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St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum

Name: St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum
Address: 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH11LG, GB
Telephone: 441316502600
Price range: £

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St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall & museum of historical instruments.

St Cecilia's Hall museum brings together one of the world's most important collections of historic musical instruments.

05/06/2026

We are tantalisingly close to being back open and we already have some fab events planned for you to start the summer off!

☀️Sypert Early Music Concert – Silent Speech: Ganassi’s Vision of the Human Voice | 13 June 2026, 7:30pm-9:30pm | £8/20/23
☀️Edinburgh Quartet Lunchtime Series Concert | 16 June 2026, 1pm-2pm | £12/15 + booking fee
☀️Sypert Early Music Concert – Purcell’s & Clarke’s Trumpeter: A Tribute to John Shore | 20 June 2026, 7:30pm-9:30pm | £8/20/23
☀️Summer Family Trail | June 26 - August 29 2026, multiple time slots available | Free with optional donation
☀️Sypert Early Music Concert – Still Life: Early Baroque Fantasy | 27 June 2026, 7:30pm-9:30pm | £8/20/23

To find out more about these events, and to book your tickets, head to: https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/whats-on/

04/06/2026

Good news! After our temporary period of closure St Cecilia's Hall will re-open on Tuesday 9 June 2026. We look forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful museum and concert hall then! Make sure to check out our What's On Page for information on our upcoming events for 2026.

https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/whats-on/

03/06/2026

This week’s Instrument of the Week is the kora. This instrument is played by traditional storytellers, known as griots, of the Gambian River valley. These storytellers recite stories and histories while accompanied by this type of harp.

Want to find out more? Head over to our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects and use the lookup number below!

Pictured: Kora, Serrif Mballow, 2002. MIMEd 6208.

29/05/2026

Exciting news! We are delighted to announce that the 2026 ICOM MUSIC Annual Meeting will be taking place at St Cecilia's Hall 3-5 September 2026!

The theme examines the challenges and opportunities that digital technologies bring to musical instrument collections and will be a unique opportunity to come together, share ideas, and engage in meaningful discussions within our common field of interest.

The call for papers is open until the 31st of May and more information can be found here - https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/2026-icom-music-annual-meeting/

📸Photo credit: Dark Edinburgh

27/05/2026

This week’s Instrument of the Week is this bassoon by Buffet-Crampon from 1924. This bassoon is representative of one of the modern forms of the instrument, with its complex key system that was developed by Buffet.

Want to find out more? Head over to our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects and use the lookup number below!

Pictured: Bassoon, Buffet-Crampon, 1924. MIMEd 2281.

20/05/2026

This week’s Instrument of the Week is the keyed trumpet by Louis Müller. The natural trumpet was notoriously difficult to play, particularly in regard to playing the notes in the upper register. In order to facilitate easier playing, keys were added to the trumpet in 1796 by Anton Weidinger!

Want to find out more? Head over to our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects and use the lookup number below!

Pictured: Keyed trumpet, Louis Müller, c.1835. MIMEd 3158.

15/05/2026

Pochettes (also known as kits) were used by dancing masters to play the tunes as they taught dance steps to ladies and gentlemen. The sound of the pochette is quite piercing, making it possible to hear a single instrument over the stamping of feet on wooden floors.

They also just happen to be very VERY cute 😍

13/05/2026

This week’s Instrument of the Week is the Tricone Resonator Guitar by National. The tricone was invented by John Dopyera in 1927, just one year before this guitar was made. It was commissioned by steel guitar player George Beauchamp to create a louder guitar that would be heard above the brass and reed section of a dance orchestra.

Want to find out more? Head over to our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects and use the lookup number below!

Pictured: Resonator guitar, National, 1928. MIMEd 6653.

08/05/2026

POV: It's August 28th 1952, and you just picked up a copy of the Scotsman to read all about the plans to turn St Cecilia's Hall back into a functional concert hall!

Miss Cairns, who owned the hall when it was the Excelsior Ballroom, realised her plans to convert St Cecilia's Hall back to its original purpose as a concert hall in April 1959. She sold the hall to the University of Edinburgh later that year, and the rest is history!

Interested in finding out more about the many lives of St Cecilia's Hall? Head to the About section of our website to find out more - https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/about/

Address

50 Niddry Street
Edinburgh
EH11LG

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 4:30pm
Thursday	10am - 4:30pm
Friday	10am - 4:30pm
Saturday	10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

441316502600

Website

http://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/, http://linktr.ee/stceciliashall

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