Musée des cornemuses du monde
200 bagpipes are on display. Audioguides allow you to discover the sound, and a film presents the practice of bagpipes. Cabrette, vielle, accordion and violin exhibition on 1st floor.
After creating the "Maison de la Cabrette" in Vines, the commune of Cantoin (in northern Aveyron, 20 minutes from Laguiole) has just completed the final stages of extending the same museum space.
The first floor of this extension is dedicated to bagpipes. After surveying the collections that the museums had organized around this family of instruments, it turned out that :
Cantoin is the bagpipe capital of the world.
This museum is ahead of those in New York, Brussels, Paris, The Hague, Glasgow, Montluçon and elsewhere.
In the many showcases devoted to France, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the southern Mediterranean and the Indo-Persian world, you can discover almost 200 different bagpipes.
On the same floor, you'll find educational and historical panels, the reconstruction of a 19th-century cabrette maker's workshop, and numerous screens where you can watch and listen to artists from the world of bagpipes. In addition, listening points will connect you to headphones which will be given to you at the entrance to the world bagpipe museum.
Part of the floor is devoted to the history of the hurdy-gurdy and the fiddle, and another part to the history of the accordion.
Temporary exhibitions are also presented on this floor.
In 2023/2024, the theme will be the soundscape of a child from Aubrac.
Come and discover this unique museum, with its collection of bagpipes from all over the world:
From Russia to Portugal
sweden to Rajasthan, and all the countries of Europe and the southern Mediterranean.
OPENING HOURS
NOVEMBER 15 TO FEBRUARY 15
friday and Saturday, 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
FEBRUARY 15 TO JUNE 30
wednesday to Sunday, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
JULY AND AUGUST
open daily from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
SEPTEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 15
wednesday to Sunday, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
CLOSED IN JANUARY
For groups, daily by appointment
Visit our website: museedescornemuses.fr
or contact 06 43 32 48 88
Mail: maison.cabrette@orange.fr.
Price: 8? / person
Groups of 10 or more: 6?
Free for children under 16
The aim of this project is to preserve and present the world's bagpipes.
