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Visiting the Museum The Musikinstrumenten-Museum is generally open every week from Tuesday to Sunday. This page provides information about your visit with us. Virtual tour We invite you to take a virtual tour of the museum. Start here Events You can get an overview of our events here SIM Café The SI

Restoration and Conservation The central research mission of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum is the study of historical instruments and historical performance practices. Researchers at the museum systematically study the collection and work with conservators in overseeing the conservation and restorati

Dr. Christian Breternitz Research Associate and Curator for Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Instruments Higher education 2015–2019 PhD (Dr. phil.) at the Universität der Künste Berlin PhD Thesis: „Berliner Blechblasinstrumentenbau im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert“ ("Berlin Brass Instrument Makin in the 18t

About us The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung is the largest non-university research center for musicology in Germany. Its building is part of the Berlin Kulturforum, next to the Philharmonie and the Sony Center, designed by Edgar Wisniewski after sketches by Hans Scharoun. It is a place of hi

Service Contact our picture archive, lost objects or a break in the SIM café: here you will find further information on various services offered by the Musikinstrumenten-Museum. Picture library The image archive of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum holds extensive documentation material on the museum's o

The Musikinstrumenten-Museum of the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung collects musical instruments of European art music from the 16th to the 21st century. The museum currently has around 3,600 instruments in its collection, many of which are in playable condition. A good 800 instruments are o

Lost and found Have you forgotten or lost a personal item in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum or the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung? We record everything found and store it for you for up to a maximum of six months after the day it was found . Contact Lost and found +49 030 25481192 Email

Circle of Friends Many institutions and collections at the SPK have their own circles of friends and supporters. Your participation helps the museums, libraries, and archives with numerous tasks. As a member you enjoy exclusive benefits. Nearly all the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Schönberg24 "Schönberg is dead", composer and conductor Pierre Boulez proclaimed in 1951. Despite such prophecies of doom, Schönberg's compositional and theoretical work continues to attract a great deal of attention from performers, contemporary composers, and audiences alike. In three series of ev

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