Next Meeting

2026
Annual Meeting, United Kingdom (Edinburgh)
St Cecilia’s Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum, The University of Edinburgh
Conference Website
Programme

Past Meetings and Conferences

2025
ICOM Triennale, Dubai, UAE
Conference Website

2024
Annual Meeting, Mexico (Mexico City, MNA Museo Nacional de Antropología / National Museum of Anthropology)
9-11 September (+ Oaxaca 13-15 September post-conference) 2024.
‘Transculturación y Diásporas’ / “Transculturation and Diaspora”
Conference website
Programme

2023
Annual Meeting, The Netherlands (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Museum Speelklok, Utrecht – Collectiecentrum Nederland, Amersfoort), 30 August-1 September 2023.
“Prospects and challenges of museum accessibility, diversity and equity”.
Event page
Programme
Vimeo: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.

“La Conservación de patrimonio musical en museos e instituciones de América Latina y el Caribe / The conservation of musical heritage in museums and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean”, online, 10-12 July 2023.
Event page
Programme
Youtube: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.

2022
Czech Republic (Prague), with ICOM General Conference, 20-28 August 2022.
“The Power of Museums”.
Event page
Programme

2021
UK (London), Royal College of Music – Horniman Museum and Gardens, 6-8 September 2020.
“Global Crises and Music Museums: Representing Music after the Pandemic”.
Conference booklet

2020
UK (London), Royal College of Music – Horniman Museum and Gardens, 6-10 September 2020.
“Beyond the Object and Back, the Role of Collections in Music Museums”.
Conference postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 outbreak.

2019
Japan (Kyoto), with ICOM General Conference, 1-7 September 2019.
“Museums and Cultural Hubs: the Future of Tradition”
Event page
Programme

2018
China (Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan and Shanghai Oriental Musical Instruments Museum), 10-16 September 2018.
“Theory, Technology and Methods: Museums’ Interpretation of Musical Traditions”.
Programme
Abstracts

2017
Switzerland (Basel; Bern), 22-25 February 2017.
“Presentation, Preservation and Interpretation. The Challenges of Musical Instrument Collections in the 21st Century” with “Fourth International Romantic Brass Symposium Bern”
Programme & Abstracts

2016
Italy (Milan; Cremona) with ICOM General Conference, 4-7 July 2016.
“Interpreting the Present”
Programme & Abstracts

2015
Russia (Moscow; St. Petersburg), 27-30 June 2015.
“Performers and Performance in a Museum Environment: Global Perspectives”
Programme & Abstracts

2014
Nordic Countries (Stockholm; Turku; Copenhagen; Trondheim), 24-31 August 2014.
“Collectors at music museums – Reasons and Means”
Abstracts

2013
UK (Oxford), 25-29 July 2013.
“Musical Instruments – History, Science and Culture”
Abstracts

2012
USA (New York), 15-20 May 2012.
“Display Philosophy, Visitor Experience, and Point of View. The Arts and Artists of Musical Instruments”
Programme

2011
France (Paris), Belgium (Brussels; Tervuren; Antwerp), 29 August – 3 September
Abstracts
Proceedings

2009
Italy (Florence; Rome), 6-12 September
2008
UK (Edinburgh)
2007
Austria (Vienna)
2006
USA (Vermillion, South Dakota)
2005
Germany
2004
South Korea (Seul)
2003
UK (Oxford; London; Edinburgh)
2002
Russia (St. Petersburg)
2001
Spain (Barcelona)
2000
Germany (Markneukirchen)
1999
France (Paris)
1998
Australia (Melbourne)
1997
USA (Washington DC), American Musical Instrument Society, May 11-14
1996
Austria (Vienna), Slovakia (Bratislava), Hungary (Budapest), September 19-26
1995
Norway (Stavanger; Trondheim), Sweden (Stockholm), ICOM General Conference, July 1-12
1994
UK (London; Edinburgh), Galpin Society, Historic Brass Societ, June 1-9
1993
Belgium (Antwerp), Antverpiano, July 8-15
1992
Canada (Quebec; Ottawa; Toronto;) ICOM General Conference, September 21 – October 2
1991
Japan (Osaka; Nara; Kyoto; Tsumagoi; Tokyo), May 5-21
1990
USA (St Paul; Vermillion), American Musical Instrument Society, May 9-14
1989
Holland (The Hague), ICOM General Conference, August 27 – September 6
1988
West Germany (Berlin), April 10-17
1986
Argentina (Buenos Aires), ICOM General Conference, October 28-31
1985
USA (Washington; New York; Boston, American Musical Instrument Society, Galpin Society, May 23 – June 2
1984
Czechoslovakia (Dolna Krupa), May 17-23
1983
UK (London; Oxford) ICOM General Conference, July 25 – August
1982
Belgium (Antwerp), Ruckers Genootschap, June 21-23
1982
Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm), Norway (Trondheim), June 11-19
1981
Canada (Vancouver), American Musical Instrument Society, April 3-5
1980
Switzerland (Burgdorf), February 14-17
1980
Mexico (Mexico City), ICOM General Conference, October 28 – November 4
1979
East Germany (Leipzig), National Museum Council DD, August 20-25
1977
USSR (Moscow; Leningrad), ICOM General Conference, May 19-22
1975
Holland (Amsterdam), September 1-5
1974
Sweden (Stockholm), ICOM General Conference, June 5-8
1973
Switzerland (Neuchâtel), August 29 – September 3
1972
Denmark (Copenhagen), Société Internationale de Musicologie, August 19-21
1971
France (Paris), ICOM General Conference, August 30 – September 2
1970
Belgium (Antwerp), Ruckers Genootscha, May 8-9
1969
East Germany (Nürnberg), May 6-8
1969
UK (Edinburgh), International Folk Music Council, August 11-13
1969
Nigeria (Kampala), Nigerian Training Center at Jos, January 27-31
1968
Federal Republic of Germany (Cologne), ICOM General Conference, July 29-31
1967
Jugoslavia (Ljubljana), Société Internationale de Musicologie, September 4-7
1965
USA (New York), ICOM General Conference, September 22-25
1964
Austria (Salzburg), Société Internationale de Musicologie, September 3
1962
Portugal (Lisbon), Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkia, November 22-28
1961
USA (New York), Société Int. de Musicologie, September 10
1960
France (Paris), ICOM General Conference, June 27 – July 1

Updated on July 2022