Museum of Music Automatons

Seewen
Switzerland
Museum of Music Automatons - the Salon Bleu.
Museum of Music Automatons - the Salon Bleu.
Museum of Music Automatons - the Salon Bleu.
History and tradition
The melodic museum
The Seewen Museum of Music Automatons houses one of the world's largest and best-known collections of Swiss cylinder and disc music boxes, clocks and jewellery containing musical mechanisms and other mechanical music automatons from the past two centuries.
The Museum of Music Automatons in Seewen offers a guided tour through the permanent exhibition, entitled “Switzerland – a Country of Sound Pioneers”, which examines topics including Swiss music boxes. This guided tour is included in the entrance fee and invites the visitor to a magic journey through the music boxes sounds.

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Address

Museum of Music Automatons

Bollhübel 1
4206
Seewen
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Tuesday - Sunday: 11:00-18:00

Closed on
Groups taking an exclusive tour may visit the museum outside the normal opening hours, i.e. before 11 am and between 6 pm and 8 pm - on Monday too.
Contact and additional information
+41 58 466 78 80

Currently in this museum

Eine Generation von bedeutenden Künstlern spielte Musik mittels spezieller Aufnahmeverfahren für selbstspielende Klaviere ein.
Exhibition
Seewen
,
Switzerland

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