Bate Collection of Musical Instruments

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Museum in Oxford. We hold over 1,000 of the most magnificent musical instruments in the world. Part of the University of Oxford. linktr.ee/bate.enquiries

What a year! Thank you to everyone who visited, played, listened, sketched, and made our museum come alive. We will be closed from the 21st December to the 1st January inclusive and will reopen the Bate Collection on Thursday 2nd January!
The Gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra of bronze metallophones. It is a percussion ensemble made up predominantly of gongs, metallophones, and chimes, all hand-forged in bronze and mounted on exquisitely carved frames and beds with snakes, tropical plants, and other decorative embellishments. Javanese and Balinese dancer, Andrew Rutkowski is dancing with the Gamelan in a semi-circle surrounding her.