Music Without Musicians – music boxes and juke boxes (Czech: Hudba bez hudebníků – hrací strojky a hudební automaty) was an exposition in Hořovice Castle in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It was dedicated to music instruments that need no musicians to produce music.[1][2]

Music Without Musicians

Hudba bez hudebníků
Hořovice Castle
Location within Czech Republic
Location	Vrbnovská 22, Hořovice
Coordinates	49°50′19.36″N 13°54′33.51″E
Type	Music instruments exposition
Collections	Mechanical music instruments
Owner	Czech Music Museum
Website	www.zamek-horovice.cz

Collection

The exposition showed a collection of mechanical music instruments from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. The collection consisted of jukeboxes, music boxes, mechanical paintings (tableaux animés), barrel organs, polyphons, orchestrions and more different instruments.[1][2]

Background

The exposition was situated in the former castle kitchen of Hořovice Castle. It was part of the Czech Music Museum at Prague that provided the collection to the museum.[1][2]

See also

• List of museums in the Czech Republic
• List of music museums

References