Strolling through the Danish Music Museum evokes an acute awareness of the rich history of European musical instrument making. The museum features a comprehensive international collection with particular emphasis on the period from the Renaissance to the beginning of the 20th century. In the exhibition halls you will come across quaint instruments such as the 'amoeba-shaped violin, 'the giraffe-piano', and the 'sausage bassoon'. The museum has a comprehensive collection of European, Asian, and African musical instruments dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries. The entire collection contains an estimated 3800 musical instruments from all over the world.