Musée de la Musique Mécanique

Invent new techniques, adapting the musical instruments to record and play sounds, multiply the sonic possibilities under the fingers of one person, imagine the most audacious musical machines able to limit without men, these are just -uns dreams and fantasies that led to ingenious inventors to achieve mechanical musical instruments, incredible wonders of science and art.

The story of the reproductive systems of sounds and their evolution through the ages was to be rediscovered. These machines by great designers, artisans and arrangers brilliant musicians of great talent reflect the lifestyles and fashionable music of each era.

The Association of Mechanical Music has gathered for 30 years a unique collection, irreplaceable and very high level, collective work of a team of enthusiasts. It includes: chimes, clocks and music boxes; street organs, dance and ride; mechanical and pneumatic pianos; automatons and animated pictures; accordions and violins automatic; harmoniums, orchestrelles and fairground (replacing an orchestra!); phonographs, gramophones and jukeboxes, to mention only the main types of instruments ....

The 550 pieces are presented in the context of their times through different rooms, guided tours will delight your eyes and ears. This collection, with its originality and its value, is now recognized by experts around the world and the public authorities.

The Museum, its reputation, its success, its prestigious acquisitions, continued to attract the heritage of many countries and a large part of the works could be exposed. By 1996, after buying a house, waterfront, the idea of ​​expanding the existing Museum is launched. The building is connected to the existing premises by a large gallery "Imperial gallery" which displays the barrel organs, temporary exhibitions and a whole educational space.