French Musical Toy, Murtogh D. Guinness Collection
Monkeys were used in toys to satire the life of French aristocracy.
The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection
The Morris Museum was awarded the Murtogh D. Guinness collection of 700 historic mechanical musical instruments and automata (mechanical figures) and more than 5,000 programmed media, ranging from player piano rolls to pinned cylinders in 2003.