Travel Guide
Museum of Musical Instruments
The Museum of Musical Instruments is a branch of the Poznan National Museum. This is Poland’s only collection of musical instruments coming from everywhere in the world, and one of the most considerable such collections Europe-wide. The institution was conceived out of a private collection of musical instruments provided to the National Museum in 1945 by Zdzislaw Szulc.
At present, the Museum has some 2,000 objects, categorized in four sections: European folk instruments; European professional instruments; non-European instruments; a music archive. Of particular value is the violin-making section where particular attention is deserved by instruments made by Polish 16th and 17th-century masters, signed by luthiers of the Groblicz and Dankwart families as well as by Kazimierz Burzenski and Stanislaw Zwierzynski. European luthiers are represented by Italian-school instruments (the Amati and Guarneri brand makers) and those made by French and German masters. The collection of pianofortes/grand pianos and upright pianos features more than 150 specimens. The Museum has a concert hall where concerts are held. Affiliated to the Museum is an early music ensemble named ‘Collegium Musicorum Posnaniensium’. The Museum co-organises the ‘Henryk Wieniawski’ International Violin making Competitions as well as the ‘Zdzislaw Szulc’ National Violin making Competitions.
Address: 45 Old Market Square
Opening hours:
Mondays – closed
Tuesdays - Saturdays – 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sundays – 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. [Poznan]
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