Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement

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The National Museum van Speelklok tot Pierement is a museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It has a collection of automatically playing musical instruments, most of which still work and therefore still can play their music. Among the instruments on display are music boxes, musical clocks, pianolas, barrel organs (including the typically Dutch large street organs) and a turret clock with carillon. Over the years the museum has become popular nationwide and also internationally. The museum's reparation workshop is a leader in its field.

[edit] Royal Music Machines exhibition

For its 50 year Jubilee, in 2006 the museum has held a special exhibition, "Royal Music Machines". For this event, various renowned museums, such as the Hermitage Museum, the Louvre and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, have loaned very special instruments.