At the Klingendes Museum Berlin on Behmstrasse nothing sits behind glass: at a birthday party the children try out real orchestral instruments themselves, from saxophone and tuba to djembe and electric guitar, build instruments of their own and take turns conducting. Five packages run from two to three and a half hours, percussion from the age of three.
Right beside Gesundbrunnen station
Klingendes Museum Berlin is the name of the house at Behmstrasse 13, and it is meant literally. It stands a few steps from Gesundbrunnen station, where the ring line, the S1 and S2 and the U8 all meet. Directly opposite, the Volkspark Humboldthain begins with playgrounds, a tobogganing slope and the overgrown flak tower, and anyone who needs something before the party will find the Gesundbrunnen-Center within walking distance. The house is run by a non-profit association that volunteers founded in 2002. The impulse came from the conductor Gerd Albrecht, who had built up a museum of this kind in Hamburg before; because his daughters lived in Berlin, an association of its own grew up here. It all started out mobile, and only in 2006 did the permanent site near the station follow. Today the house reaches around 30,000 people a year, with open workshops for families, a family and friends workshop and family concerts of its own at the Philharmonie. The Senate Department for Culture and Europe contributes to the funding, and the rest depends on donations.
Tuba, djembe and an orchestra of your own
The association behind it carries the full name Das Klingende Museum in Berlin, and the short form Klingendes Museum Berlin is the one in common use. It describes what happens here rather well: there is more touching than looking. At a birthday party the children try out real orchestral instruments themselves, from saxophone and tuba to djembe and electric guitar, guided by specialists who show how a note comes about in the first place. Percussion workshops are possible from the age of three, which opens the house to toddlers while older siblings can stay at the same table. Five packages are on offer and differ in length and scope. The smallest covers two hours of instrument workshop for 150 euros, the largest three and a half hours with instrument building, a birthday table, drinks and a game in which the children take turns conducting, for 400 euros. Anyone who would rather celebrate at home books the Klingendes Mobil, a brightly painted bus that pulls up with more than fifty instruments. Visitors may bring their own food, and every party has to be booked in advance.
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Price level
Piccolo, two hours of instrument workshop, 150 euros. Piccolo Plus, two and a half hours with a birthday table and drinks, 250 euros. Mezzo, three hours with instrument building, 300 euros. Grande 350 euros, Grande Orchester three and a half hours 400 euros.
Celebrating at home
The Klingendes Mobil pulls up with more than fifty instruments: two hours 300 euros, three hours with instrument building 400 euros, three and a half hours with an extended workshop 450 euros.
Age
Percussion workshops are possible from the age of three, and the packages are cut to the age group.
What happens
An instrument workshop with real orchestral instruments from saxophone and tuba to djembe and electric guitar, and depending on the package instrument building, a birthday table, drinks and a game in which the children take turns conducting.
Food and drink
Guests may bring their own food. Drinks are included in Piccolo Plus, Mezzo, Grande and Grande Orchester.
Booking
Every event has to be booked in advance, and dates are agreed individually.
Transport and contact
Gesundbrunnen station, served by the S1, S2, S25, S41, S42 and the U8, is a few minutes away. Behmstrasse 13, 13357 Berlin, phone 030 36466223.
Opening Hours
- Birthday appointments: by arrangement
