The Phono Museum of Paris !!!

Posted in Europe, France, Paris

I drove by here a lot as well as walking all over, near my working areas for several years, The area having wonderful historical monuments if still some off the beaten path trail of my eternal Paris, such as the phono museum, This is my luck to find me pictures in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me. Therefore, let me tell you about the Phono Museum of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Phono Museum is located at 53, boulevard de Rochechouart, 9th arrondissement of Paris. A small museum ,well worth a visit , me think, It’s the brainchild of a collector. We go back to Edison’s first cylinder phonograph dating from 1877. We then pass through beautiful horn gramophones, record players, and the compact disc, all surrounded by equally beautiful vintage advertising posters, vinyl record sleeves, photos, and more. We listen religiously to the sounds of the past and the anecdotes of the master of the house.

The phonograph was the first mass-produced consumer product to enter homes, before radio and electricity. As early as 1930, in René Clair’s famous film “Freedom Belongs to Us,” which served as the basis for Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times,” the phonograph is portrayed as the emblem of modern industrial production. Its history throughout the 20C is indeed one of phenomenal evolution. Today, the music industry is omnipresent in our lives through television, radio, download sites, records, and the broadcasting of music in most public places. In all through more than a hundred vintage machines, all in working order, the Museum of Recorded Sound evokes the various stages of technical evolution, from the first cylinder and disc devices in their most representative forms to the latest technologies. Some fifty period posters and photographs illustrate and enhance the museum. Parallels are drawn between the most important artists of yesterday and today.

An archive space currently being developed will also give the public access to nearly 50,000 record sides and 10,000 cylinders, some of which have already been digitized (5,500 record sides and 4,500 cylinders) and can be viewed on the Phonobase website. This collection of records (two-thirds 78 rpm records and one-third microgrooves) features recordings from all over the world. 2,000 documents and 2,000 photos will also be available for viewing.

The official Phono Museum of Paris : https://phonomuseum.fr/

The Paris tourist office on the Phono Museum : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/phono-museum-paris-p3633

There you go folks, you are set to go to a lovely area of Paris and a nice interesting museum. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Phono Museum of Paris !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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