[3] The museum is based on the private collection of founder Victoria Bachke and was opened to the public in 1952.

Over the years many famous musicians visited Ringve, including Artur Schnabel, Lilly Krauss, Ignaz Friedman, Percy Grainger and Kirsten Flagstad, as well as the artist, Edvard Munch.

The period interiors of the Ringve Manor House provide the setting for themed rooms of working – mainly keyboard – instruments.

A room dedicated to Chopin comes next, with examples of the composer's preferred pianos, as well as a death mask and casts of his hands.

A card table and sofa that came from Chopin's Paris home, and which were inherited by his Norwegian pupil Thomas Tellefsen are on display.