Cultural tour - Museum of art and history
© MAH Musée d’art et d’histoire, Ville de Genève
DISCOVERY OF THE MECHANICAL MUSIC EXHIBITION
Visit with Estelle Fallet, Chief Curator
Some 135 music boxes and associated objects, brought together by the Genevan J.-A. Horngacher, known as Etienne Blyelle (1929-2013), were integrated in 2014 into the Watchmaking section of the Museum of Art and History: the project illustrates how such a merger contributes to broadening a historical and cultural context, by highlighting the links between watchmaking and artistic mechanics, especially in Geneva, by also evoking the diffusion of hit tunes, as well as by characterizing the acts of collecting and preserving.
The visit will take place on Sunday March 30 at 4:30 p.m. by registration only.
Demonstration with Gabrielle Minot-Matot, curator-restorer
Music boxes come to life...
A few turns of the keys, or activation of secret mechanisms and the music boxes, in the spotlight in the Mechanical Music exhibition, come to life and let us hear a few tunes that have sometimes remained famous, sometimes forgotten...
The demonstration will take place continuously on Sunday, March 30 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Practical information
During JEMA, the visit and demonstration are free according to the times below.
Date: Sunday March 30
Visit schedule: 4:30 p.m. | Duration: 1 hour | Number of participants: 40 max., registration required.
Continuous demonstration schedule from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., no registration required .
Address
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire / Charles-GallandRue Charles-Galland 2
1206 Genève
Accessible by public transport
Car park nearby
Cultural tour - Museum of art and history
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DISCOVERY OF THE MECHANICAL MUSIC EXHIBITION
Visit with Estelle Fallet, Chief Curator
Some 135 music boxes and associated objects, brought together by the Genevan J.-A. Horngacher, known as Etienne Blyelle (1929-2013), were integrated in 2014 into the Watchmaking section of the Museum of Art and History: the project illustrates how such a merger contributes to broadening a historical and cultural context, by highlighting the links between watchmaking and artistic mechanics, especially in Geneva, by also evoking the diffusion of hit tunes, as well as by characterizing the acts of collecting and preserving.
The visit will take place on Sunday March 30 at 4:30 p.m. by registration only.
Demonstration with Gabrielle Minot-Matot, curator-restorer
Music boxes come to life...
A few turns of the keys, or activation of secret mechanisms and the music boxes, in the spotlight in the Mechanical Music exhibition, come to life and let us hear a few tunes that have sometimes remained famous, sometimes forgotten...
The demonstration will take place continuously on Sunday, March 30 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Practical information
During JEMA, the visit and demonstration are free according to the times below.
Date: Sunday March 30
Visit schedule: 4:30 p.m. | Duration: 1 hour | Number of participants: 40 max., registration required.
Continuous demonstration schedule from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., no registration required .
JEMA
Cultural tour - Museum of art and history
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire / Charles-Galland, Rue Charles-Galland 2, 1206 Genève| Beginning | END | Nb place |
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| Sun 30.03 16:30 | Sun 30.03 17:30 | 40 |
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