The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has loaned 35 musical instruments to the Horniman Museum for three years following the V&A’s controversial decision to remove its instruments collection from display early last year.
The instruments are on show in the Horniman’s Art of Harmony exhibition, while an additional three objects are in the museum’s Music Gallery. There are plans to show other pieces from the V&A’s 276-piece collection in this space at a later date.
Meanwhile, the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments is still in discussions with the V&A about borrowing works.