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The National Music Museum is a hard place to find. It is

commonly known as the best kept secret in the
Midwest. Located in Vermillion, SD, it boasts the only
complete Quartet set of Andrea Amati stringed
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y ’ere is a list of things you will find in the museum.
y Abell Gallery: European and American Keyboard Instruments from the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
y Bates Virtual Gallery: Treasures from the Alan Bates ’armonica Collection
y Beede Gallery: Musical Instruments from the Great Civilizations of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands
y Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-
1848: ’ighlights of a major exhibition designed by the NMM for the Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, September 1-November 2, 2003
y Cutler Gallery: Musical Innovations of the Industrial Revolution and European Folk Instruments
y Everist Gallery: The American Music Industry
y Exhibits in Lobby, ’allways, Concert ’all, and Tea Room
y Graese Gallery: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, The American Civil War, The Golden Age of Bands 1865-
1915®, a Violin Maker's Workshop, and Banjo & Mandolin Clubs
y Lewison Gallery: Nineteenth-century American Reed Organs, Pianos, and a Grand ’armonicon
y Lillibridge Gallery: Great American Guitars
y The Music Man Exhibition: Ya Gotta Know the Territory: The Musical Journey of Meredith Willson, a
permanent exhibition designed and installed in 2002 by the NMM at the Meredith Willson Museum in Mason
City, Iowa
y Muzika! A Celebration of Czech and Slovak Music: ’ighlights from a collaborative exhibition at the National
Czech & Slovak Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 17-October 17, 2004
y Pressler Gallery: Musical Treasures from the Age of Louis XIV
y Rawlins Gallery: The Genius of North Italian Stringed Instrument Making 1540-1793
y Sound Samplings: An Index of Sound Clips of Selected Musical Instruments at the NMM
y Study-Storage Collections: A selection of instruments from the NMM's encyclopedic research collections Utley
Virtual Gallery: Treasures from the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Brass Instrument Collection
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The National Music Museum also has a map of the 1st

floor and 2nd floor that you can explore as if you were
walking through the rooms itself.
They also have a calendar of special events and a gift
shop too.
Enjoy the tour!

All of this can be found at the http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/ official site.