Mandolin Melodies Museum

Mandolin Melodies Museum (Japanese: マンドリンのおとのはくぶつかん) is a private museum in Nagoya. It is the only museum that specializes specifically in mandolins in the world.

Mandolin Melodies Museum
EstablishedMay 8, 1995
LocationNagoya, Aichi
Coordinates35°8′59″N 136°56′46.03″E
TypeMusical instrument museum
Websitehttp://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~mandolin/

History

Mandolin Melodies Museum was founded by mandolin player Hirokazu Nanya in a renovated pharmacy.[1] The museum opened on May 8, 1995.[2] It features Nanya's collection of mandolin LP and EP records, CD's, and 20 mandolins, dating from the 1920s to present.[3] Notable holdings include mandolins owned by Gaetano Vinaccia, an Italian luthier, and Masakichi Suzuki, the first person in Japan to build a mandolin.[4]

The records and CD's exhibited at the museum can be listened to for a fee.[3]

References
  1. Aramata, Hiroshi (ed.). 名古屋開府400年記念事業実行委員会『尾張名古屋大百科』. p. 135. ISBN 978-4835617619.
  2. マンドリンの音の博物館トップページより
  3. マンドリンの音の博物館. 名古屋観光情報 名古屋コンシェルジュ. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  4. マンドリンの名器. マンドリンの音の博物館. Retrieved 2015-05-02.

Bibliography
  • 中日新聞本社社会部 (1998-11-09). ぶらり名古屋 歩楽八十八景 (in Japanese). 中日新聞本社.
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