In our latest roadshow exhibition, we look at the relationship between music and musical instruments and how their mutual influence creates a continuous cycle of creativity and invention.

RCM Museum Research Assistant Anna Maria Barry received an unusual request this month from some curious scuba divers...

The Royal College of Music Museum’s Roadshow returns next week with a pop up exhibition and events at the National Trust’s Mottisfont Abbey.

Anna Maria Barry, RCM Museum Research Assistant, tells the strange story of Domenico Dragonetti and his obsession with wooden dolls. 

The Royal College of Music has made the first ever recording of a song by Robert Ramsey after its manuscript was discovered in a mysterious 17th century painting.

Lydia Cracknell, RCM Museum Learning and Participation Officer, takes us on a journey through time to discover more about the RCM Museum, its new roadshow, and music itself.

The Royal College of Music Museum’s Roadshow launches this February.

Find out more about Lydia Cracknel, Learning & Participation Officer at the Royal College of Music Museum.

As our volunteering programme finishes its first cycle, Leah Barngrover discusses her time as a volunteer and what she thought about getting her hands on with some unseen parts of our collection.

RCM Museum Curator’s work and research recognised with new title

The Royal College of Music is proud to bring together 5,000 years of musical heritage from 200 UK collections in a major new website documenting 20,000 historically significant musical instruments.

The Royal College of Music Museum has launched a digital exhibition about alumnus Samuel Coleridge-Taylor for Black History Month. 

Conservator Susana Caldeira shares her insights following the decant of the Royal College of Music Museum.

Curator Gabriele Rossi Rognoni shares his insights following the decant of the Royal College of Music Museum.

Find out more about Erin McHugh, Museum Administrator at the Royal College of Music Museum.

Find out more about Gabriele Rossi Rognoni, curator at the Royal College of Music Museum

Find out more about Richard Martin, Digitisation & Documentation Officer at the Royal College of Music Museum.

Find out more about Susana Caldeira, Conservator at the Royal College of Music Museum.

The Royal College of Music has been generously gifted a significant collection of archive materials from the Amadeus Quartet, one of the most celebrated string quartets of the 20th century.

The RCM Museum has launched a professional learning community to build brand-new, collections-based learning and outreach programmes and resources for schools.

MINIM-UK Cataloguers from the RCM are visiting collections throughout the UK to inspect and catalogue musical instruments, which will form part of the project's new online database of historic instruments.

New audio and video recordings of our playable historical instruments will benefit students, staff and the public alike.

Royal College of Music Museum Curator Gabriele Rossi Rognoni and Conservator Susana Caldeira have visited a private collection to view a number of historical keyboard instruments.

The Royal College of Music is delighted to announce that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of £3,634,418 to fund the redevelopment of the RCM Museum. 

£3.6m National Lottery investment to revitalise musical treasure trove, including world’s oldest guitar.

The RCM is the first international music conservatoire to partner with Google’s interactive cultural platform.

The Royal College of Music will create the largest virtual collection of historically significant musical instruments in the UK in a major partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, the Horniman Museum and the University of Edinburgh.