Orgelmuseum Koksijde

Series of mechanical organ music NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR MECHANICAL ORGANS IN KOKSIJDE (Belgium) R. Vandammestraat 45 - Tel. (058) 51 22 98 Custodian : Daniël DAGRAED On Easter saturday 1974 opening of a museum for mechanical organs in Koksijde. The year 1974 has been declared as "Year of the folklore" in Belgium. As contribution to this, the above mentioned museum will be opened in Koksijde. Custodian Daniël Dagraed has for many years past, collected 61 organs from all over Europe and now put them together to a public exhibition. 41 of these organs are in perfect state. This unique museum closed in the 1980s and moved to Bruges. When the museum in Bruges closed its doors, the organs were sold and shipped to a Japanese museum and some private owners. Due to the tsunami in 2011, the museum and the organs there were completely destroyed.