The castle in Montluçon, le Château des Ducs de Bourbon, has been turned into a museum which rotates exhibits and the current exhibit follows a hundred years of popular music on a local and global level.
Today, after teaching I visited le Musée des Musiques Populaires at the castle and was impressed.
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Uniforms from the early twentieth century worn by members of the Montluçon band.
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Artifacts from the Montluçon Accordion Society
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One room was dedicated to the festival scene of the 1960s-1970s. Sound boards, barricades, and a video projections of music festivals from the time were used to simulate the musical atmosphere of the time.
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