There aren't many musical instruments museums in the world. And one of the finest is found at a least expected location: Vermillion, South Dakota. That's in the middle of nowhere...acres and acres, almost an ocean of of corn fields on both sides of highway, and gradually there emerge trees, streets, and then a small town. The National Music Museum, founded in 1973 on the campus of The University of South Dakota, has a collection of more than 10,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods, the most inclusive anywhere. Other than 18th century grand pianos, its collection of early Italian stringed instruments crafted by ANDREA GUARNERI, ANTONIO STRADIVARI, three generations of the AMATI family, and others, "by far surpasses any in Italy". Sounds a bit far fetched but it's all true. I know. I've been to that museum.