​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.
  • Thanks to a generous legacy from former Chair Pamela Jackson, the Friends have also been able to establish a scholarship with which to develop new knowledge in the field of Musical Instrument Research.

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.
Announcements:

The programme for the 2024 Sypert Concert Series is now available for booking: please see the News and Events Page for more details.

The 2024 Bursary Awards have been advertised - more details and relevant documents to be found on the Bursaries page.
The Museum

​St Cecilia's Hall Concert Room and Music Museum is open to the public, also offering offers a variety of tours including guided tours and virtual walk-throughs. 

Opening Hours:
Monday – Closed
Tuesday – 10:00 – 16:30
Wednesday – 10:00 – 16:30
Thursday – 10:00 – 16:30
Friday – 10:00 – 16:30
Saturday – 10:00 – 16:30
Sunday – Closed

For more information see: https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/
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