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Orgelkonzert im MIM
(c) SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel
Orgelkonzert im MIM
Mixturtrautonium after Oskar Sala, Berlin 1988
(c) SIMPK / Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Mixturtrautonium after Oskar Sala, Berlin 1988
Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ
(c) SIMPK / Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ
Musikinstrumenten-Museum Innenraum Panorama
(c) Musikinstrumenten-Museum SPK Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Kinder im MIM
(c) SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel
Kinder im MIM
Transverse flute by Johann Joachim Quantz
(c) SIMPK / Foto: Jürgen Liepe
Transverse flute by Johann Joachim Quantz
Ausstellungsraum des MIM
(c) SIMPK / Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Ausstellungsraum des MIM
Clavecin brisé, traveling harpsichord, by Jean Marius (Paris, around 1700)
(c) SIMPK / Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Clavecin brisé, traveling harpsichord, by Jean Marius (Paris, around 1700)
Stummfilmnacht im MIM
(c) SIMPK / Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Stummfilmnacht im MIM
Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Eingang
Foto: bbr

The Museum of Musical Instruments of the National Institute for Music Research (Musikinstrumenten-Museum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung) collects and displays instruments of European art music (“Kunstmusik”) from the 16th century to the present and allows visitors to hear them played in concerts and tours. Roughly 800 of the 3,000 or so instruments drawn from the collection founded in 1888 are on display.

One unique highlight is the Naumburger wind instrument collection, a nearly complete range of instruments originating from a central German city pipers group from 1600. Included in this collection are early harpsichords and spinets, some from the Ruckers family workshop, and the famous Bach cembalo and its replica. Visitors can see a number of delightful items, including stringed instruments from European masters such as Stradivarius, Gagliano, Stainer and Krouchdaler, woodwind instruments from Hotteterre, Denner, Quantz and others, a  portable harpsichord belonging to Queen Sophie-Charlotte of Prussia, transverse flutes belonging to Friedrich II, Carl Maria von Weber's pianoforte, an English church organ from John Gray's workshop and Europe's largest cinema and theatre organ, the four-manual “Mighty Wurlitzer”, which is played regularly in concerts.
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Opening hours,
  • Monday closed
  • Tuesday 09:00 - 13:00
  • Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
  • Thursday 09:00 - 20:00
  • Friday 09:00 - 17:00
  • Saturday-Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
Last entry

30 Min. vor Schließung

On Sundays when concerts in the Early Music Live series take place, the museum only opens at 1 pm.

  • 1. May 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 8. May 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 29. May 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 8. June 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 9. June 2025 closed
  • 3. October 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 24. December 2025 closed
  • 25. December 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 26. December 2025 10:00 - 17:00
  • 31. December 2025 closed
  • 1. January 2026 10:00 - 17:00

Location,

Ben-Gurion-Straße, 10785 Berlin

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Telephone,

+49 (30) 254 81-178

Fax,

+49 (30) 254 81-172

Website,

www.simpk.de

Email,

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Prices,

Admission price 10,00 €

Reduced price 5,00 €

Children under 18 have free admission.

Exhibitions

Viola da Gamba by Gregorius Karpp, Königsberg 1693 (detail)
Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Viola da Gamba by Gregorius Karpp, Königsberg 1693 (detail)

Display collection of the Berlin Museum of Musical Instruments
Bass tuba by Johann Gottfried Moritz, Berlin, 1839
(c) Schnepp Renou
Bass tuba by Johann Gottfried Moritz, Berlin, 1839

Low brass

A brief history of low brass instruments
Julie Zelter, after 1800, oil painting by Susanna Henry. On permanent loan from the Singakademie zu Berlin e.V.
(c) Singakademie zu Berlin e.V.
Julie Zelter, after 1800, oil painting by Susanna Henry. On permanent loan from the Singakademie zu Berlin e.V.

