
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Switzerland - a Country of Sound Pioneers
Permanent exhibition
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Today: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
26 March 2019 - 01 March 2020
April 1979 saw the opening of the Museum of Music Automatons founded by Dr. h.c. Heinrich Weiss-Stauffacher. Initially run as a private museum, it became a state institution in 1990 when the founder donated it to the Swiss Confederation.
To mark its anniversary, the museum in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, is presenting four thematic focuses under the heading «Automaton Music 4.0», each theme being presented in turn over the course of the exhibition. Automatons, cylinder and disc music boxes, musical souvenirs and finally Swiss railway station music boxes offer a retrospective of forty years of collecting and mediation.
The museum will, of course, continue to offer visitors fascinating live demonstrations of its music automatons during the daily guided tours. However, the name of the anniversary exhibition – by analogy with «Industry 4.0» (i.e. the fourth industrial revolution) – suggests that some content in the Museum of Music Automatons will in future be presented via new media – not least in the newly designed ballroom, due to reopen in autumn 2019. That said, a visit to the «melodic Museum» will continue to offer a combination of traditional museum experience with a unique musical dimension.
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
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Bollhübel 1, 4206 Seewen SO
Opening Hours
In accordance with the guidelines of the federal and cantonal authorities, the museum is open in compliance with the recommended measures concerning hygiene and distancing behavior - and with an adapted program.
02 April 2021: Closed
03 April 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
04 April 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
05 April 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
01 May 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
13 May 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
23 May 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
24 May 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
01 August 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
24 December 2021: Closed
25 December 2021: Closed
26 December 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
27 December 2021: Closed
28 December 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
29 December 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
30 December 2021: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM
31 December 2021: Closed
01 January 2022: Closed
Institution
The Seewen Museum of Music Automatons houses one of the world's largest and best-known collections of Swiss cylinder and disc music boxes, clocks and jewellery containing musical mechanisms and other mechanical music automatons from the past two centuries.
A guided one-hour tour (in german) will introduce you to a multitude of fascinating music automatons, which combine precision mechanics with melodies from yesteryear. They all play live for their audience. Families and schools can combine this tour with the popular interactive «Zauberklang» (magical sound) tour.
Come face-to-face with the mighty Britannic organ from the sister ship of the RMS Titanic and discover the story behind it on a twenty-minute guided tour.
Round off your visit to the melodic museum by paying a visit to the museum shop and restaurant.
Admission
Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission
Swiss Museum Pass Free admission
Access
Accessibility
Shop
T.: +41 58 466 78 91
Catering
Restaurant «Museum of Music Automatons»
T.: +41 61 911 14 00
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
Permanent exhibition
Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen
16 December 2020 - 01 August 2021