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Ringve Gard Museum, Trondheim is considered to be Norway's National Museum of music and a rare collection of musical instruments which has been brought from across the world. The entire museum is located within the premises of Ringve Estate, the childhood home of a famous Norwegian naval hero known as Tordenskiold. A guided tour to the Ringve Gard Museum, Trondheim is essential for every tourist to know the cultural heritage of this old and historic city.

The entire estate premise is surrounded by the Ringve Botanical Gardens including the English Garden from the 1800s. The surrounding gardens display colorful plants and flowers which are every travelers delight.

Ringve Gard Museum in Trondheim is located near the city center of Trondheim where the tourists can reach within 10 minutes by driving a car.

One of the best museums showcasing the collections of musical instruments from the world, the Ringve Gard is one of the important tourist attractions in Trondheim. There are almost 1800 collections of some of the world's rarest musical instruments ranging from European and non-European traditional instruments and other musical essentials, like record, prints, sheets and photographs. The musical archive placed in the museum is the only record of people and institutions relating to national and local musical life.

The visitors can also have a glimpse of more than 25000 sheets of music prints, a rare collection of photographs, polyphon records, phonograph rolls and several phonograms. There is an extensive and exclusive collection of keyboard instruments including:

• Italian virginal from 1600s
• Spinet from 1700s
• A large selection of Clavichords from 1700s
• A Harpsichord
• Hammer piano
• A Harp Piano

The collection of traditional Norwegian musical instruments also includes hardanger fiddles and a stringed instrument known as "langeleik".

The museum is divided into two parts -

• The Museum in the Manor House
• The Museum in the Barn

The Museum in the Manor House is an exclusive part which has been restored in its original form and was opened in 1952. Visitors cannot enter this part of the museum without a guard. There are several rooms placed here which are named after the famous composers from the country and the world.

The Museum in the Barn was opened in 1999 and displays different phenomena of history of music including public musical life, private musical life and musical societies from European classical music history.

Included in the Trondheim Tours, Ringve Gard Museum serves as an educational institute for children. There are work shops arranged by the management to provide music lessons to people from all age group. The Museum Shop houses varied range of products like:

• Books
• CDs
• Gifts
• Music boxes
• Instruments
• Postcards
• Technical drawings

The museum is also a home to:

• The reception rooms
• Tordenskiold Café
• The concert hall and conference rooms
• Library

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