Musée de la Musique Mécanique

About the museum

The museum is run by the Association de la Musique Mécanique des Gets, founded in 1985 by passionate volunteers. Its aim is to gather, restore and revive mechanical musical instruments, and it has presented its collections to the public since 1988. The museum is housed in the oldest building in the village, a former 16th-century house.

The collections have grown over the years through purchases at auctions, acquisitions from private owners and antique dealers, and donations. Every piece is restored and brought back into working order before it is displayed. The museum saved a wooden carousel from 1871, presented as the oldest French carousel of this type, and a philharmonic organ can be found in the church of Les Gets.

An extension in 2013 brought the exhibition area to more than 1,500 m². The museum now consists of two buildings linked by a semi-underground gallery, the Galerie Impériale. It presents more than 1,000 instruments: salon, dance, fairground, street and cinema organs, music boxes, mechanical pianos, orchestrions, automata, phonographs and jukeboxes.

Highlights

• More than 1,000 mechanical musical instruments
• Wooden fairground carousel from 1871
• Advertising automata by Roger & Gallet
• Room of talking machines and reconstructed workshop
• Street of barrel organs in the Galerie Impériale
• Philharmonic organ in the church of Les Gets

Permanent exhibitions

• Bâtiment A : visite guidée de l'histoire des instruments mécaniques – Guided tour of about 1 hour 15 minutes on the development of mechanical musical instruments, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
• Bâtiment B : parcours libre – Automata, talking machines, fairground, cinema, street of barrel organs and reconstructed workshop.
• Galerie Impériale – Savoie area, a lively reconstructed street with barrel organs and an educational area.

Founded

1988

Operated by

Association de la Musique Mécanique des Gets (AMMG)

Admission & discounts

2026 prices. The Multipass Portes du Soleil gives access to the museum, during the summer season only.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility and has lifts in each building. Two parking spaces for visitors with reduced mobility are available: you must phone the museum from Place Limonaire. A wheelchair can be lent, and chairs are available in all rooms. Animals are not admitted, except assistance dogs. Adapted visits exist for groups with intellectual disabilities.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

The museum has an educational area, interactive exhibitions and a family package. Educational visits are offered to schools and children's groups, and the event “Le Musée fête Noël” brings families together every December around the wooden carousel.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Shop open to all during opening hours. Picnic area on Place Limonaire.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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