Established | 1929 |
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Location | Germany |
Coordinates | 51°20′16″N 12°23′17″E / 51.3377°N 12.3881°E |
Visitors | 30,000 |
Website | mfm |
The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig (German: Musikinstrumentenmuseum der Universität Leipzig) is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is located on Johannisplatz, near the city centre. The museum belongs to the University of Leipzig and is also part of the Grassi Museum, whose other members are the Museum of Ethnography and the Museum of Applied Arts.
It is one of the largest music instrument museums in Europe, alongside those of Brussels and of Paris. Its collection of around 10,000 objects includes valuable instruments from Europe and beyond, as well as music-related items from the Renaissance, the Baroque, and Bach's Leipzig period.