Musée de la musique mécanique

Over het museum

The museum’s collection grew out of the passion of Philippe Corbin, a restorer and collector from Dollon, who for more than fifty years scoured secondhand shops and flea markets. His taste for mechanical instruments dates back to his childhood and to his discovery of an Ariston, a mechanical musical instrument that came from a family of music lovers and had been bought at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He then restored numerous instruments.

From 1994 onwards, he decided to turn his collection into a museum. In December 2019 he retired and handed over his life’s work to the Communauté de communes des Vallées de la Braye et de l’Anille, which took over the business, the premises and the collection. Day-to-day management remains with the association Musiques Magiques, whose volunteers run the reception and guide visitors.

The guided tour lasts about an hour and travels through time from 1800 to the present. It begins in a 1930s bistro setting and passes through the ballroom, the small cinema and the “treasure cave”. It presents 19th- and 20th-century instruments restored to working order: accordions, jukeboxes, mechanical pianos, phonographs, barrel organs and Scopitone.

Hoogtepunten

• Guided tour in a 1930s bistro setting
• Barrel organs, dance organs and mechanical pianos in working order
• Music boxes, polyphons, phonographs, jukebox and Scopitone
• Ballroom, small cinema and “treasure cave”
• Collection assembled by the restorer Philippe Corbin

Vaste collectie

• Collection de musique mécanique – Mechanical instruments of the 19th and 20th centuries in working order, displayed in a 1930s bistro, a ballroom, a small cinema and a treasure cave.

Opgericht

1994

Beheerder

Communauté de communes des Vallées de la Braye et de l’Anille (propriétaire) ; gestion par l’association Musiques Magiques

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Payment in cash, by bank card, by cheque or with holiday vouchers (chèques-vacances). For groups, a break at the museum is offered on order at €5 per person (breakfast, aperitif or afternoon snack).

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum states that the visit is fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

A visit for the whole family, with a family rate. A family escape game is offered in winter, from age 10.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Access via the D302; the A11 motorway is about 15 km away.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel
• Wifi

Bar and shop at the reception. Wi-Fi is listed among the services in the tourist office information sheets.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

The museum hall can be booked exclusively for events; information from the museum.

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