The number one attraction of Varkaus is the unique Mechanical Music Museum. It is one of the best of its kind in Europe and is mentioned in tourist guidebooks abroad as one of the top ten destinations in Finland. Visitors to the Mechanical Music Museum can take a trip to yesteryear in a funny stand-up tour.
The collection of instruments is unbelievable; music boxes, automatic pianos and orchestras, violins and accordions and hurdy gurdys from small table models to an enormous Amadeus. The grandest of all is the world’s largest orchestra, a 75-man Popper Goliath. Every year, the museum personnel restore new devices for the exhibit.
The guided museum tour lasts about an hour, so if you are coming to the final tour, please come one hour before closing. The opening hours are listed on the museum’s website, see contact information below.
In the museum can be seen something very different and unexpected.
The museum is also a habitation for a parrot called Iivo.
Contact information
Pelimanninkatu 8
78850 Varkaus
tel. +358 (0)50 590 9297
info@mekaanisenmusiikinmuseo.fi
www.mekaanisenmusiikinmuseo.fi
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