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Historisches Museum Basel - Musikmuseum
Historisches Museum Basel - Musikmuseum
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Historisches Museum Basel - Musikmuseum – Contacts & Location
Description
With over 3,300 objects, the Basel Historical Museum has the largest collection of musical instruments in Switzerland.
Around 650 European instruments from five centuries are presented on three floors of the music museum: from the oldest drum, dating from 1571, to a richly decorated viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke (around 1704) and the "Weber-Unika" orchestrion from 1925. Here, 24 former prison cells serve as exhibition cabinets, in which numerous musical examples and further information can be selected via an interactive screen program. Explore familiar, but also curious ways of making music on your tour.
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With over 3,300 objects to its name, Historisches Museum Basel is in possession of Switzerland's largest collection of musical instruments.
Spread over three floors, the Musikmuseum boasts some 650 European instruments spanning five centuries of music history from the oldest drum dating from 1571 and a highly ornate viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke (ca. 1704) to the Weber Unika Orchestrion of 1925. The twenty-four cells of the former prison serve as showcases in which visitors can admire the instruments while calling up countless samples and additional information on an interactive screen. While touring the museum you will therefore hear all sorts of music, from the familiar to the bizarre.
Le Musée historique de Bâle possède la plus grande collection d'instruments de musique en Suisse, avec plus de 3300 instruments.
About 650 instruments covering cinq siècles d'histoire are presented on three floors. You can see the oldest tambour (1571), a richly decorated viole de gambe by Joachim Tielke (around 1704) and even a "Weber-Unika" orchestrion (1925). In the 24 old cellules de détenus, themed exhibitions and interactive scanners allow visitors to discover numerous musical examples and detailed information on familiar instruments as well as the curiosities of the world of music.
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