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14 Years Ago’ – Holland’s First Accordion Museum Opensby Rob Howard |
The Accordions Worldwide news for July 24th 1998 included an item announcing the opening of Holland’s first accordion and harmonica museum. This museum is still flourishing in 2012, and has its own website. ACCORDION MUSEUM IN THE NETHERLANDS Contributed by Henk Kuik The first Dutch Accordion and Harmonica Museum "De Muse" opened last month with a collection of over 100 bellows instruments. The museum shows the development of these instruments from the Chinese Sheng to modern day instruments including bandoneons, concertinas, melodeons, accordions and some automatic instruments such as the Tanzbar and Hohner Organa. The 19th Century building is situated in Kerkplein 12, 6581 AC Malden, (near Nijmegen) in the southeast of Holland and also includes an accordion shop and a Music-café where musicians can meet and play. For further information email: museum@demuse.nl |