​Welcome to the Friends' website

The Friends work to :
  • raise funds to buy instruments
  • acquire books and other material about the history of the instruments
  • organise and promote educational projects
  • help generally with the work of the Hall and the Collection.
  • provide student bursaries for early music and early music technology.

Our main fundraising effort is our series of concerts for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

In addition, we sell books connected with the collection, plus technical drawings, data-sheets and photographs of instruments in the Collection.

​St Cecilia's Hall Concert Room and Music Museum is open to the public from Thursday 29 April 2021 with ticketed entry only. 

To book your free slot visit the Museum website using link below : -

Link to  St Cecilia's Hall - What's On Pages 

However, the museum continues to follow official guidelines by not currently hosting in person performances or special events at St Cecilia’s Hall. 
Chairman's annual report and accounts, AGM Agenda and details of concert following AGM - follow link

Talk by Martin Hillman who will be known to many of you and the title of his talk is "The rise and fall – and resurgence – of St Cecilia's' - see more on News & Events page.
Background music sampler.
From - Rodger Mirrey Collection

​Paix du Parasse-Sonade en trio - Vivement - John Kitchen - LucyCarolan

Fantasia in C (Hob. XVII/4) &
Mortlack's Ground
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John Kitchen MBE - ​Delphian recording​.
Sample photos shown below from the museum collection.
Cick photos and use  right/left arrows. 

Use below link to see full collection
http://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed