Drum Museum, Music museum in Cegléd, Hungary

The Drum Museum (Dobmúzeum) occupies a building at Szabadság tér 5 in Cegléd, displaying a collection of drum kits, cymbals and percussion instruments. The permanent exhibition presents legendary drum setups, famous drummers and drum makers through instruments, photographs and personal objects. A white bass drum with chrome hardware and a black resonant head marked "SONOR" stands in front of a dark wood-finished kit, with black-and-white panels showing musicians and the text "A. ZILDJIAN" behind them.

Kármán Sándor (1950–2021), a Cegléd decorator, musician and instrument designer, first showed his drum collection in 1979 at the Kossuth Lajos Museum under the title "The History of Drums", opened by Gonda János. A second exhibition followed in Kecskemét in 1990, then a small museum in his garage. The city council provided a building, and the Dobmúzeum opened there on 27 November 2000, again with Gonda János.

The museum takes its name from the Hungarian word for drum, dob. Its founder, Kármán Sándor, learned drumming from the jazz drummer Kovács Gyula, and the collection grew largely through gifts and donations. A small chamber room beside the exhibition hosts instrument demonstrations, drum-history lectures and unconventional music lessons.

The museum is located in the town center and easily accessible on foot, especially if you arrive by train. It is advisable to check opening hours in advance and allow enough time to view the collection.

The museum's centrepiece is Kármán Sándor's own Turbo Designer kit, built to resemble a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which drew attention at the 1999 Frankfurt music fair. The collection also holds two drum kits made in the 1950s by the Hungarian master builder Medveczky Antal, alongside a Leedy Improved Swingster from around 1940 and a Ludwig Deluxe Classic from 1970.