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column--size8"><div id="c34952"><div class="news-detail" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"><meta itemprop="headline" content="Impressions of the collection"/><meta itemprop="datePublished" content="2020-10-29" /><h3 class="news-detail__title news-detail__title--reduced">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 instruments are on display in the exhibition collection.</h3><div class="textmedia"><div class="gallery gallery--thumbnail"><div class="gallery__liner"><figure class="gallery__item current" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT14.jpg" aria-hidden="false"><div class="gallery__item-liner"><img class="gallery__image" alt="View of the collection toward the north end of the museum, with prospect of the Gray organ on the right" src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT14.jpg" width="1260" height="707" title="170624_TSPK_PHT14.jpg" /></div><figcaption class="gallery__image-caption" data-full-caption="View of the collection toward the north end of the museum, with prospect of the Gray organ on the right. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"> View of the collection toward the north end of the museum, with prospect of the Gray organ on the right. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel </figcaption></figure><b class="gallery__item--waiting" data-src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT31.jpg" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT31.jpg" data-alt="Harpsichord made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers" data-full-caption="Harpsichord made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel" data-caption="Harpsichord made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"></b><b class="gallery__item--waiting" data-src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT15.jpg" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT15.jpg" data-alt="Harps and pianos on the upper floor of the museum" data-full-caption="Harps and pianos on the upper floor of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel" data-caption="Harps and pianos on the upper floor of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"></b><b class="gallery__item--waiting" data-src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT27.jpg" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT27.jpg" data-alt="String and keyboard instruments on the upper floor of the museum" data-full-caption="String and keyboard instruments on the upper floor of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel" data-caption="String and keyboard instruments on the upper floor of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"></b><b class="gallery__item--waiting" data-src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT23.jpg" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT23.jpg" data-alt="Harpsichords made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers" data-full-caption="Harpsichords made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel" data-caption="Harpsichords made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"></b><b class="gallery__item--waiting" data-src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT29.jpg" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT29.jpg" data-alt="Instruments made by the Berlin instrument maker Moritz on the upper floor of the museum" data-full-caption="Instruments made by the Berlin instrument maker Moritz on the upper floor of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel" data-caption="Instruments made by the Berlin instrument maker Moritz on the upper floor of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"></b><b class="gallery__item--waiting" data-src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT24.jpg" data-large="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Sammlung_Galerie/170624_TSPK_PHT24.jpg" data-alt="Stringed instruments in the north end of the museum" data-full-caption="Stringed instruments in the north end of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel" data-caption="Stringed instruments in the north end of the museum. Photo: SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel"></b></div><div class="gallery__thumbnails"><ul class="gallery__thumbnail-list"><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT14.jpg" alt="View of the collection toward the north end of the museum, with prospect of the Gray organ on the right" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/4/f/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT14_8bebdfabb2.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT31.jpg" alt="Harpsichord made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/4/d/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT31_a68a441655.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT15.jpg" alt="Harps and pianos on the upper floor of the museum" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/e/b/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT15_80276a700e.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT27.jpg" alt="String and keyboard instruments on the upper floor of the museum" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/b/d/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT27_7ac3f1eac5.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT23.jpg" alt="Harpsichords made by the Flemish instrument-making family Ruckers" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT23_4d1bd21bcb.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT29.jpg" alt="Instruments made by the Berlin instrument maker Moritz on the upper floor of the museum" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/c/d/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT29_f939d8a817.