The townhouse of the Museum of Musical Instruments on the Old Market Square i

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Museum of Musical Instruments

The Museum of Musical Instruments, a branch of the National Museum, is housed in a townhouse on the Old Market Square. The permanent exhibition “A New Sound” is divided into 16 galleries and tells the story of European music from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century.

What to see

The violin of Henryk Wieniawski.

The harpsichord on which the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a son of Johann Sebastian Bach played.

Instruments shown in the context of the period, the ensemble, the place and the tradition. On tablets with the multimedia guide you can listen to how they sound.

Good to know

Since 1946 the only workshop in Poland for the conservation of musical instruments has operated here.

With the Poznań Tourist Card admission is free.

Sources (in Polish)

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