In 2014, the museum received the Fumio Koizumi Music Prize.

[1] In the museum, concerts are performed with instruments of historical value, these concerts are recorded on CDs, and sold on albums under the name of "Hamamatsu City Musical Instrument Museum Collection Series", these albums are used in music education venues.

[3] In 2020, the museum organised the special 250th anniversary exhibition of Beethoven's masterpiece.

[4] In October 2021, in collaboration with Yamaha, the museum launched the exhibition "Real Sound Viewing Chikuzen Biwa Performance Reproduction".

[1] In August 2021, the museum presented an exhibition about the history of the Biwa, this exhibition explains the creation of Biwa types such as Heike-biwa and Satsuma-biwa dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries, when they were introduced to Japan.