Museum of Music Automatons - the sounding museum
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The ‚sounding museum‘ in Seewen SO is a Swiss federal museum and houses an internationally significant collection of music automatons. The visitors will learn all about the history of automatic music while moving between high-precision mechanics and the magic of nostalgic melodies.
A guided tour of the three thematic halls takes the visitors into the fascinating world of music automatons dating back as far as two centuries ago. A wide range of luxuriously equipped, Swiss-made music boxes, orchestrions to the music of which our grandparents or even great-grandparents used to dance, delicate figurine automatons, barrel organs, automatic pianos, fairground and dance organs: they all delight their audience with melodies which were recorded live.
The mighty automated Britannic organ and its fascinating history – it was built over 100 years ago for the sister ship of the Titanic – are presented during a 20 minute guided tour.
The museum’s program is complemented by varying special exhibitions. One of them is titled „Stella, Gloria and Edelweiss – metal disk music from Switzerland“ and shows disk music boxes which were developed and manufactured in Switzerland from 1890 onwards.
Opening hours::
Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 18 h (for groups upon arrangement)
Guided tours:
Permanent exhibition (60 min.): 12.20, 14.00, and 16.00 h
Britannic organ (20 min.): 13.40 and 15.40 h
Special exhibition Stella, Gloria and Edelweiss: Tuesday+Thursday 15.05 h (20 Min.)
General information
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Accessible
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| Contact address |
Sammlung Dr. h.c. H. Weiss-Stauffacher
Museum für Musikautomaten - das klingende Museum Bollhübel 1 4206 Seewen 058 466 78 80 (Museum) musikautomaten@bak.admin.ch 058 466 78 90 |
Group & pricing information
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Admission incl. guided tour
Adults: CHF 15.00 Children (6-16 yrs.): CHF 6.00 Families (parents & children): CHF 30.00 AHV/IV, military, apprentices/students: CHF 12.00 Primary, secondary I and II school classes can visit the museum free of charge by prior arrangement (see www.musikautomaten.ch > Info > Schools). |
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Museum für Musikautomaten
Bollhübel 1
4206
Seewen SO
Switzerland
Phone
+41 (0)58 466 78 80
musikautomaten@bak.admin.ch
musikautomaten.ch
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