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  1. Music on Demand

    Music on Demand 4 December 2026 to 30 December 2027 Walkman TC-55, Sony, Japan, 1970–1979, photo: SIMPK/Sabine Hoffmann Opening hours The exhibition’s opening hours are the same as the museum’s opening hours. Museum opening hours Project management Dr. Emanuele Marconi Director of the museum +49 30

  2. Berlin reception centres, 1900 to 1945

    Berlin reception centres, 1900 to 1945 Centres of the phonographic industry in times of global crisis Telefunken Studio Sing-Akademie Berlin: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra during a record session conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, 1937. Source: Berlin Philharmonic Archive, F5 I 1937-1 Among t

  3. MIM Kids Event Calendar

    MIM Kids Event Calendar Registration for Events Museum box office +49 30 254 81-178 Email

  4. "Up close" – European Restoration Day (18.10.2026)

    Heidi von Rüden Shakibi offers an insight into her work as a restorer of plucked string instruments at the MIM. At the Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research, Heidi von Rüden Shakibi is responsible for the restoration of plucked string instruments. She is responsible for

  5. Projects

    Projects The projects carried out by the SIM focus on research as well as publications and exhibitions. The objectives are the dynamic further development of existing areas of focus and the establishment of new ones, the strengthening of international cooperation, the integration of global issues, a

  6. Sound Spaces: Playing with Text (03.09.2026)

    Testing musical interpretation against one’s own freedom. Science Talk with Jo Wilhelm Siebert Without a musical score as the basis for what is being played, we would not speak of musical interpretation in the strict sense. Nor would we speak of interpretation without a certain degree of artistic an

  7. Latest Research

    Latest Research Public lectures and colloquia Free admission. Venue: SIM seminar room (access via the entrance to the State Institute for Music Research. Link to OpenStreetMap ) Curt-Sachs Hall, MIM Musical Instrument Museum, Ben-Gurion-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin . No registration is required. Further l

  8. Staff members

    Staff members Here you can find the contact details of all staff members of the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung. management and administration Department I: museum of musical instruments Department II: music theorie and music history Department II 1: section musicological documentation Depart

  9. Staff Members Department II

    Staff Members Department II Here you can find the contact to the staff of Department II of the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung. Department II: music theory and music history Dr. Simone Hohmaier Research Associate +49 30 254 81 197 Email CV Dr. Sydney Hutchinson Research Associate +49 30 254 8

  10. Exploring the MIM through music (24.09.2026)

    A service for people with dementia Discovering music, evoking memories – A special guided tour for people with dementia Music touches and moves us – and often remains alive even when words fade away. Our new programme invites people with dementia and their carers on a special journey through the Mus