Museum Speelklok
On our last day on the houseboat in Utrecht, Monday Aug 5, we visited the Museum Speelklok. As we walked to the museum, we passed many sights we saw before. For example, the library that used to be a post office.
Neude Square
The bottom half of Winkel van Sinkel
Yet another view of Dom Tower
The Oudegracht, or “old canal”, at a quiet time of the day
The old Mayor’s house, which the mayor abandoned during the pandemic protests
This used to be a sundial or a compass or something
When we reached the museum, a worker was adjusting this exhibit, which was like a giant game of mousetrap, without the mouse and without the trap.
Me standing next to the Golden Limonaire, invented by Anselmo Gavioli in 1892. It works like the 0s and 1s in computers to play music.
Kids playing music recorded on cards by turning the wheel
A little taste of an exhibit while playing. “Behold, the eighth wonder of the world” on the Phillips Paganini.
De Schuyt, Dance Organ, built in 1913. These were popular in dance halls.
More mechanical music machines of the past.
The next 3 photos, show a new mechanical music machine being built.
Wherever you go around the world…
The spaceship has landed
Hoofdgebouw III, the third main railroad building built in 1894, called the inkpot
The next day (Aug 5) will see us transitioning to Scotland. Using a taxi, a train, a plane (using the infamous Schiphol airport) and a car (driving on the left side of the road), this threatens to be the hardest transion day yet.
