You can see the world’s oldest guitar in a basement behind the Royal Albert Hall
Did you know that the world’s oldest guitar is in the basement of a South Kensington college and that anyone can wander in to have a look?It’s in the Royal College of Music Museum — which has a name that is not at all confusingly similar to the Royal Academy of Music Museum, and in fact I got the two mixed up when planning a visit, thinking the College is only open on Fridays, when in fact it’s open a lot more than that.
The College’s museum is smaller but arguably