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  1. Long Night of Museums (30.08.2025)

    Guided tours, concerts, a look behind the scenes, silent movie, midnight tango Program at the Museum of Musical Instruments 6:00 pm for families and children Family Ties Discover and try out instruments with museum guide Jörg Joachim Riehle Duration: 45 minutes 7:00, 7.45, and 8.30 pm Sound Spaces a

  2. MIM inside - Special Guided Tour (02.02.2025)

    Employees of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum will guide you through the collection. with Thomas MacMillan , Research assistant (in English) On this English-language tour, visitors will get a comprehensive overview of the museum’s collection, spanning from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. The

  3. Early Music Live: Low Brass. From Serpent to Tuba and Twoba (15.12.2024)

    Lecture recital with tuba player Roland Szentpáli on the ‘Year of the Tuba 2024’. As part of the ‘40 years of SIM at the Kulturforum’ events At the beginning of 2023, the Musical Instrument Museum acquired 14 brass instruments in the tenor and bass registers from the 18th to the early 20th century.

  4. Data privacy

    Data privacy The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung (SIM) as a legally dependent institution of the Stiftung Reußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, SPK) is committed to handling your personal data in a responsible way and to maintaining transparency about its use. The fo

  5. Early Music Live: Bach on Silbermann (20.10.2024)

    Jörg Halubek plays on an original harpsichord by Gottfried Silbermann from the collection of the Museum of Musical Instruments. 300 years ago, Johann Sebastian Bach and Gottfried Silbermann shaped the world of music. From central Germany, they created musical ideals through their compositions and in

  6. Long Night of Museums (24.08.2024)

    "Berlin Secrets" is the motto of the Long Night 2024. We uncover the secrets of famous instruments and their makers and open the doors to hidden spaces. Exhibitions Low Brass. A Brief History of Low Brass Instruments more Instrument Making in Two German Republics. Spotlight Exhibition on the 75th An

  7. Dr Emanuele Marconi

    Dr Emanuele Marconi Director of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Emanuele Marconi graduated as a restorer from the Civica Scuola di Luteria violin making school in Milan and then studied musicology and history in Cremona (Università di Pavia), Bologna and Paris,

  8. Experiencing Music - Exploring Music

    Experiencing Music - Exploring Music Strategy Paper of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung 2023 to 2028 Prerequisites Music is a human form of expression and communication that transcends boundaries and times, and it is in a constant state of technical, aesthetic, and social change. Music id

  9. Guide sheets

    Guide sheets The guide sheets of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum can be purchased at the museum ticket office in a folder for 3.50 euros or can be downloaded from this page. Guide sheet 1 The Flutes of European Art Music Some connections between the instrument’s design and musical requirements FB_01_Fl

  10. sense:ability

    sense:ability Music-related knowledge transfer between materiality and virtuality Photo: SIMPK/Paula Nickel Music is a highly sensory affair, based on numerous laws and principles. We hear a favourite melody and an infinite variety of sounds. We see the conductor's gesture, the scores, and other wri