Volgograd Museum of Musical Instruments - a unique collection of rare and unique musical instrument, which began with a private collection.

This museum, located in a private house owned by war veteran Eugene N. Pushkin, created them in 1926 .  Big fan of musical instruments, Evgeny private collection assembled bit by bit, acquiring, repairing and restoring the old folk instruments .  Unfortunately, the first, the oldest part of the collection was destroyed during the bombing of Stalingrad .  How to assure relatives creator collection, among the dead was a violin Stradivarius .  Fortunately, accordion, judging by the inscriptions made at home Stradivari in Cremona, remained intact in the evacuation .  Among other interesting "comparisons" are two accordion, participated in World War II on opposing sides, owned Russian and German soldiers .  Returning to his hometown after the war, and E . H .  Pushkin continued to collect and repair musical instruments, and these trophies were many that contributed to the revival collection .

In 1986 EN Pushkin has presented the collection, numbering 242 operating exhibit, city. Today, rare collections is part of the local history museum, and has expanded to 350 tools. Among them are many unique and rare, such as the harmonium «Yamaha», made at the beginning of the last century, gavioli, Harmony flyut, harp, psaltery, dulcimer, accordions, button accordions, harmonic, violin, and many others. All exhibits are in working order, you can listen to their sound, and even try to play.