2020
n/a
National Music Centre, Studio Bell
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Meeting cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic
2017
June 1-4
Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
A joint meeting with The Galpin Society
2016
May 18-21
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
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2015
June 3-7
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
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2014
May 28-31
Oberlin College
Huron, Ohio
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2013
May 30 - June 1
Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia
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2012
May 15-20
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
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2011
May 18-22
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
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2010
May 26-29
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
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2008
May 28 - June 1
Cantos Music Foundation
Calgary
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2007
June 27 - July 1
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
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2006
May 19-23
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
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2005
May 19-22
University of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
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2004
May 19-22
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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2003
August 3-9
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Oxford; London; Edinburgh
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2002
May 30 - June 2
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
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2001
May 30 - June 2
University of North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina
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2000
May 17-21
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Lisle, Illinois
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1999
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
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1998
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Kenneth G. Fiske Museum, Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California
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1997
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Washington, D.C.
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1996
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Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
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1995
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Museum of History and Art, Brigham Young University
Salt Lake City, Utah
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1994
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Elkhart, Indiana
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1993
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Nashville, Tennessee
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1992
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San Antonio, Texas
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1991
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Moravian College
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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1990
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Schubert Club Museum
St. Paul, Minnesota
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1989
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New York, New York
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1988
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Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California
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1987
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Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Virginia
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1986
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Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
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1985
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Boston, Massachusetts
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1984
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Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
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1983
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Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn, Michigan
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1982
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Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
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1981
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Vancouver Centennial Museum
Vancouver
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1980
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York
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1979
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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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1978
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
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1977
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Salem College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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1976
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Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota
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1975
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New York University
New York, New York
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1974
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Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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1973
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
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1972
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Smithsonian Institution
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This listing contains all past meetings of the American Musical Instrument Society. When available, the web page, programs, or other useful materials from these conferences will be made accessible via links from this page.