Eboardmuseum
The Eboardmuseum is a collection of electronic keyboard instruments and is located in the center of Klagenfurt in Austria. It was founded in 1987 by the musician, teacher and technician Gert Prix . After various stops in the Klagenfurt area, the museum moved in 2007 to a hall on the south side of the Klagenfurt exhibition center and is now considered the largest of its kind in the world. In 2010 the Eboardmuseum was awarded the Austrian Museum Seal of Approval .
Museum operation
The Eboard Museum shows around 1,800 exhibits on an area of 1,700 m².
The focus is on electronic keyboard instruments , which cover the entire development history of electronic keyboards, starting with the Hammond Model A from 1935, through to current synthesizers such as the Moog Voyager.
The exhibits include numerous prototypes and unique items ( Hohner Clavinet, Rhodes Piano, Mellotron and others), but also original instruments by world stars such as Keith Emerson ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), Geoff Downes ( Asia ), Peter Wolf ( Frank Zappa ), Tangerine Dream , Ken Hensley ( Uriah Heep ), Dave Greenslade ( Colosseum ), Eddie Hardin ( Spencer Davis Group ).
It is unusual for an instrument museum that the exhibited instruments are not only presented live in guided tours, but can also be played by visitors themselves. Professional musicians and music lovers from all over the world gladly take advantage of this opportunity.
The museum's library contains literature on electronic music with a focus on keyboards, as well as pop music and pop culture.
The Eboardmuseum has set itself the goal of offering non-musicians and children an entertaining, family-friendly excursion into the world of music.
Events
The Eboardmuseum organizes around 50 live concerts every year. The event area integrated in the museum is furnished with sofas and offers a living room atmosphere.
Despite the small capacity of the event area, top musicians who feel attracted by the unusual "location", such as B. Carl Palmer ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer , Asia ), Ian Paice ( Deep Purple ), Peter Ratzenbeck , Brian Auger , Wolfgang Ambros , Alex Ligertwood ( Santana ), Ken Hensley ( Uriah Heep ), Hans Theessink , Barbara Dennerlein , Nick Simper (Deep Purple) or Waterloo & Robinson . The previous and future program is documented on the website of the Eboardmuseum.
Service area
Open workshops allow visitors to watch the museum technicians at work and allow insights into the inner workings of the instruments.
Web links
literature
- "Museum Aktuell", double issue June / July 2014, pages 8–15
Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 59.8 ″ N , 14 ° 18 ′ 17.9 ″ E