Music Without Musicians

Music Without Musicians – music boxes and juke boxes, (Czech: Hudba bez hudebníků – hrací strojky a hudební automaty), is a museum in Hořovice in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It is dedicated to music instruments that need no musicians to produce music. The museum is situated at Hořovice Castle.[1][2]

Music Without Musicians
Hudba bez hudebníků
situated at the Hořovice Castle
Location within Czech Republic
LocationVrbnovská 22, Hořovice
Coordinates49°50′19.36″N 13°54′33.51″E
Typemusic instruments museum
Collectionsmechanical music instruments
OwnerČeské muzeum hudby (Czech Music Museum)
Websitewww.zamek-horovice.cz

Collection

The museum houses a collection of mechanical music instruments from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. The collection consists of jukeboxes, music boxes, mechanical paintings (tableaux animés), barrel organs, polyphons, orchestrions and more different instruments.[1][2]

Background

The museum is situated in the former castle kitchen of Hořovice Castle. It is part of the České muzeum hudby (Czech Music Museum) at Prague that provided the collection to the museum.[1][2]

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See also

References
  1. "Hudba bez hudebníků – hrací strojky a hudební automaty". Rodinné výlety (in Czech). 21 August 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. "Hudba bez hudebníků - hrací strojky a hudební automaty". Portal Hořovice (in Czech). n.d. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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