Museum

à Les Gets

Mechanical Music Museum

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”.

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

Activity included in the Multi Pass: Guided tour and/or self-guided tour

Tips

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

Family package, available for the entire site.

Visitor alert

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.

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 -5km away

Visit

Durée moyenne de la visite individuelle : 60 min.

Durée moyenne de la visite en groupe : 60 min.

Âge minimun requis : No an(s)

Taille minimum du groupe : 150 personnes

customers

Adapté à : Home school groups, Cycle 3: college (6th), Young people from 13 to 17 years old, Cycle 3: elementary school (CM1, CM2), Holiday Camps Home, Children from 6 to 12 years, High school, Special rate for large families, Special rate for disabled people, Children from 3 to 5 years, Cycle 4: middle School, Cycle 2: elementary School, Children, Cycle 1: nursery school, 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
  • Guided group tours available permanently
  • Guided group tours on request

opening

Opening hours from 13 August to 20 August 2026
MondayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
TuesdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
WednesdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
ThursdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
FridayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
SaturdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
SundayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
Opening hours from 24 August to 30 August 2026
MondayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
TuesdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
WednesdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
ThursdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
FridayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
SaturdayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
SundayOpen from 10:00 am to 07:00 pm
Opening hours from 31 August to 31 October 2026
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
Opening hours from 21 December to 31 December 2026
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

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.

Payment methods

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

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
  • Permanent exhibition
  • 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

My route via Google Maps

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