Music Instrument Collections in Museums: Basic Principles and Contemporary Practices

<div>Museums are responsible for the curation of music instruments,</div><div>yet the majority of museums in Australia, and throughout the world, are guilty of considerable neglect in that sphere of activity.</div><div>Despite the verified numbers of music instruments within</div><div>each Australian museum, little interest or care has been shown for them on a professional level. Generally, only the specialist</div><div>instrument museums, of which there are none in Australia, have specialist curators.</div>