Images from The Rawlins Gallery Entrance to Rawlins Gallery Many of the Museum's stringed instruments are shown in the Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Rawlins Gallery which one enters through iron gates designed and hand-forged by R. Walsh of Minneapolis.   The gates are a gift of Constance Hampl (1906-1983) of Vermillion. Showpieces equal to those found anywhere...rare, 16th-century violins, violas, and 'cellos from the north Italian cities of Brescia and Cremona, decorated for French kings and Italian nobility...suberb lutes and guitars made of ivory and ebony to celebrate the splendor of Venice...a true panoply of priceless treasures to delight the senses.   Click arrow to continue Rawlins Gallery Tour Go to Rawlins Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Tour Index Go to Descriptive information about the Witten-Rawlins Collection National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 1996, 2003 Most recent update:   May 6, 2003 You are the 16,965th visitor to this page. College of Fine Arts The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page