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Royal College of Music Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2BS
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The RCM Museum of Instruments was started in 1894 with a donation from Sir George Donaldson.
Today it features over six hundred instruments, some of which date from 1480.
There are many exhibits including the Donaldson, Tagore, Hipkins, Ridley and Hartley Collections. You will be able to see a spinet used by Handel and a clavichord once owned by Haydn.
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Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Royal Geographical Society
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1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Albert Memorial
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Kensington Gardens, 27 Princes Square, South Kensington, London W2 | 4 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Kensington Gardens, 27 Princes Square, South Kensington, London W2 | 4 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Russell Howard: Wonderbox
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Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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London > Entertainment > Classical Music
Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as Museum of Instruments
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Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Perks Field, Kensington Palace, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Perks Field, Kensington Palace, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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99 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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35 Walton Street, South Kensington, , Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 11 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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17 Mossop Street, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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17 Mossop Street, Knightsbridge, London SW3 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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The Duke of Clarence
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148 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, SW5 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Barts
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Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London SW3 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Chelsea Cloisters, Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London SW3 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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99 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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99 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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86 Fulham Road, South Kensington, London SW3 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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86 Fulham Road, South Kensington, London SW3 | 12 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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The Great Hall, Imperial College
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South Kensington Campus, SW7 | 2 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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South Kensington Campus, SW7 | 2 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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The Gore Hotel
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190 Queen's Gate, Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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190 Queen's Gate, Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Royal Albert Hall
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Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from Museum of Instruments
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