Virginia Musical Museum

A collection of over forty years is combined with donations from famous Virginia music artists.

[1] In 1963, Jesse (Buddy) and Peggy Parker purchased their first music box, starting the collection.

The history of music in Virginia can be seen through the artists, objects and instruments on display.

Virginia Music Artists is the largest collection, with personal items from Patsy Cline, Ella Fitzgerald, Wayne Newton, Bruce Hornsby, Ralph Stanley, The Statler Brothers, Pearl Bailey, Roy Clark, Ricky Van Shelton, Gene Vincent, Phil Vassar, Jimmy Fortune and other famous Virginia artist The Piano Gallery exhibit contains instruments showing the evolution of the piano, starting from the cimbalom and onward to the modern grand piano.

One of the rarest keyboards in the gallery is a 1770 Joshua Shudi harpsichord, of which there are only two known in existence.