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2026

May 27–31

National Music Museum

Vermillion, SD

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2025

June 4–7, 2025

Georgia Southern University

Savannah, Georgia

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2024

May 15–18

Musical Instrument Museum

Phoenix

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2023

May 31–June 3

Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music

University of Memphis

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2022

June 8-11

National Music Centre, Studio Bell

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2021

June 4-6

American Musical Instrument Society

Online

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2020

n/a

National Music Centre, Studio Bell

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Meeting cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic

PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2019

May 15-18

Carolina Music Museum

Greenville, South Carolina

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2018

May 23-26

Moravian College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2017

June 1-4

Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland

A joint meeting with The Galpin Society

PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2016

May 18-21

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2015

June 3-7

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2014

May 28-31

Oberlin College

Huron, Ohio

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2013

May 30 - June 1

Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Virginia

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2012

May 15-20

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, New York

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2011

May 18-22

Musical Instrument Museum

Phoenix, Arizona

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2010

May 26-29

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2009

May 20-23

Stearns Collection, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2008

May 28 - June 1

Cantos Music Foundation

Calgary

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2007

June 27 - July 1

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2006

May 19-23

National Music Museum, University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2005

May 19-22

University of Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2004

May 19-22

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2003

August 3-9

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Oxford; London; Edinburgh

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2002

May 30 - June 2

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2001

May 30 - June 2

University of North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

2000

May 17-21

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Lisle, Illinois

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1999

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Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, New York

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1998

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Kenneth G. Fiske Museum, Claremont Colleges

Claremont, California

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1997

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Washington, D.C.

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1996

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Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1995

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Museum of History and Art, Brigham Young University

Salt Lake City, Utah

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1994

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Elkhart, Indiana

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1993

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Nashville, Tennessee

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1992

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San Antonio, Texas

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1991

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Moravian College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1990

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Schubert Club Museum

St. Paul, Minnesota

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1989

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New York, New York

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1988

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Claremont Colleges

Claremont, California

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1987

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Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Virginia

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1986

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Shrine to Music Museum, University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1985

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Boston, Massachusetts

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1984

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Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1983

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Henry Ford Museum

Dearborn, Michigan

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1982

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Oberlin College

Oberlin, Ohio

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1981

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Vancouver Centennial Museum

Vancouver

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1980

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, New York

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1979

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University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1978

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Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

1977

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Salem College

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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PROGRAM
WEB PAGE

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. 

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