Facilities

Museum of the Osaka College of Music was reorganized as a comprehensive music archives in 2002 having integrated existing Music Research Institute and Museum of Musical Instruments. Ex-Museum of Musical Instruments was the largest in western part of Japan, and ex-Music Research Institute played a very unique role in the music research in Kansai area. We expect further fruitful outcome from the integration of these two music related institutions.

The collection can be classified roughly into the following three categories;

① Musical Instruments and recorded data of various kind of music from all over the world.
② Data and materials about the History of Spreading the Western Music in Kansai area.
③ Data and materials of Traditional Music in Kansai area.

Museum Hours： 10:00-16:00

Closed： Sunday, National Holiday, Oct.15 (College Anniversary of Foundation), New years Holidays
★　It may be closed temporary. Please inquire the schedule before you visit.

Admission Free
Osaka College of Music K Bldg. 4th Floor
〒561-0841　１-4-1, Meishinnguchi, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka
Fax： +81-6-6865-1221 e-mail： museum1@daion.ac.jp

・ Musical Instruments 1,500 pieces
　 ( Asian 880, European/American 470, African 90, Oceanian 60 )
・ Literary Documents ( Books, Magazines, etc.) 22,000 pieces
・ Audio/Visual Materials ( CD, LP, SP, Video, Film, etc.) 16,000 pieces
・Data and Materials of Kansai Traditional Music 　　 2,300 pieces
　( Record of Tenjin Matsuri Festival, Joruri-Bon(Text of Chanted Drama for Bunraku), etc.)
・ Data and Materials of the History of Spreading the Western Music in Kansai area .300,000 pieces
　( Concert Programs, Flyers, Articles in Newspaper and Magazine, etc.)

We exhibit approximately 900 musical instruments separately in four sections, Japan Section, East Asia / South-East Asia / Oceania Section, South Asia / West Asia / Africa / America Section, Europe Section. Explanatory plates show in Japanese and in English together. Some Instruments are exhibited with the pictures which show how and in what occasion they were played, and this visual aid helps visitors understand its cultural back ground, too. In addition, visitors may try to play a lot of our collections such as Classical Pianos and Indonesian Gamelan Instruments. In the Reference Room, visitors are also accessible to CDs and Audio/Visual Materials among our collections.

We host Concert Seminars which feature various kind of music and cultures in the world (4 times a year) and Workshops in which visitors may try to play our collections (not periodical).