Museum of Musical Instruments

Free entry tuesdays

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 four sections.

Loads of amazing things there. Great history of the music!

Worth stopping to see. Beautiful old instruments from Europe and NY.

Alluring place, perfect place to unwind, drinks, walk.