Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
@batecollection.bsky.social
Museum in Oxford. We hold over 1,000 of the most magnificent musical instruments in the world. Part of the University of Oxford.
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Dave Orwell has been crafting custom mounts for our new home! Mount making is a hidden art of museum display, every object needs a perfectly tailored support to keep it safe and show it at its best. Dave’s been carefully measuring our instruments so they’ll be beautifully and securely displayed.
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Dave Orwell has been crafting custom mounts for our new home! Mount making is a hidden art of museum display, every object needs a perfectly tailored support to keep it safe and show it at its best. Dave’s been carefully measuring our instruments so they’ll be beautifully and securely displayed.
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I’m now looking forward to finalising the exhibition I am curating for @batecollection.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social, teaching, meeting my new DPhils, and finishing up some research projects... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social
#EarlyModernHistory #academiclife
#EarlyModernHistory #academiclife
October 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’m now looking forward to finalising the exhibition I am curating for @batecollection.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social, teaching, meeting my new DPhils, and finishing up some research projects... @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social
#EarlyModernHistory #academiclife
#EarlyModernHistory #academiclife
We're thrilled to welcome two new members of our museum team!
Byung Kim joins as Exhibition Designer, a multidisciplinary creative with international experience. Nic Fulcher joins as Projects Manager from the Ashmolean, focusing on management & exhibition admin.
Byung Kim joins as Exhibition Designer, a multidisciplinary creative with international experience. Nic Fulcher joins as Projects Manager from the Ashmolean, focusing on management & exhibition admin.
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We're thrilled to welcome two new members of our museum team!
Byung Kim joins as Exhibition Designer, a multidisciplinary creative with international experience. Nic Fulcher joins as Projects Manager from the Ashmolean, focusing on management & exhibition admin.
Byung Kim joins as Exhibition Designer, a multidisciplinary creative with international experience. Nic Fulcher joins as Projects Manager from the Ashmolean, focusing on management & exhibition admin.
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During the #oxopendays on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July, our @batecollection.bsky.social of Musical Instruments will be open for drop ins and instrument handling sessions. Come along to find out more!
#oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday #batecollection @ox.ac.uk
#oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday #batecollection @ox.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
During the #oxopendays on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July, our @batecollection.bsky.social of Musical Instruments will be open for drop ins and instrument handling sessions. Come along to find out more!
#oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday #batecollection @ox.ac.uk
#oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday #batecollection @ox.ac.uk
A Participatory Research Fund has been awarded to
@batecollection.bsky.social, @torchoxford.bsky.social & @modernartoxford.bsky.social Led by @emanuelavai.bsky.social & Alex Coke, this collab with artist Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom blends historic instruments, student performances & video art for 2026!
@batecollection.bsky.social, @torchoxford.bsky.social & @modernartoxford.bsky.social Led by @emanuelavai.bsky.social & Alex Coke, this collab with artist Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom blends historic instruments, student performances & video art for 2026!
June 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A Participatory Research Fund has been awarded to
@batecollection.bsky.social, @torchoxford.bsky.social & @modernartoxford.bsky.social Led by @emanuelavai.bsky.social & Alex Coke, this collab with artist Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom blends historic instruments, student performances & video art for 2026!
@batecollection.bsky.social, @torchoxford.bsky.social & @modernartoxford.bsky.social Led by @emanuelavai.bsky.social & Alex Coke, this collab with artist Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom blends historic instruments, student performances & video art for 2026!
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What a gorgeous night @NationalGallery for the Festa della Repubblica, promoting Italian academic research, culture art & musical instruments surrounded by Caravaggio! @batecollection.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
What a gorgeous night @NationalGallery for the Festa della Repubblica, promoting Italian academic research, culture art & musical instruments surrounded by Caravaggio! @batecollection.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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What a gorgeous night @NationalGallery for the Festa della Repubblica, promoting Italian academic research, culture art & musical instruments surrounded by Caravaggio! @batecollection.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
What a gorgeous night @NationalGallery for the Festa della Repubblica, promoting Italian academic research, culture art & musical instruments surrounded by Caravaggio! @batecollection.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-n...
May 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-n...
Thank you to all who brought BACH 1725 to life @ the Sheldonian yesterday! A fantastic celebration with music from OAE (directed by John Butt), New College Choir, Daniel Reynolds, Nicholas Samuel & Judith Weir. Great to see members of the Bate Collective perform on our historic instruments!
