Kijk & Luistermuseum

Om museet

The museum's roots lie in the collection of Ferrand Moltzer, an engineer from Bennekom. He was fascinated by the fine mechanics of music boxes and clocks, and he brought many pieces back to life through his own repairs. Between 1950 and 1970 this grew into a large collection, which was housed in the Max Moltzerstichting. To be able to show it to the villagers, Moltzer bought a house on Groenestraat in Bennekom.

There, in 1970, he also housed the historical collection of the Historische Vereniging Oud Bennekom, of which he was chairman. After his death, both collections moved into the present building, which has been run by the Stichting Kijk en Luistermuseum since 1975. Since then the music collection has grown considerably through donations and purchases.

Today the museum shows around 200 mechanical instruments from the 19th century, driven by clockwork or by hand: cylinder and disc music boxes, singing birds, musical figures, street pianos, player pianos and barrel organs, including a restored Bruder organ from 1860. Demonstrations explain how they work.

The historical collection of about 9,000 objects tells the regional history of the Veluwe around 1900. In reconstructed scenes around a village square, you can see, among other things, a clog-school classroom from 1920, a yarn and ribbon shop from 1868, a tower clock from the Bennekom church and a farm with a stable. In the entrance hall, a historical general store from 1900 sells old-fashioned sweets.

Højdepunkter

• Over 200 mechanical musical instruments from the 19th century
• Restored Bruder organ from 1860 and Violano Virtuoso from 1912
• Demonstrations of music boxes, street pianos and barrel organs
• Village square with a clog school, yarn shop and farm around 1900
• Historical general store with sweets just like in grandmother's day
• Museum café with 70 seats

Permanente udstillinger

• Mechanische Muziekinstrumenten – Over 200 music boxes, street pianos, player pianos and barrel organs from the 19th century, which can be heard in demonstrations.
• Historische Collectie – Regional history of the Veluwe around 1900 in lifelike scenes around a village square, with a clog school, yarn shop and farm.

Grundlagt

1975

Ejer

Stichting Kijk en Luistermuseum

Entrépriser & rabatter

Prices include a demonstration. Free with Museumkaart and for Friends of the Museum.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum is fully accessible to wheelchair and rollator users; a hearing loop is available. Registered assistance dogs are allowed, other pets are not.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Children can earn a barrel organ diploma, dress up, do crafts in the reconstructed classroom of long ago or follow a museum treasure hunt. Children's birthday parties are possible; there are special programmes for school classes.

Transport & parkering

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik

Museum café (Koffiekamer) with 70 seats: coffee, tea, soft drinks, cake and pastries on request; food and drink only there. Museum shop with music boxes, nostalgic toys and the museum book, as well as a historical general store with old-fashioned sweets.

Arrangementer & udlejning

A group package with coffee, tea and pastries in the museum café is possible.

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