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Mechanical Music Museum

Museum, Arts and culture, Music, Private museum in Les Gets

  • Come to discover the incredible mechanical instruments collection of the museum. More than 900 pieces are exposed : carillons, clocks, music boxes, orchestrions, mechanical pianos, stringed instruments, barrel organs, automates, phonographes...

  • The museum doubled its surfaces in 2013, the scenography has been changed in 2017 and some new pieces are added every year.

    Building A, guided visit, during you could hear the instruments and see them working :
    -The music lounge
    -The music boxes room
    -The concert room
    -The Guinguette and the Cabaret
    - The imperial gallery

    Building B, self-tour :
    - The automates and music toys room
    -The speaking machines room : during a projection, discover how work phonographs, gramophones and...
    The museum doubled its surfaces in 2013, the scenography has been changed in 2017 and some new pieces are added every year.

    Building A, guided visit, during you could hear the instruments and see them working :
    -The music lounge
    -The music boxes room
    -The concert room
    -The Guinguette and the Cabaret
    - The imperial gallery

    Building B, self-tour :
    - The automates and music toys room
    -The speaking machines room : during a projection, discover how work phonographs, gramophones and jukeboxes
    -The cinema room and its organ to accompany silent films
    -The funfair and its barrel organs
    -The workshop, reconstitution of an old workshop of instruments restoration

    In the Imperial Gallery, linking the two buildings: Savoie area, pedagogical area, temporary exhibition and a reconstituted street presenting a collection of barrel organs from their origins to the present day.

    Temporary exhibition: 40 years of mechanical music in Les Gets.

    Number of rooms : 10
    Number of persons per room mini : 30
    Total capacity : 300
    Group children maxi : 180
    Group adults maxi : 180

    Booking compulsory for groups. Possibility of morning visits.
  • Tips
    Joint entrance ticket for the Museum and exhibition areas (1500m2), about 2 hours visit.

    Family package, available for the entire site.
  • Environment
    • Near shuttle stop
    • Mountain location
    • Close to a public transportation
    • Resort centre
    • Lake 5 km away
  • Spoken languages
    • English
    • French
    • Italian
  • Documentation
  • Groups (Max capacity)
    • 150  Maximum number of people
Services
  • Accessibility
    • Hearing disability
    • Mental disability
    • Visual disability
    • Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
    • Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
    • Reserved space 330 cm wide < 100 m from the site
    • Even flooring with no obstacles
    • Absence of protrusions > 2 cm
    • Minimum aisle width of 90 cm
    • Doors >=77 cm wide
    • Lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm
    • Reception desk between 70-80 cm high
    • WC + grab handle + adequate space to move
    • Possibility of drop-off in front of the site
  • Activities
    • Activity
    • Children's entertainment
    • Concert
    • Temporary exhibition
    • Entertainment evenings
    • Handicrafts workshops
  • Equipment
    • Lift
    • Toilets
    • Car park
    • Parking
    • Coach parking
  • Services
    • Guided individual tours
    • Unguided group tours
    • Guided group tours
    • Educational visits
    • Themed tour
    • Shop
    • Set down on-site for groups
    • Permanent entertainments organiser
    • Tourist brochures
    • Tourist information
    • Guided tours
    • Unguided individual tours
Rates
Payment methods
  • Check
  • Cash
  • Rates
    On appointment for groups with possibility for morning visits. For further information on pricing, please contact the Museum directly.
    Free with the Multipass.
Openings
  • From May 9, 2023
    until July 9, 2023
  • From July 10, 2023
    until August 27, 2023
  • From August 28, 2023
    until October 31, 2023
  • From November 2, 2023
    until May 8, 2024
  • Monday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Tuesday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Wednesday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Thursday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Friday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Saturday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Sunday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Monday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Tuesday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Wednesday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Thursday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Friday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Saturday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Sunday
    10:15 AM - 7:15 PM
  • Monday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Tuesday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Wednesday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Thursday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Friday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Saturday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Sunday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Monday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Tuesday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Wednesday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Thursday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Friday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Saturday
    Closed
    -
  • Sunday
    2:15 PM - 7:15 PM
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