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Around the world: Magical Music Boxes

From the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s
Permanent Art Collection

 

November 2024 - May 2025

 

The Anita Mull Music Boxes Collection, housed at the Main Library in downtown Miami, consists of 216 antique and vintage music boxes. The collection, which was developed by former librarian Anita Mull during her travels and later gifted to the Miami-Dade Public Library System, includes cylinder, disc, animated, and novelty music boxes crafted by different makers from several countries and date back as early as the 1850s.

 

The exhibition Around the World: Magical Music Boxes features a curated selection of these music boxes on temporary loan from the Library’s Permanent Art Collection. Carved wood, inlaid designs, needlepoint work, and miniature reproduction paintings decorate these charming music boxes, which can be appreciated for their art, mechanical components, and excellent craftsmanship. Visitors are invited to explore these exquisite mechanical wonders.

 

About the Miami-Dade Public Library System

Providing extraordinary services, spaces, and experiences that promote literacy and learning, personal growth, and limitless opportunities, MDPLS is an award-winning community anchor that provides a broad array of services to one of the largest and most diverse populations in the country through its 50 library locations, mobile libraries, and online library.

 

For more information, please visit www.mdpls.org.

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