Mechanical Music Museum

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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…
Come and be amazed by mechanical music!
Building A: a guided tour with commentary, during which you can listen to the instruments and see them in action.
Building B: a self-guided tour featuring automatons, the talking machine, the early days of sound cinema, the funfair…:
In the Imperial Gallery, connecting the two buildings: an educational area, a temporary exhibition and a reconstructed street showcasing a collection of barrel organs, from their origins to the present day (spanning three centuries of manufacture).
Temporary exhibition in the Imperial Gallery: on a different theme each year. This year’s featured theme is “Mechanical Music and Play”.
Number of rooms : 10
Number of persons per room mini : 30
Total capacity : 300
Group children maxi : 180
Group adults maxi : 180
Activity included in the Multi Pass: Guided tour and/or self-guided tour
Joint entrance ticket for the Museum and exhibition areas (1500m2), about 2 hours visit.
Family package, available for the entire site.
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 1000 pieces.
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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 -5km away
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Individual visit services
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
- Guided individual tours available permanently
Group visit services
- Unguided group tours available permanently
- Guided group tours available permanently
- Guided group tours on request
opening
exceptional closure(s)
- 01/01/2026
- 01/05/2026
- 11/11/2026
- 25/12/2026
prices
Building A: Museum of Mechanical Music (guided tour):
Adults €10.00; Children €6.00 (aged 4 to 15)
Building B: automatons + phonographs + funfair … (self-guided tour):
Adults €8.00; Children €5.00 (aged 4 to 15)
Combined tickets for both buildings: Adults €14.00; Children €9.00
Family Pass: €38.00; valid for 2 adults and 2 to 4 children across the entire site.
Included in the Multipass
Group rates for groups of 20 or more, subject to booking
Tour of the Philharmonic Organ in Les Gets Church: for groups of 15 or more, subject to booking: €5.00 per person.
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on-site activities
- Concert
- Permanent exhibition
- Temporary exhibition
- Entertainment evenings
- Activity
- Children's entertainment
animals welcome
Accessibility
Motor disability
All areas of the museum are wheelchair accessible.
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