The Musical Museum london

Fabulous little gem of a museum. The small car park belies the treasures inside. Staff very friendly. Roy the guide, very knowledgeable and demonstrated many of the exhibits. We were even able to play a piano/pianola. For the curious, a great few hours. You'll learn all about mechanical music from the music box to the mighty Wurlitzer.

Excellent explanation of the instruments, how they were built, the history involved behind them, how to play them and many more things that made me give them a well-deserved 5 star rate. You must visit it! Enjoy!

This is a great small music museum has quite a few very unusual instruments and recording devices. Also has a lotta history of local artists posters artifacts clothing cars , something for everyone.Staff is wonderful and very helpful. There are audio devices that explain every instrument to you.

A hidden treasure. Brilliant, informative, interesting and amusing tour guide. Fabulous demonstration of the Wurlitzer organ. We found this place by chance and couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

An enjoyable and enthusiastically presented tour of the world of automated music. Having lived locally for many years, my previous impression of the Musical Museum was that it was never busy and a bit dull. How wrong I was. Included in the entry fee (£11 adult, £5 child, £25 family) is a guided tour. I joined the first tour a bit late, but was welcomed in. There were around 20 people there, which surprised me. The volunteer tour guide was wonderful. Enthusiastic, friendly, informative, presenting plenty of interesting facts and explanations, without ever losing the visitor's interest. The museum is a collection of automated musical machines from about the 1700s to modern day. That also, I didn't expect. Many of the machines are in full working order and the tour includes plenty of interesting demonstrations. Again, these were never too long, but sufficient to get a real idea of the machines capabilities and range. The tour takes between 45 - 50 minutes. It finishes upstairs in the auditorium with a demonstration of an original Wurlitzer cinematic organ. Visitors are then free to explore the museum themselves, or visit the café on same floor. If, like me, you missed the start of the tour, you can join the next one. I did this and again, there were around 20 people. I only had to wait just over five minutes for the same guide to start the next tour. I'm glad I did because I'd missed some interesting demonstrations. The whole building is very modern, fully accessible and step free. If you don't want to use the lift, there's stairs between the floors. Parking is limited to around 11 spaces, plus two spaces for disabled visitors. A very worthwhile place to visit.

Just enjoyed a wonderful Christmas here with their resident organist, Richard Hills at the Wurlitzer. The staff are all friendly and welcoming and the museum holds a plethora of different instruments to enjoy. Wonderful and well worth a visit.

Very interesting to see such complicated machines making brilliant quality music. Go half an hour before the tour in order to use the instruments yourself. At the end a demonstration of the Wurlitzer organ and then get to play it yourself. There's parking, a cafe, a view of the Thames and a gift shop. Entertainment for all ages. Takes about 2hrs

Just seen Wizard of Oz on big screen with a mighty Wurlitzer intro. Great !!! Dorothy sounded great and so much more detail to see than when watching on TV. Really worth seeing on the bigger screen. There is a tea shop too.

An interesting and informative interactive visit , More suited to slightly older children (my grandson was 5 who enjoyed his visit in part).

Most interesting. Demonstration of Wurlizer outstanding very good and knowledgeable tour guide Adrian