School Visits & Children’s Groups
Discover mechanical music in a different way
The Mechanical Music Museum of Les Gets offers educational visits designed for schools and children’s groups, allowing young visitors to discover the history of instruments capable of playing music automatically.
Through the museum’s collections, children explore the evolution of musical technology from the 14th century to the present day..
Hours
Open year-round except:
le 1st January
le 1st may
le 25 december
Interactive Educational Visit
Price:
School Visit Admission
–
Price: 6 € per child
An introduction to the history of mechanical music from its origins to the present day.
Children discover:
– Mechanical organs
– Automatic pianos
– Music boxes
– Orchestrions
– Early musical media (cylinders, perforated paper rolls, punched cards, etc.)
Educational Day
Programme
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Morning
– Guided tour of the museum
- Instrument demonstrations
– Discovery of the educational space
Lunch
– pique-nique
(Limonaire Square picnic area)
Afternoon
– Visit to the 1871 wooden carousel
– Visit toAeolian Philharmonic Organ,
– Short concert
Educational
day prices
–
Ages 3 - 8
Museum + wooden carousel
8 € per child
Ages 6 - 13
Museum + organ + carousel
10 € per child
Minimum group size : 20 children
Supervision
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1 free accompanying adult
per 10 paying children