Museum Speelklok
An automatic musical instrument museum housed in the medieval Buurkerk, where guides demonstrate music boxes, barrel organs and player pianos live.
Museum Speelklok is located in the Buurkerk near the Dom Tower. It houses automatic musical instruments ranging from 18th-century musical clocks and music boxes to the giant street barrel organs (pierement) of the Netherlands, player pianos and ballroom organs. The highlight is the scheduled guided demonstrations, in which guides have these old machines play live, making it ideal for families. A restoration workshop can also be viewed through the window. The museum is closed on Mondays. Admission is about a dozen or so euros, and a visit takes about 1.5 hours.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Dom Tower
- St. Martin's Cathedral & Pandhof
- DOMunder
- Neude Library (Former Post Office)
- Museum Catharijneconvent
- Nieuwegracht
- Oudegracht Wharves
- Stationsplein Bicycle Parking