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Museum The objects on permanent exhibit at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum form one of the most representative collections in Germany in its diversity. Over 800 instruments across five centuries are on permanent display. In addition, the museum offers numerous events, from scientific symposia to concer

Dr. Marten Noorduin Research assistant CV Since December 2025: research assistant at the State Institute for Music Research 2022-2024: Research Associate, University of Music Lübeck. Since 2022: Coordinator for science communication, COST Action CA21161, A New Ecosystem of Early Music Studies (Early

Collection 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 instru

Second Viennese School The Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung (State Institute for Music Research, SIM) has a research program dedicated to the music of the Second Viennese School. It is concerned largely with publishing the correspondence of the leading members of the school. At the heart of t

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

Highlights of the Exhibition One of the highlights of the display collection is a nearly complete set of wind instruments used by the town pipers of Naumburg, Germany, in around 1600. Other gems of the collection include the famous Bach harpsichord (the original as well as later replicas), transvers

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

Central Themes of the Collection The museum collects instruments of European art music dating from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. One special focus is early harpsichords and spinets, such as those from the Ruckers family workshop, as well as string instruments made by master instrument m