Recognized by Forbes.com as one of the ten reasons to visit Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the Music House Museum offers a unique collection of instruments that provide guests with a walk through the history, the artistry and the engineering of automated music.

Pico and Chown live at the Music House February 1 at 7:00PM and streamed/on-demand from February 3 at 7:00PM until February 10 at 8:00PM. Click "more" for ticket information

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Restoring our new 1901-2 Angelus

There is very little information about these instruments and their restoration in the literature perhaps due to their short lived period of manufacturing. Restoration of the Angelus at the MHM began with its disassembly and attention given to improving restoration efforts by its former owner and some idiosyncratic construction design by Wilcox and White. Due to other projects requiring attention, the machine’s parts was restored, but remained disassembled. Recently, Museum curator Glenn Kriese began to reassemble the instrument. Shown in the photographs are the various valve assemblies that contain and manage the flow of vacuum throughout the machine starting to be put into the cabinet.

Say “I do” to the Music House Museum! The perfect intimate setting for wedding parties of up to 50

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The Music House Museum

The Music House Museum, located in the beautiful rolling, orchard-covered hills of Grand Traverse County, just north of Traverse City, Michigan, was founded in 1983.

The Museum’s unique collection of instruments provides guests with a walk through the history, artistry and engineering of automated music.

The collection spans from the late 18th century to 1950, going from simple music boxes to early recorded sound and radio. The hour and a half long, docent guided tour showcases the beauty of the craftsmanship, the history of the era and the complexity of the engineering of the collection as well as allowing guests to hear many of the rare instruments on display actually play.