Name: Cancelled until further notice: Brief tour of the Britannic organ (in german)
Start: 2023-01-01T14:40:00Z
End: 2023-01-01T15:00:00Z
Location: Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

Guided Tour

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

Cancelled until further notice: Brief tour of the Britannic organ (in german)

01 July 2023 | 1.40 PM - 2.00 PM | 3.40 PM - 4.00 PM

A description of the history of the Seewen Britannic organ combined with live performances of piano and organ music.

In 2007, while the museum’s mighty Welte Philharmonie organ was in the process of being restored, evidence came to light testifying to the instrument’s fascinating previous life – one previously unknown, or at least no longer known. The evidence indicated that the organ had been destined for the sister ship of the Titanic, the SS Britannic. The latter was requisitioned by the British Royal Navy as a floating hospital during the First World War and sank in the Aegean Sea in 1916 after hitting a mine. Of equal interest is the treasure trove of perforated paper music rolls dating from the early years of the 20th century.

Die Britannic-Orgel, gebaut für das Schwesterschiff der Titanic.
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Museum

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

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Bollhübel 1, 4206 Seewen SO

T.: +41 58 466 78 80

musikautomaten@bak.admin.ch
www.musikautomaten.ch/mma/en/home.html

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Opening Hours

In accordance with the guidelines of the federal and cantonal authorities related to Covid-19, the museum is open from Tuesday, March 2nd 2021, under the recommended hygiene and behaviour measures.

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

Admission to «Switzerland - a country of sound pioneers» (permanent exhibition)
Includes a conducted tour of three rooms (60 minutes)
Adults: CHF 15.-
Concessions (AHV and IV recipients): CHF 12.-
Children: CHF 6.-
Families (parents with children): CHF 30.-

Admission to the KlangKunst-Saal with special exhibition and the conducted tour «the Britannic Organ» (20 minutes)
Adults: CHF 6.-
Concessions (AHV and IV recipients): CHF 5.-
Children: CHF 4.-
Families (parents with children): CHF 12.-

Admission to «Switzerland - a country of sound pioneers» and KlangKunst-Saal with «the Britannic Organ» (conducted tours, 80 minutes) - and special exhibition
Adults: CHF 18.-
Concessions (AHV and IV recipients): CHF 14.50
Children: CHF 8.-
Families (parents with children): CHF 36.-

Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission

Swiss Museum Pass Free admission

Access

Several times a day a postal car takes you to the bus stop in front of the Museum, «Seewen SO, Musikautomaten».
Every hour there is a postal bus (line 111) from Liestal SBB railway station and from Laufen SBB railway station to „Seewen SO, Zelgli", from where it is about a 10-minute walk on a signposted route to the museum.
Current information among: www.sbb.ch

Accessibility

accessible

Shop

T.: +41 58 466 78 91

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Catering

Restaurant «Museum of Music Automatons»

T.: +41 61 911 14 00

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Für Gruppen auf Anfrage auch ausserhalb der regulären Öffnungszeiten.
An den Matineesonntagen servieren wir Ihnen von 9 bis 11.30 Uhr ein reichhaltiges «Buure z’Morge».

Mediation

Christoph E. Hänggi

T.: +41 58 466 78 80

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Media

Christoph E. Hänggi / Verena Schaltenbrand Obrecht

T.: +41 58 466 78 80

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Exhibition

Ein Orchestrion der Firma Decap Antwerpen/B das eine kleine Jazzkaplle imitiert

Exhibition

Museum für Musikautomaten Seewen

Switzerland - a Country of Sound Pioneers

Permanent exhibition

The perforated disc began its brief career in mechanical music in the 1880s in Leipzig, This new simplified sound production system was cheaper to produce and allowed for a wider, and more topical music repertoire. Also Swiss companies produced disc music boxes for the world market.

Cancelled until further notice: Brief tour of the Britannic organ (in german)

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