The German Phono Museum (german: Deutsche Phonomuseum) is a museum in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
in the town of
Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald
Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald ( Low Alemannic: ''Sanderge'') is a town in Southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany and belongs to Schwarzwald-Baar County.
Museums
* Sammlung Grässlin
The Sammlung Grässlin is an art collection in Germany. The ...
.
The museum portrays the history of the
music industry, beginning with
phonographs and continuing right up to the modern
CD. In the museum, in addition to old
record player
A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...
s that were produced by local firms,
Dual and Perpetuum-Ebner (PE), there are
gramophones, which were the predecessors of the record player.
Television sets
A television set or television receiver, more commonly called the television, TV, TV set, telly, tele, or tube, is a device that combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers, for the purpose of viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or using ...
from the 1930s to the 1960s, and more recent devices such as
portable cassette players and the
Walkman
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, and video recording equipment such as
VHS and
Betamax recorders, as well as professional radio and television equipment are also exhibited.
The museum was opened for the first time on 15 July 2011, and in 2015, there were about 5000 visitors.
The museum is located in the former department store, ''Brigau''. It is open from Tuesday to Sunday. Group guided tours may be booked in advance.
See also
*
List of museums in Germany
*
List of music museums
This worldwide list of music museums encompasses past and present museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects.
Argentina
* – Mina Clavero
* Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos ...
References
Further reading
* ''Deutsches Phono-Museum''. Stadt St. Georgen, St. Georgen 1996, (''Kunst & Kultur in St. Georgen''), (''Schriftenreihe St. Georgener Museen'' Broschüre 2, ).
External links
Museum homepage
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Buildings and structures in Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Museums in Baden-Württemberg
Media museums in Germany
Music museums in Germany
St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest
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