Mechanical Music Museum

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Come to discover the incredible mechanical instruments collection of the museum. More than 1000 pieces are exposed : carillons, clocks, music boxes, orchestrions, mechanical pianos, stringed instruments, barrel organs, automates, phonographes...

Number of rooms : 10 Number of persons per room mini : 30 Total capacity : 300 Group children maxi : 180 Group adults maxi : 180

Come and be amazed by mechanical music! Building A: a guided tour with commentary, during which you can listen to the instruments and see them in action. Building B: a self-guided tour featuring automatons, the talking machine, the early days of sound cinema, the funfair...: In the Imperial Gallery, connecting the two buildings: an educational area, a temporary exhibition and a reconstructed street showcasing a collection of barrel organs, from their origins to the present day (spanning three centuries of manufacture). Temporary exhibition in the Imperial Gallery: on a different theme each year. This year’s featured theme is “Mechanical Music and Play”.

Types

  • Museum

Capacity

  • Maximum group size:150

Themes

  • Arts and culture
  • Music

Comforts

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French

Services

  • Educational visits
  • Themed tour
  • Shop
  • Set down on-site for groups
  • Permanent entertainments organiser
  • Tourist brochures
  • Tourist information
  • Guided tours

Furniture

  • Coach parking
  • Parking nearby
  • Car park
  • Lift
  • Toilets

Accessibility

  • Hearing disability
  • Mental disability
  • Visual disability
  • Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
  • Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
  • Reserved space 330 cm wide < 100 m from the site
  • Even flooring with no obstacles
  • Absence of protrusions > 2 cm
  • Minimum aisle width of 90 cm
  • Doors >=77 cm wide
  • Lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm
  • Reception desk between 70-80 cm high
  • WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
  • Possibility of drop-off in front of the site
  • Presence of sitting or standing areas
  • All areas of the museum are wheelchair accessible.

Services provided

Visits

  • Group visit duration: 60 min
  • Group visit duration: 60 min
  • Visits in: English, French
  • Unguided group tours available permanently
  • Guided group tours available permanently
  • Guided group tours on request
  • Languages information panels: English, French
  • Documentation languages: French

Prices

Building A: Museum of Mechanical Music (guided tour):
Adults €10.00; Children €6.00 (aged 4 to 15)
Building B: automatons + phonographs + funfair ... (self-guided tour):
Adults €8.00; Children €5.00 (aged 4 to 15)
Combined tickets for both buildings: Adults €14.00; Children €9.00
Family Pass: €38.00; valid for 2 adults and 2 to 4 children across the entire site.

Included in the Multipass

Group rates for groups of 20 or more, subject to booking
Tour of the Philharmonic Organ in Les Gets Church: for groups of 15 or more, subject to booking: €5.00 per person.

Means of payment

  • Bank/credit card
  • Check
  • Travellers Cheque
  • Cash
  • Credit transfer
  • Culture voucher

Opening

From 21/12/2025 to 31/10/2026 daily between 2 pm and 7 pm.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.
The Museum will now be open every afternoon from 2pm to 7pm until 31 October!.

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Inventing new techniques, adapting musical instruments to record and reproduce sounds, imagining the most audacious musical machines capable of doing without humans. Let yourself be surprised and discover an original and unique collection of over 1000 pieces.

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Activity included in the Multi Pass: Guided tour and/or self-guided tour

Tips

Joint entrance ticket for the Museum and exhibition areas (1500m2), about 2 hours visit. Family package, available for the entire site.

Our good plans

Joint entrance ticket for the Museum and exhibition areas (1500m2), about 2 hours visit. Family package, available for the entire site.