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National Music Museum
The National Music Museum: America's Shrine to Music & Center
for Study of the History of Musical Instruments (NMM) is a
musical instrument museum in Vermillion, South Dakota, USA. It
was founded in 1973 on the campus of the University of South
Dakota.
The NMM is fully accredited by the
American Association of Museums and is
recognized as "A Landmark of American Music"
by the National Music Council. The NMM's
renowned collections, which include more
than 13,500 American, European, and
non-Western instruments from all cultures
and historical periods, are among the
world's most inclusive. They include many of
the earliest, best preserved, and
historically most important instruments
known to survive. The NMM's rise to
world-class status has attracted
international attention, and each year the
NMM attracts thousands of visitors from all
50 states and around the world.
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