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Dr. Benedikt Brilmayer Researcher and curator for bowed and plucked stringed instruments and electronic instruments Since 2017 Researcher and curator at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum SIM PK (bowed and plucked string instruments, electronic instruments) 2015–2017 Research assistant at the Musikinstrum

Katharina Binner Katharina Binner has been an employee in the administration of the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung since January 1999. Her responsibilities include keeping the budget watch list, assisting with procurement, preparing travel expense reports, processing travel expense reports f

Katrin Simon, M.A. Katrin Simon has worked at the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung (SIM) since 2014 and is responsible for press and public relations. Her area of responsibility also includes marketing and online communication. Ms Simon studied philosophy and musicology and worked as a freelan

Anne-Katrin Breitenborn Anne-Katrin Breitenborn studied Visual Communication at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and has been working as a designer at the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung since 2007. She is responsible for the layout and production of information and promotional materials and

Barnes Ziegler, B.A. Conservator (B.A.) and Violinmaker Conservator for Bowed Stringed Instruments CV 2023 M.A. Degree in conservation and restoration of modern materials and industrial cultural heritage at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (University of Applied Sciences) 2021 B.A. Degre

Opening hours & directions Museum opening hours starting May 18, 2026 We are carrying out refurbishment work. As a result, our opening hours will be as follows from 18 May until the end of October 2026: Wednesday: 1 pm–5 pm Thursday, Friday: 1 pm–8 pm Saturday, Sunday: 10 am–5 pm Monday, Tuesday: cl

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

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

Picture library The picture library of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum holds extensive documentation material on the museum's own instrument collection. These include colour slides (Ektachrome), B/W negatives or B/W enlargements and workshop photographs as well as restoration reports, surveys and techn

Multiperspectivity On the Nature of Research at the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung (SIM) is the largest non-university research institution for musicology in Germany. The Institute encompasses a library and a musical instruments museum. The coexist