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A guided tour with audio samples and a demonstration of one of Europe’s largest cinema and theatre organs. The Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research collects musical instruments associated with European art music from the 16th to the 21st century. The museum currently h

A guided tour with audio samples and a demonstration of one of Europe’s largest cinema and theatre organs. The Musical Instrument Museum of the State Institute for Music Research collects musical instruments associated with European art music from the 16th to the 21st century. The museum currently h

Children’s festival celebrating the Instrument of the Year, featuring interactive concerts, quizzes and the chance to try out instruments. The accordion is a true musical all-rounder. Whether it’s jazz, classical, Balkan beats, klezmer or a fair – the sounds of the accordion always lift the mood! It

Dr Olga Sutkowska Curriculum Vitae October 2023–March 2026 Research Fellow at the State Institute for Music Research, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation 2018–2024 Postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2013–2018 Research assistant, mus

On International Museum Day, Hammond organ specialist Peter Becker will be hosting three workshops to introduce participants to the instrument’s technology and playing techniques. Hammond organ, built between 1965 and 1975, cat. no. 5444. Photo: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn Peter Becker has been research

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

Democratic musical traditions and musical instruments: the USA in the collection of the State Institute for Music Research. Guided tour and workshop Glass harmonica invented by Benjamin Franklin, MIM Cat. No. 812, photo: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn In 2026, the USA will celebrate the 250th anniversary o

A gem of 1920s detective films. Live accompaniment on the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ by Bernd Wurzenrainer. The German Film Institute & Film Museum (DFF) restored this film from the German Harry Hill series, a gem of 1920s detective cinema, back in 2011. The public transport system of a large ci

Emanuele Marconi, director of the SIMPK Musical Instrument Museum, discusses the important collection of Belgian César Snoeck as the source of the first known museum reproductions. Belgian collector César Snoeck (1834–1898) assembled one of the largest and most important musical instrument collectio

Get to know examples of current conservation and restoration projects at the Musical Instrument Museum! Every year, on the third Sunday in October, Europe celebrates Restoration Day . Studios and construction sites open their doors so that you can get to know examples of current conservation and res