The West Palatine Musicians Museum (german: Westpfälzer Musikantenmuseum) in

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, documents the history of the

Westphalian Wandering Musicians The West Palatine travelling music tradition (german: Westpfälzer Wandermusikantentum) were part of a tradition established by travelling musicians from a region of West Palatinate in Germany that is now called Musikantenland ("Musicians' Land"). ...

, the heyday of which was between 1850 and the

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. In addition to musical instruments of the travelling musicians, there is an extensive collection of African musical instruments, historical photos of the villages and houses of musicians and souvenirs of travellers are on display. The linkages between the

Musikantenland The Musikantenland ("Musician's Land") is an area of the northern West Palatinate in Germany, north of the Landstuhler Bruch in the area of the rivers Glan (Palatinate), Glan and Lauter (Glan), Lauter. On the fringes of this region are the city of K ...

("Musicians' Land") and the culture of German emigrants, especially in the US, are also explained. The West Palatine Musicians Museum was opened in 1991 in the Bürgerhaus ("community hall") of Mackenbach in the

. The responsible body is the municipality of Mackenbach. The museum was inspired by an exhibition on the theme of "Mackenbach Wandering Musicians" (''Mackenbacher Wandermusikanten'') as part of the 100th anniversary of the Mackenbach Music Society in 1983.

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