The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Musical Instruments

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Currently on View


		Sounding the Pacific: Musical Instruments of Oceania November 17, 2009–September 6, 2010

		Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China September 5, 2009–February 7, 2010

Past Exhibitions


		The New Violin Family: Augmenting the String Section May 10, 2002–March 30, 2003

		Franz Liszt's Grand Piano April 25, 2001–January 6, 2002