Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments
Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments, Electronic music instruments museum at blueFACTORY innovation center, Fribourg, Switzerland
Description
The Swiss Museum & Center for Electronic Music Instruments is a music museum at the blueFACTORY innovation campus housing thousands of synthesizers, keyboards, organs, and electronic devices across two distinct areas. The Schaulager section displays the collection with information, while the Playroom offers an interactive space where visitors can play selected instruments.
History
The museum opened in 2017 after founder Klemens Niklaus Trenkle spent decades gathering a comprehensive collection of electronic music equipment from different eras. The instruments trace the development of sound creation technology from early experimental devices to contemporary synthesizers.
Culture
The collection shows how electronic instruments shaped music across different genres and decades, revealing the tools that musicians relied on to create new sounds. You can see the actual machines and understand why they mattered so much to the artists who used them.
Practical
Guided tours are available by appointment, while the Playroom opens on Saturday afternoons for walk-in visits where you can try some instruments yourself. It helps to check ahead for exact opening times and which instruments are available to play.
Did you know?
Many instruments in the collection are prototypes and one-of-a-kind pieces that show how musicians and technicians experimented to create entirely new sounds. Some of these devices were never produced commercially and offer glimpses into experimental paths that were ultimately abandoned.
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