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Bates Collection of Musical Instruments

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Welcome to the Bate Collection, one of the most magnificent collections of musical instruments in the world.

The Bate has over 2000 instruments from the Western orchestral music traditions from the renaissance, through the baroque, classical, romantic and up to modern times. More than a thousand instruments are on display, by all the most important makers and from pre-eminent collectors.
The Bate library includes over 3000 books, periodicals and other publications on the subject of musical instrument development and music technology. It includes the Philip Bate, Anthony Baines and Reginald Morley-Pegge archives plus a developing sound archive of instruments from the collection.

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Bates Collection of Musical Instruments
Bate Collection Faculty of Music
St Aldates
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1DB
Telephone: 01865 276139

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Admission: 2010 Prices:
Admission is free! Opening Times: 2010 Opening Details:
Weekday afternoons from 2.00 - 5.00 throughout the year

Saturday morning opening 10.00 - 12.00:

16, 23 and 30 October; 6, 13, 20 and 27 November; 4 December

Other visits can be arranged by appointment.

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