23 March – 5 june

Guided Tour: Mechanical Music

MAH
Free, Booking Required

Join a guided tour of the exhibition led by a historian, offering unique insights and perspectives.

The exhibition “Musique mécanique” offers visitors the chance to experience the wonder of the melodies created by music boxes. Sounds, silences, percussion and mechanical noises evoke emotions and memories, evoking the prestige enjoyed by mechanical music in 19th-century salons. It will also highlight the birth of the music box in Geneva, in line with late 18th-century watchmaking production from small format to large volume, which is now enjoying an era of revival.

In French.

Rue Charles-GALLAND 2,
1206 Genève
Photo Credit: MAH Genève
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Photo Credit: MAH Genève

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