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Music theory Music theory is one of the main fields of research pursued at the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung (State Institute for Music Research). After careful planning and thorough discussion, the “History of Music Theory” project was created to provide a formal, long-term context for st

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

Music Transmission The term “music transmission” covers all processes involved in the conveyance of musical sound across large distances or temporal intervals. This includes processes for recording, storing, editing, conducting and playing back music. On the one hand, music transmission relies on te

Organology Organology is a discipline of musicology dedicated to the study and description of musical instruments. Since its establishment by Curt Sachs, it has made use of interdisciplinary aids and techniques, primarily from art history, but also from ethnology and physics. Areas of responsibility

Geschichte der musikalischen Interpretation im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert This multivolume series is the first to provide a large and comprehensive historical account of the last two centuries of musical interpretation: the twentieth century, a time that produced most of the musicologists working today

Interpretation Research Interpretation research is one focus of scholarly work at the Institut für Musikforschung. It takes as its starting point the sound created during performance, which is understood as the primary manifestation of composed music. Researchers at the SIM, then, are less concerned

Archive of Concert Life From 2013 to 2016, the Musicological Documentation department at the SIM carried out a digitization project resulting in the “Archive of Concert Life.” The purpose of this project was to preserve, digitize and analyze records of concert life that have traditionally been regar

MIM Kids The Musikinstrumenten-Museum offers a variety of events for children and families . Calendar of Events (in German) Contact Museum box office +49 30 254 81-178 Email

Wednesday Night Cinema Start: 6 p.m., admission: 10 euros Dates for the season 2025/26 5 November 25 3 December 25 14 January 26 11 February 26 From November to February, it's movie time at the MIM. On the program are classics of silent films. They are accompanied by live music played by on the muse

Jazz at the MIM Start: 7 p.m., free admission Berlin's cultural diversity is also reflected in the jazz scene. For over fifteen years, the Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research has provided a venue for Berlin's many modern jazz ensembles. The "Jazz at the MIM" series is