May 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thank you to all who brought BACH 1725 to life @ the Sheldonian yesterday! A fantastic celebration with music from OAE (directed by John Butt), New College Choir, Daniel Reynolds, Nicholas Samuel & Judith Weir. Great to see members of the Bate Collective perform on our historic instruments!
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On Thursday, join EMPRES & electronic music composer & visual artist LeafcutterJohn for an immersive performance. Alongside this are works composed, presented & curated by Music & @theruskin.bsky.social students, responding to @modernartoxford.bsky.social exhibition of Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself
EMPRes collaborate with @modernartoxford.bsky.social on Thursday 1 May to present an evening of experimental performance, electronic music, sound art, film, and movement.
LIVE x EMPRes
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April 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On Thursday, join EMPRES & electronic music composer & visual artist LeafcutterJohn for an immersive performance. Alongside this are works composed, presented & curated by Music & @theruskin.bsky.social students, responding to @modernartoxford.bsky.social exhibition of Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself
Follow JoJo as she takes our mid-19th century guitar into an anechoic chamber! This is part of the research project 'Digital Bate'.
March 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Follow JoJo as she takes our mid-19th century guitar into an anechoic chamber! This is part of the research project 'Digital Bate'.
What an amazing concert! A huge congratulations to all the incredible musicians and performers who brought 300 years of the Concert Spiritual’s history to life. Every note was a display of baroque brilliance! And a special thank you to the fantastic director, Dr. Jonathan Williams!
February 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
What an amazing concert! A huge congratulations to all the incredible musicians and performers who brought 300 years of the Concert Spiritual’s history to life. Every note was a display of baroque brilliance! And a special thank you to the fantastic director, Dr. Jonathan Williams!
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Coming up on Thursday! The Bate Collective, directed by Dr Jonathan Williams, perform music by Corelli, Charpentier, Telemann, Pergolesi, Caldara, and Mouret.
Do join us at 1pm in Keble College Chapel.
@batecollection.bsky.social
Do join us at 1pm in Keble College Chapel.
@batecollection.bsky.social
Our historical performance ensemble The Bate Collective is performing as part of Keble Early Music Festival on Thursday 27 February, using instruments loaned from @batecollection.bsky.social
Keble Early Music Festival: The Bate Collective
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February 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Coming up on Thursday! The Bate Collective, directed by Dr Jonathan Williams, perform music by Corelli, Charpentier, Telemann, Pergolesi, Caldara, and Mouret.
Do join us at 1pm in Keble College Chapel.
@batecollection.bsky.social
Do join us at 1pm in Keble College Chapel.
@batecollection.bsky.social
Happy Lunar New Year! It's the year of the Snake! 🐍
To celebrate, we’re showcasing our Serpent—an early bass wind instrument! The serpent evolved from the cornett and is a distant ancestor of the tuba. As with many of our instruments, this historic instrument is still mostly playable today!
To celebrate, we’re showcasing our Serpent—an early bass wind instrument! The serpent evolved from the cornett and is a distant ancestor of the tuba. As with many of our instruments, this historic instrument is still mostly playable today!
January 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! It's the year of the Snake! 🐍
To celebrate, we’re showcasing our Serpent—an early bass wind instrument! The serpent evolved from the cornett and is a distant ancestor of the tuba. As with many of our instruments, this historic instrument is still mostly playable today!
To celebrate, we’re showcasing our Serpent—an early bass wind instrument! The serpent evolved from the cornett and is a distant ancestor of the tuba. As with many of our instruments, this historic instrument is still mostly playable today!
Huge congratulations to our amazing Head of the Bate Collection, @emanuelavai.bsky.social , on having her work published! What a fantastic achievement! 🎉
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Delighted to have my work published. "The ‘Sensoryscape’ of the Good Friday Procession"delves into the sensory dimensions of the early modern world, highlighting the complex interplay between material environments, objects, and human perception.
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Delighted to have my work published. "The ‘Sensoryscape’ of the Good Friday Procession"delves into the sensory dimensions of the early modern world, highlighting the complex interplay between material environments, objects, and human perception.
brill.com/edcollchap/b...
January 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Huge congratulations to our amazing Head of the Bate Collection, @emanuelavai.bsky.social , on having her work published! What a fantastic achievement! 🎉
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On Thursday 30 January, resident string quartet Castalian String Quartet return for a concert of Hildegard von Bingen, Haydn, Kurtág, and Beethoven.
Castalian String Quartet
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January 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
On Thursday 30 January, resident string quartet Castalian String Quartet return for a concert of Hildegard von Bingen, Haydn, Kurtág, and Beethoven.
