousand. monuments from various periods and all continents, which form...

This place is an absolute treasure for anyone interested in musical instruments. The collection arranged over three floors is very impressive. I'm familiar with all the instruments that make up our European Orchestras, but you have music instruments from around the World in different sections of this collection e.g. India, China, South America. I mean have you heard of a Gottuvadyam or a Mayuri Veena !!!. I also loved the collection of old "musical boxes" on the Ground Floor. You can also pick up an "Tablet with Headphones" at Ticket Office. For many of the instruments displayed you can then play a piece of music that demonstrates it's sound aswell as read the text for that instrument. In the Menu options you can chose English. I really enjoyed...

We tried to come a couple days ago but it was closed for a few days so was happy when we were finally able to visit today as it was something i was looking forward to see as a former musician.

An amazing collection of musical instruments from around the world and across centuries.

I would give the collection 5/5 (apart from at least one instrument is labeled incorrectly).

But unfortunately it's the staff that let the place down. From the cold welcome to the many staff sat around on their phones which does not look professional. Then you have the staff who follow you around every room like a bad smell without...