Museum
à Les Gets

Mechanical Music Museum

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Mechanical Music Museum
Mechanical Music Museum
Mechanical Music Museum
Closed. Opens at 14h00
Come to discover the incredible mechanical instruments collection of the museum. More than 1000 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

Building B, self-tour with The automates and music toys room, the speaking machines room, the fair ground organ…
In the Imperial Gallery, linking the two buildings: pedagogical area, temporary exhibition and a reconstituted street presenting a collection of barrel organs from their origins to the present day.

Temporary exhibition:Mechanical Music and drawing
Information(s) complémentaire(s) :
Number of rooms : 10
Number of persons per room mini : 30
Total capacity : 300
Group children maxi : 180
Group adults maxi : 180
Promotional offers

Free with the Multipass

Tips

Joint entrance ticket for the Museum and exhibition areas (1500m2), about 2 hours visit.

Family package, available for the entire site.

Host portrait

Inventing new techniques, adapting musical instruments to record and reproduce sounds, imagining the most audacious musical machines capable of doing without humans. Let yourself be surprised and discover an original and unique collection of over 900 pieces.

Nous parlons : English, French

Themes

  • Arts and culture
  • Music

Location details

The museum is located next to the church.
For disabled access, please contact the museum reception desk.
  • Near shuttle stop
  • Mountain location
  • Close to a public transportation
  • Resort centre
  • Lake 5 km away

Visit

Durée moyenne de la visite individuelle : 60 min.
Durée moyenne de la visite en groupe : 60 min.
Âge maximum autorisé : 204 ans
Taille minimum du groupe : 20 personne(s)
Taille minimum du groupe : 150 personnes

customers

Adapté à : Holiday Camps Home, Children from 6 to 12 years, Cycle 3: college (6th), Cycle 4: middle School, Home school groups, Cycle 3: elementary school (CM1, CM2), Children from 3 to 5 years, Young people from 13 to 17 years old, Children, Cycle 1: nursery school, Cycle 2: elementary School, High school, Special rate for large families, Special rate for disabled people, Specially for children, Groups, Higher Education, Students

Visit language(s)

English, French

Individual visit services

  • Unguided individual tours available permanently
  • Guided individual tours available permanently

Group visit services

  • Unguided group tours available permanently
  • Unguided group tours on request
  • Guided group tours on request

opening

Opening hours from 01 January to 31 October 2025
MondayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
TuesdayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
WednesdayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
ThursdayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
FridayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
SaturdayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm
SundayOpen from 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm

The Museum will now be open every afternoon from 2pm to 7pm until 31 October!
🚨The museum will be closed on 29, 30 and 31 August 2025 due to the Mountain Bike World Cup.
🎠The merry-go-round will remain open at the usual times and a comic book stand, ‘Pour une Ballade Mécanique aux Gets’ (For a Mechanical Ride in Les Gets), will be set up in the chalet next door!

exceptional closure(s)

  • 01/01/2025
  • 01/05/2025
  • 25/12/2025

prices

PricingMin.Max.
Large family
From 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025		38 €Not communicated
On appointment for groups with possibility for morning visits. For further information on pricing, please contact the Museum directly.
Free with the Multipass.
Gratuit pour les moins de : 4 an(s)

Adult

Child

Payment methods

  • Bank/credit card
  • Check
  • Travellers Cheque
  • Cash
  • Credit transfer
  • Culture voucher
  • Pass’Région

services

Équipment

  • Coach parking
  • Parking nearby
  • Car park
  • Lift
  • Toilets

Services

  • Educational visits
  • Themed tour
  • Shop
  • Set down on-site for groups
  • Permanent entertainments organiser
  • Tourist brochures
  • Tourist information
  • Guided tours

on-site activities

  • Concert
  • Temporary exhibition
  • Entertainment evenings
  • Activity
  • Children's entertainment

animals welcome

NON_ACCEPTES

Accessibility

Prestation adapté : 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, Presence of sitting or standing areas

Motor disability

All areas of the museum are wheelchair accessible.

Address

294 rue du Vieux Village
74260 Les Gets
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Website

Mechanical Music Museum

Phone.

Contact us

Website+33 (0)4 50 79 85 75
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