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li><li class="gallery__thumbnail-item"><img class="gallery__thumbnail" title="170624_TSPK_PHT24.jpg" alt="Stringed instruments in the north end of the museum" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/b/4/csm_170624_TSPK_PHT24_6f25d51d09.jpg" width="115" height="65" /></li></ul></div></div><div class="textmedia__text textmedia__text--news-detail" itemprop="articleBody"></div></div></div></div><section id="c34956" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Highlights of the Exhibition</h3><div class="textmedia textmedia--teaser "><div class="textmedia__images "><figure class="textmedia__figure"><a href="/en/museum/collection/highlights-of-the-exhibition.html" title="Weitere Informationen aufrufen" class="textmedia__image-link"><img class="textmedia__image" title="Pipe prospect of the Gray organ. Photo: Anne-Katrin Breitenborn" alt="Pipe prospect of the Gray organ" src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Besuch/gray.jpg" width="300" height="168" /></a></figure></div><div class="textmedia__text"><p>Among the approximately 3,600 instruments and objects in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum are some outstanding treasures. Follow us on a tour of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin! <a href="/en/museum/collection/highlights-of-the-exhibition.html" title="Call up further information (opens new window)">more</a></p></div></div></section><section id="c34957" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Central Themes of the Collection</h3><div class="textmedia textmedia--teaser "><div class="textmedia__images "><figure class="textmedia__figure"><a href="/en/museum/collection/central-themes-of-the-collection.html" title="Weitere Informationen aufrufen" target="_top" class="textmedia__image-link"><img class="textmedia__image" title="Cembalo Ruckers" alt="Cembalo aus der Werkstatt der Familie Ruckers" src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Besuch/Ruckers_ts.jpg" width="300" height="168" /></a></figure></div><div class="textmedia__text"><p>The museum collects instruments of European art music dating from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. We present some of the central themes of this representative collection. <a href="/en/museum/collection/central-themes-of-the-collection.html" title="Call up further information (opens new window)">more</a></p></div></div></section><section id="c34958" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Special Exhibitions</h3><div class="textmedia textmedia--teaser "><div class="textmedia__images "><figure class="textmedia__figure"><a href="/en/museum/collection/special-exhibitions.html" class="textmedia__image-link"><img class="textmedia__image" title="Pandurina" alt="Pandurina" src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sonderausstellung/Status_Macht_Bewegung/Pandurina2.jpg" width="2000" height="1328" /></a></figure></div><div class="textmedia__text"><p>The Musikinstrumenten-Museum regularly hosts special exhibitions with different thematic focuses. <a href="/en/museum/collection/special-exhibitions.html">more</a></p></div></div></section><section id="c34959" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">History</h3><div class="textmedia textmedia--teaser "><div class="textmedia__images "><figure class="textmedia__figure"><a href="/en/museum/collection/history.html" title="Weitere Informationen aufrufen" class="textmedia__image-link"><img class="textmedia__image" title="Curt Sachs plays the glass harmonica" alt="Black and white photo showing a man playing a glass harmonica" src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Besuch/Sachs_ts.jpg" width="300" height="168" /></a></figure></div><div class="textmedia__text"><p>The history of the Berlin Musikinstrumenten-Museum dates back to 1888 when Philipp Spitta and Joseph Joachim founded the "Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente" (Collection of Old Musical Instruments) at the Königliche Akademische Hochschule (Royal Academy) in Berlin. <a href="/en/museum/collection/history.html" title="Call up further information (opens new window)">more</a></p></div></div></section><section id="c34960" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Restoration and Conservation</h3><div class="textmedia textmedia--teaser "><div class="textmedia__images "><figure class="textmedia__figure"><img class="textmedia__image" title="Conservator Barnes Ziegler examines an instrument. Photo: SPK/ photothek/ Sebastian Rau" alt="Man with beard in blue shirt looks into a microscope. In front of him is a violin." src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Museum/Sammlung/Restaurierung/03_Barnes_Ziegler_Mikroskop_web.jpg" width="1260" height="707" /></figure></div><div class="textmedia__text"><p>Researchers at the museum systematically study the collection and work with restorers in overseeing the conservation and restoration projects of the museum. <a href="/en/museum/collection/restoration-and-conservation.html" title="Weitere Informationen aufrufen">more</a></p></div></div></section><section id="c38288" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Picture library</h3><div class="textmedia textmedia--teaser "><div class="textmedia__images "><figure class="textmedia__figure"><img class="textmedia__image" src="/fileadmin/user_upload_sim/Bilder/Forschung/Veranstaltungen/40_Jahre_SIM/SIMPK_Baustelle_29.png" width="1260" height="707" alt="" /></figure></div><div class="textmedia__text"><p>The picture library of the Musikinstrumenten-Museum holds extensive documentation material on the museum's own instrument collection. <a href="/en/museum/service/picture-library.html" title="Call up further information (opens new window)">more</a></p></div></div></section></div><div class="column column--size4"><section id="c35171" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Opening hours</h3><div class="textmedia "><div class="textmedia__text"><p>Monday closed<br> Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.<br> Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.<br> Thursday: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.<br> Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.</p><p><span style="color:#c0392b"><strong>23 July to 30 August 2024</strong><br> Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.<br> Thursday: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.<br> Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.<br> Monday closed</span></p></div></div></section><section id="c34961" class="component component--lineless"><h3 class="component__title">Further Resources</h3><div class="textmedia "><div class="textmedia__text"><p class="advisory"><a 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