Of ink erosion, stardust, Leiden bottles and organ sounds

Experiments and demonstrations on Bach and his time

The focus is on why Bach's ink eats away at paper, how eye surgery was performed at the time and experiments with electricity.

Guided Tour, Lecture
Deutsches Museum

Bach's life was not just about music. In this multifaceted format, visitors will be taken on a journey to topics from his immediate surroundings: What causes the ink erosion that afflicts Bach's manuscripts? What experiments did Bach's colleague at the Thomasschule and neighbour Johann Heinrich Winkler carry out with electricity? And how should we imagine the eye operation that Bach underwent at the end of his life?

Curators from various departments of the Deutsches Museum show original objects and experiments on these and other topics and explain the connections. This will be accompanied by music in the museum's music hall.

Venue

Deutsches Museum

Musiksaal der Ausstellung Musikinstrumente und Hörsaal der Ausstellung Chemie

Museumsinsel 1
80538 München

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Accessibility:

• Treffpunkt:

  Exhibition of musical instruments, music hall

• Car parks:

  No

• Catering offer:

  Ja, nur Getränke

Organiser

Deutsches Museum

besucherservice@deutsches-museum.de
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Tickets

Prices:

You can reserve at musik@deutsches-museum.de.

A valid admission ticket for the Deutsches Museum is required. There is no separate entrance fee for the programme. Members of the Deutsches Museum and holders of annual tickets have free admission. Please see the information on ticketing.

More information

• Maximum number of participants:

  50

• Age recommendation:

  From 10 years

• Opening hours:

  Closed on:

  01.11.2025
  12.11.2025
  

• In which language:

  German

Aderlass-Messer © Deutsches Museum / Reinhard Krause

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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