A magical voice! The extraordinary singer Julie Zelter (1767–1806)

Cabinet exhibition on the ‘Instrument of the Year 2025’: The voice

Events

Katrīna Paula Felsberga (soprano) and Justine Eckhaut (piano) at the Jour Fixe on January 8, 2025
(c) Peter Adamik
Katrīna Paula Felsberga (soprano) and Justine Eckhaut (piano) at the Jour Fixe on January 8, 2025

Museum of Musical Instruments

Jour Fixe - Music in the afternoon

Young artists introduce themselves

Concert
Clavecin brisé, travelling harpsichord, from the workshop of Jean Marius (Paris 1700-1704)
(c) SIMPK / Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Clavecin brisé, travelling harpsichord, from the workshop of Jean Marius (Paris 1700-1704)

Museum of Musical Instruments

Highlights of the MIM collection

Public guided tour with sound samples

Guided Tour
Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ
(c) SIMPK/Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Console of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ

Museum of Musical Instruments

The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ

Demonstration and short concert

Concert, Miscellaneous
Cembalo Vitu Trasuntino, Venedig, 1560
SIMPK/Foto: Jürgen Liepe
Cembalo Vitu Trasuntino, Venedig, 1560

Museum of Musical Instruments

MIM inside - Viaggio in Italia

with Emanuele Marconi, Director of the Museum of Musical Instruments (Musikinstrumenten-Museum). In Italian

Guided Tour
Girl tries out a trumpet
Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Girl tries out a trumpet

Museum of Musical Instruments

Try it!

Getting to know musical instruments for children and families

Workshop
Mixturtrautonium (1988) after Oskar Sala
(c) SIMPK /Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Mixturtrautonium (1988) after Oskar Sala

Museum of Musical Instruments

Hitchcock's birds in the strawberry field

Guided tour of the electronic musical instruments in the MIM: from the trautonium to the Mellotron

Guided Tour
Jörg Joachim Riehle on the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ
(c) SIMPK/Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Jörg Joachim Riehle on the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ

Museum of Musical Instruments

Sing und Kling - Tour for the "Year of the Voice"

Hands-on tour

Guided Tour
Sound waves
Schallwellen

Museum of Musical Instruments

International Museum Day 2025 at the MIM

Can you still hear or can you already feel? International Museum Day at the MIM is all about sound

Guided Tour, Concert, Workshop
Hannes Zerbe Jazz Orchestra Berlin at Jazz im MIM
(c) SIMPK
Hannes Zerbe Jazz Orchestra Berlin at Jazz im MIM

Museum of Musical Instruments

Jazz at the MIM

Stars and newcomers of the Berlin jazz scene as guests at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum

Concert
Diffusoren im Hallraum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung
(c) SIMPK / Foto: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn
Hängende gebogene Platten

Museum of Musical Instruments

Listen up!

Guided tour through the acoustics rooms of the State Institute for Music Research

Guided Tour
Lux Orientis Ensemble
(c) Miako Klein
Lux Orientis Ensemble

Museum of Musical Instruments

Sound Spaces: Heaven and Hell

Arabic music meets early music, from Al Arabi's “Night Journey” to Dante's “Divine Comedy”. With the Lux Orientis Ensemble

Concert, Lecture, talk
Ensemble Titans Rising
(c) Der Gottwald

Museum of Musical Instruments

Sound Spaces: Fortune infortune fort une

Music at the court of Margaret of Austria. With the Early Music Ensemble Titans Rising

Concert, Lecture, talk
HAINBACH
(c) Künstlerpromo
HAINBACH

Museum of Musical Instruments

Sound Spaces: Retrotonik

The future of electronic music? With HAINBACH, internationally acclaimed composer of experimental electronic music from Berlin

Concert, Lecture, talk
Mirjam-Luise Münzel and Anna Reisener
(c) Elisa Mutatio
Mirjam-Luise Münzel and Anna Reisener

Museum of Musical Instruments

Sound Spaces: Intimate Opera

3 listening situations, 3 instruments and English opera melodies

Concert, Lecture, talk
Ricardo Magnus
(c) Jan Deichner
Ricardo Magnus

Museum of Musical Instruments

Sound Spaces: The Unknown Bach

Portrait concert on Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach with Ricardo Magnus and ensembl

Concert, Lecture, talk

Digital

COLLECTION ONLINE

Online collections database SMB-digital

Tickets

Admission price

10,00 €

Reduced price

5,00 €

Children under 18 have free admission.

Yearly ticket

Click here for information about Yearly ticket.

Member of Museumspass Berlin

Booking Telephone

+49 (30) 254 81-139

Services

  • Cafe
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  • Archive

Accessibility

Audioguides

In German, English.

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