Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente
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The Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente (SAM) (lit. Collection of Old Musical Instruments) is a museum collection dedicated to historical musical instruments. It forms part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM) in Austria. Together with the Imperial Armoury, it is housed on the first floor of the Neue Hofburg at Heldenplatz. Since 2018, access to the collection has been via the Weltmuseum Wien, which belongs to the same museum group. With origins dating back to the sixteenth century, the Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente is one of the most significant collections of its kind in Austria and is internationally known for its unique concentration of Renaissance and Baroque instruments, including exceptional rarities, as well as significant evidence of the Viennese tradition of keyboard instrument making.
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