Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan
Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan(オルゴールの小さな博物館) is a museum of self-playing musical instruments, located in Bunkyo-ku in Tokyo. It houses the private collection of Yoshihito Namura. The museum has closed its doors on May 15, 2013.
The museum was the first of its kind in Japan when it opened in May 1983. The current building was erected in 2003.
"Orugoru no Chiisana Hakubutsukan" offers an overview of the development of mechanical musical reproducers which were made from the end of the 18th to the 20th century. Visitors experience demonstrations of antique musical devices accompanied by scholarly explanation. The museum has closed its doors on May 15, 2013.
About The Museum
- Museum course (5F&6F)
(By advance reservation only. (15 persons max.))
- Let's begin the tour. In the permanent exhibition room, please enjoy the sound of various music boxes. In the changing exhibition room, you can have the chance to meet unusual music boxes. And you will have a rare experience that your body will feel the vibration of the sound of the music box directly. In the cafe you can listen to the music by “reproducing piano” which revives the music of former famous pianists.
- Tour times : 11:00a.m, 2:00p.m, 4:00p.m
- Admission : 2,000yen
- Concert course (1F)
- The magnificent sound. Please sit on a comfortable chair in the music hall, and enjoy the concert. You can enjoy the music by the mechanical musical instruments such as the disk music boxes, the cylinder music boxes, the organs, automata, and repuroducing pianos. The staff will explain about them happily with explanation of their background.
- Tour times : １:00ｐm, 3:00p.m
- Admission : General 1300yen adult / 600yen children
- Group : 1100yen adult / 500yen children(groups of 20 or more)
- Museum Shop (1F&2F)
- Open 10:30-18:00
- Closed
- Sundays, Mondays and New Year's vacation
Collections
- Cylinder Musical box : Paillard Sublime Harmonie Piccolo Systeme Plerodienique, ca.1890, Swiss
- Disc Musical box ：Symphonion Changer Style120S, ca.1900, German
- Automaton ：Lambert Turkish Smoker, ca.1890, French
- Street organ : Bacigalupo, ca.1900, German
- Player piano：Steinway & Sons Duo-Art, ca.1920, American, Aeolian Company
- Musical clock:Musical Bracket Clock, ca.1790, England, Robt Hughs
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