The Regional Institute has existed as a scientific department at the Institute for European Ethnology since 1995. Its work aims to create better linkages between research and teaching as well as their public communication. Alongside our own research projects and taught courses at the Institute we offer frequent excursions as part of our regular academic offerings. Here we focus on historical and contemporary problems of everyday culture and empirical research, and on giving conceptual advice to museums in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. One particular focus of our work is on the still youthful network of industrial and technology museums in the region. The attempt to save at least some of the historical production locations as museums continues to suffer from a lack of clear concepts, secure funding and highly skilled managerial staff. Together with the initiatives and projects in question, the Federation of Museums and the relevant ministry of culture, we are developing long-term, sustainable solutions. The Regional Institute’s archive focuses on collecting examples of cultural science research connected to Berlin-Brandenburg.