MuPop

Over het museum

The museum opened in 1959 in the castle of the Dukes of Bourbon in Montluçon, as a museum of local history and ethnology. In the 1960s and 1970s, gifts, deposits and purchases built up a large collection of hurdy-gurdies, which gave it a reputation as the hurdy-gurdy museum. In 1993 it acquired a collection of bagpipes. In 1997, an exhibition of electric guitars gradually steered the project towards amplified music.

The museum now covers popular music, from songs and dances of the rural world of the 19th century to rock, including brass bands (fanfares), musette, swing and jazz. The MuPop project, designed by architect Philippe Tixier, is run by Montluçon Communauté. It occupies two former private mansions in the medieval centre, the Hôtels Méchain and Charnisay, linked by a contemporary bronze extension that houses the entrance and the atrium. MuPop opened to the public on June 21, 2013.

Across about 3,300 m², the route presents around 2,000 objects drawn from a collection of 3,500 pieces. Each visitor chooses their music through an individual listening system made up of an open headphone and a pointer device, spread over about 150 self-contained listening points, roughly eight hours of music in all.

Hoogtepunten

• Individual listening system at about 150 listening points
• Collections of hurdy-gurdies, bagpipes and electric guitars
• Wall of 119 album sleeves
• Limonaire fairground organ and 1960s Scopitone
• Reconstructed punk-rock rehearsal room
• Building combining old private mansions and a contemporary extension

Vaste collectie

• Parcours permanent du MuPop – Sound route by era and universe: bal musette, brass bands, the rural world, pop years and the 1980s, with many instruments and listening points.

Opgericht

1959

Beheerder

Montluçon Communauté

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Museum Night. During the Heritage Days, the usual rates apply.

Chèques-vacances accepted. Reduced rate also for holders of the Cezam cards, the Passeport Allen, the Pass Time Guide or a Maelis transport ticket. Free admission for journalists and holders of the ICOM card, on proof.

Toegankelijkheid

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

Activity booklet and “picture hunt” game (from age 7) for children, workshops, themed visits for school groups from age 3. Birthday parties for children aged 6 to 12 (€9 per child, 5 to 10 children) and the “Boum” party format for teenagers up to age 14 (€12 per child, 10 to 20 participants), by reservation one month in advance. Touch screens and hands-on installations along the route.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car: A71 motorway, Montluçon exit (A714). The museum is labelled Accueil Vélo: 10 bike racks at the entrance, a pump, a repair kit and charging points for phones and e-bikes.

Service & horeca

• Wifi

Wi-Fi access is listed among the services in the Montluçon tourist office listing.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

Multi-purpose room with chairs, tables and a projector, rented by the half-day or day on request and under contract, with a technician and a reception agent.

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