Musical Instruments

Berlin Musical Instrument Museum

The Berlin Musical Instrument Museum (German: Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin) is located at the Kulturforum on Tiergartenstraße in Berlin, Germany. The museum holds over 3,500 musical instruments from the 16th century onward and is one of the largest and most representative musical instrument collections in Germany. Objects include a portable harpsichord once owned by Prussia's Queen Sophie Charlotte, flutes from the collection of Frederick the Great, and Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica. About 800 exhibits are presented in permanent exhibition. Those instruments that are still playable are played regularly. The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is part of the State Institute for Music Research, under the auspices of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

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• ▸La Monte Young
• ▸Aeolis quadrangle
• ▸Chromesthesia

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