The Monash Music Archive contains valuable research materials from Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines), South Asia (including India and Sri Lanka), East Asia (including China and Japan), Aboriginal/Indigenous Australia (especially the Pitjantjara area) and Jewish Asia and Australia. The Archive is housed on the ground floor of the Performing Arts Centre (Building 68) and is available for bona fide public access, by appointment.
Photos from the Monash Music Archive. A virtual stroll through some of the collections in the music archive, 2012. Read more
The Monash University Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music has been acquiring materials since it was first established in 1965 under the name of the Department of Music. Over the years, several special collections were acquired, including the Louise Lightfoot Collection, the Jeune Scott-Kemball Collection of Javanese music and wayang theatre, the Tagore Collection of ... Read more
Special Archives. The Sumatra Music Archive, The Japanese Music Archive, The Australian Archive of Jewish Music. Read more
Selected special collections. The Louise Lightfoot Collection, The Jeune Scott-Kemball Collection, The Margaret Kartomi Collection, The Vera Bradford Collection. Read more
Enquiries and contact. The Music Archive welcomes scholars, organizations and members of the general public interested in consulting or examining the material housed in this repository. Visits by appointment. Read more
Mission statement. To acquire, to preserve, to provide. A musicological and ethnomusicological research and resource centre. Read more
