Musik-Museum Beeskow

About the museum

The core of the museum is the private collection of Thomas Jansen, who from the 1980s gathered and restored mechanical musical instruments. Until 2013 it was on display in the Musikmuseum in the Imgenbroich district of Monschau in the Eifel, and was among the largest private collections of its kind.

In 2015 the collection moved to Beeskow, where it was initially exhibited in a small museum in the town center until April 2018. In May 2018 it found its present home at Burg Beeskow. The Förderverein Musikmuseum Beeskow (friends' association) was founded in 2014 for acquisition, care, and operation, and runs the museum today.

On display are the most important types of automatic musical instruments from the period between 1848 and 1927: small music boxes with pinned cylinders, reproducing pianos that play back the performances of well-known pianists, tavern instruments, and a large orchestrion. In addition there are phonographs and gramophones as well as several thousand music rolls, including over 3,000 for the Welte-Mignon and Aeolian Duo-Art systems alone.

Highlights

• Large orchestrion
• Reproducing pianos of the Welte-Mignon and Aeolian Duo-Art systems
• Music boxes with pinned cylinders
• Phonographs and gramophones
• Several thousand historic music rolls

Permanent exhibitions

• Selbstspielende Musikinstrumente 1848–1927 – Music boxes, reproducing pianos, tavern instruments, an orchestrion, and early sound recording devices from the Thomas Jansen collection.

Operated by

Förderverein Musikmuseum Beeskow e.V.

Admission & discounts

Prices for the regular tour.

Accessibility

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

The castle's guest restroom is accessible without steps; the ground on the castle grounds is partly of limited accessibility.

Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

On tours for school classes, children may, for example, play a barrel organ themselves.

Getting there & parking

Via the A12 (exits Storkow or Fürstenwalde Ost) or the A13 (exit Duben, then via the B87). Beeskow is on the Spree cycle route.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Castle café "cucina verde" at Burg Beeskow (Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00).

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Plan your visit