Musical houseware items' collection is comprised of unique objects of everyday life with various music movements. A tradition of equiping houseware items with sound mechanisms appeared more than two centuries ago. One of the fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen narrates about a creative prince who manufectured a magic pot that not only cooked porridge, but played the famous melody as well. This fairy tale was not very far from truth. Thirty years earlier the fairy tale "Swineherd" was written, artisans created the basic construction of the movement that started the era of music boxes. Further...
The principle of a multifunctional music device is based on three integrated parts: a sound comb with an audio range comparable to that of accordion, a pinned cylinder with several recorded tunes and clock spring, which served for winding the cylinder. The whole mechanism as well as its parts was so tiny that it could be hidden in a pocket watch, or in a signet ring.

Craftsmen of other specialties, primarily jewellers that started to install music mechanisms in different expensive knick-knacks, reaped the benefits of this advantageous construction: boxes for jewellery, necessaries for needlework, perfume bottles, etc. Woodworkers, glass blowers, mirror makers, and many other artisans started to install music movements in their products following the jewellers.

Thus, common household objects, such as mirrors, bottles and beer mugs began to play tunes. Music writing sets, music albums for postcards and photographs, all kinds of music stands, music chairs and, even, music holders for toilet paper and ... music night stools were created. All those exhibits are presented in the museum Collection subsection "Musical Houseware".

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