St Cecilia's Music Museum

Join us for a literary-themed tour of St Cecilia’s Hall, the home of the University of Edinburgh’s musical instrument museum. In this tour, participants will travel back in time to see and hear the instruments referenced in literary works.

Discover Renaissance instruments that would have entertained the Tudor court in Hillary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, and a lute from the time of Shakespeare.

Hear the elegant music of a Jane Austin era Broadwood piano, and immerse yourself in the Jazz Age sounds of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby with a look at our dance band display.

Explore music and literature in a new way on this Curator-led guided tour.