This cosy little museum is home to 1500 musical instruments from all over the world, all of them collected by one family of music teachers. The son of the family, Askold zum Eck, can play them all and will happily demonstrate for hours. Visitors are sometimes allowed to play, too.
Muzikinstumente-Museum der Völker
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