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When a student's reading list gets out of control...📚🎄
December 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
When a student's reading list gets out of control...📚🎄
What a year! Thank you to everyone who visited, played, listened, sketched, and made our museum come alive.
We will be closed from the 21st December to the 1st January inclusive and will reopen the Bate Collection on Thursday 2nd January!
We will be closed from the 21st December to the 1st January inclusive and will reopen the Bate Collection on Thursday 2nd January!
December 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM
What a year! Thank you to everyone who visited, played, listened, sketched, and made our museum come alive.
We will be closed from the 21st December to the 1st January inclusive and will reopen the Bate Collection on Thursday 2nd January!
We will be closed from the 21st December to the 1st January inclusive and will reopen the Bate Collection on Thursday 2nd January!
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inspired by Mr Beast, we're going to run a game show of our own
it's called Visit the Museum
participation is free/pay-what-you-want
every contestant wins a museum experience
also there are no losers
it's called Visit the Museum
participation is free/pay-what-you-want
every contestant wins a museum experience
also there are no losers
has anyone ever introduced Mr Beast to the concept of donating to museums instead
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MrBeast And Amazon Prime's Beast Games Feels Flat And Unimportant
This underwhelming game show fails to capture any sense of the YouTuber's formula
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December 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
inspired by Mr Beast, we're going to run a game show of our own
it's called Visit the Museum
participation is free/pay-what-you-want
every contestant wins a museum experience
also there are no losers
it's called Visit the Museum
participation is free/pay-what-you-want
every contestant wins a museum experience
also there are no losers
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We're hiring!
The University, in association with St Catherine's College, proposes to appoint an Associate Professor of Music with effect from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
The University, in association with St Catherine's College, proposes to appoint an Associate Professor of Music with effect from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
December 20, 2024 at 12:33 PM
We're hiring!
The University, in association with St Catherine's College, proposes to appoint an Associate Professor of Music with effect from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
The University, in association with St Catherine's College, proposes to appoint an Associate Professor of Music with effect from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
A huge thank you to everyone who joined the Oxford Gamelan Society for their informal evening of Javanese Gamelan and dance. A huge shoutout to the brilliant guest dancer, Andrea Rutkowski, for the captivating performance that left us all in awe! 💃✨
December 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who joined the Oxford Gamelan Society for their informal evening of Javanese Gamelan and dance. A huge shoutout to the brilliant guest dancer, Andrea Rutkowski, for the captivating performance that left us all in awe! 💃✨
Our collection contains what is thought to be the oldest oboe in Britain! This instrument was made in c.1690 and is known as the 'Galpin Oboe'. The maker is unknown, but it was named after the famous collector Canon Francis W. Galpin who had it in his possession before 1910. #musichistory #oboe
December 18, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Our collection contains what is thought to be the oldest oboe in Britain! This instrument was made in c.1690 and is known as the 'Galpin Oboe'. The maker is unknown, but it was named after the famous collector Canon Francis W. Galpin who had it in his possession before 1910. #musichistory #oboe
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November 11, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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This trumpet is 357 years old! Made in 1667 by Simon Beale who became the state trumpeter to Oliver Cromwell & Charles II. It is still in playing condition and formed part of the fanfare march for marking the centenary of the
@artfund.bsky.social Come to the Bate to take a closer look!
@artfund.bsky.social Come to the Bate to take a closer look!
December 16, 2024 at 4:03 PM
This trumpet is 357 years old! Made in 1667 by Simon Beale who became the state trumpeter to Oliver Cromwell & Charles II. It is still in playing condition and formed part of the fanfare march for marking the centenary of the
@artfund.bsky.social Come to the Bate to take a closer look!
@artfund.bsky.social Come to the Bate to take a closer look!
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We're delighted to announce that Professor Laura Tunbridge has been appointed to the Heather Professorship of Music, with effect from October 2025.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
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December 12, 2024 at 5:17 PM
We're delighted to announce that Professor Laura Tunbridge has been appointed to the Heather Professorship of Music, with effect from October 2025.
www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
www.music.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
Did you know? 🤔 Many mouthpieces in the Bate Collection are displayed with instruments, but matching them to their originals is nearly impossible! Discover unique ivory, brass, and resin pieces used on serpents, bass horns, ophicleides, and more. Each creates its own sound! 🎶
December 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Did you know? 🤔 Many mouthpieces in the Bate Collection are displayed with instruments, but matching them to their originals is nearly impossible! Discover unique ivory, brass, and resin pieces used on serpents, bass horns, ophicleides, and more. Each creates its own sound! 🎶