Regals, ca. 1680 (Inv.-no. 24139) © Deutsches Museum / Reinhard Krause

Pulling out all the stops

Guided tour to the organ instruments
Here you can experience 17th-century positives and shelves and learn more about the functioning of organs from Bach's time.
16.11.2025, 15:00 – 16:15

Guided Tour
Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum's organ collection ranges from floor-to-ceiling organs to positives and shelves. Many of the instruments date from the 17th and 18th centuries and thus from the lifetime of Johann Sebastian Bach. During the tour, visitors can familiarise themselves with the instruments and their sounds. A model is also used to show how a mechanical slider chest organ typical of the time worked.

Venue

Deutsches Museum

Musical Instruments Exhibition

Museumsinsel 1
80538 München

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Accessibility:

  • Treffpunkt:

    Music hall

  • Car parks:

    No

  • Catering offer:

    Nein

Tickets

Prices:

The number of participants is limited. Information on registration will follow.
A valid ticket for the Deutsches Museum is required. There is no separate admission charge for the guided tour. Please see the ticketing information.

More information

  • Maximum number of participants:

    20

  • Age recommendation:

    From 10 years

  • Duration of the event:

    15:00 – 16:15

  • In which language:

    German

Regals, ca. 1680 (Inv.-no. 24139)
Regals, ca. 1680 (Inv.-no. 24139) © Deutsches Museum / Reinhard Krause
Positive organ, Franz Nikolaus Lamprecht, Oettingen 1693 (Inv.-no. 20786)
Positive organ, Franz Nikolaus Lamprecht, Oettingen 1693 (Inv.-no. 20786) © Deutsches Museum / Reinhard Krause
Functional model of an organ, Deutsches Museum workshops
Functional model of an organ, Deutsches Museum workshops © Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum © Deutsches Museum

Organiser

Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum is one of the largest science and technology museums in the world. Around 1.5 million visitors come to the exhibitions on the Museum Island every year, which range from nuclear physics to photography, health, aviation and robotics. The newly designed musical instrument exhibition shows instruments from the 16th to the 21st century and invites visitors to experiment with demonstrations.

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