Museum Van Speelklok tot Pierement

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Replica of a 1598 musical clock by Nicholas Vallin, that plays its music on 13 bells
Replica of a 1598 musical clock by Nicholas Vallin, that plays its music on 13 bells

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. The word speelklok means musical clock, and pierement is old Dutch for street organ.

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 held a special exhibition, "Royal Music Machines". For this event, various renowned museums, including the Hermitage Museum, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, loaned very special instruments.

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Coordinates: 52°05′26″N 5°07′09″E / 52.09056, 5.11917