Public festival for young and old at the Kulturforum Berlin. At the SIM: Instrument and architecture tours, news from the world of the senses
On September 14, 2025, the Kulturforum Berlin will once again be transformed into a large event space—both indoors and outdoors. For the fourth time, the cultural and scientific institutions located there, as well as the church, are inviting the public to a festival for young and old, which this year has the theme “Paradise.”
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Cembalo von Benoist Stehlin, Paris, 1767, Kat.-Nr. 5715, Detail
The team at the State Institute for Music Research invites you to experience music with all your senses – simply heavenly! As part of an architectural tour, you can explore the entire building, right up to the roof terrace.
Program
12 noon to 4 p.m.
Hands-on
Simply heavenly: experience with all your senses
Listen to music, feel it, see it, and move to it: the sense:ability project of the State Institute for Music Research invites you to discover music with all your senses.
Ages 8 and up
1 p.m.
Guided tour
Sounds from paradise, or nature makes the music
Jörg Joachim Riehle demonstrates how indispensable swan bones, horsehair, and wild boar bristles are for making music, what a bird organ can do, and how butterflies inspired instrument makers.
Ages 8 and up
2 p.m.
Lecture
Historical instruments and digital perspectives
How do visitors experience the museum? In the sense:ability project, Klaus Wolfgang Kesselheim uses depth sensors to research movements, body language, and the perception of historical instruments.
Ages 13 and up
3 p.m.
Guided tour
Where you've definitely never been before – architectural tour of the SIM
Flavia Hennig and Heinz von Loesch will guide you through the State Institute for Music Research, from the Musical Instrument Museum to the airy roof terrace with its unique (musical) view.
Ages 13 and up
Additional information
Price info: Kulturforum ticket at a special price of €12 (instead of €20), reduced price €6. Holders of an SMB annual pass can bring one person with them free of charge. Children and young people up to the age of 18 have free admission, as usual.
Price: €12.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Price: €12.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Dates
September 2025
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