Deutsches Museum

Deutsches Museum Overview
– Founded on 28 June 1903
– Located in Munich, Germany
– World’s largest museum of science and technology
– Exhibits about 28,000 objects from 50 fields of science and technology

Museumsinsel
– Main site of the Deutsches Museum
– Located on a small island in the Isar river
– Island was used for rafting wood since the Middle Ages
– Island was regularly flooded before the building of the Sylvensteinspeicher
– City council donated the island for the museum in 1903

Other Sites
– Deutsches Museum has branches in Bonn and Nuremberg
– Flugwerft Schleißheim branch is located north of Munich and displays airplanes and VTOL planes
– Deutsches Museum Verkehrzentrum focuses on transportation technology
– Bonn branch focuses on German technology, science, and research after 1945

Oskar von Miller
– Oskar von Miller studied electrical engineering
– Known for building the first high voltage line from Miesbach to Munich
– Joined AEG and founded an engineering office in Munich
– Strongly influenced the exhibition and collection of the Deutsches Museum
– Opened the museum on his 70th birthday in 1925

History and Reconstruction
– Supported by a small group who donated 260,000 marks
– Prince Ludwig acted as patron of the museum
– Exhibits displayed in the National Museum before the permanent museum was built
– Museum opened on 2 May 1925
– Damaged during World War II with 80% of buildings and 20% of exhibits damaged or destroyed
– The museum had to be closed for repairs after the war
– Temporary tenants, such as the College of Technology and the Post Office, used museum space
– The library reopened in November 1945
– The regular exhibits began reopening in May 1948
– During the 1950s, the museum focused on natural sciences
– Traditional large exhibits, such as civil engineering, were reduced in size
– The museum made way for more modern technological advances
– The reproduction of the cave of Altamira is on display
– The Opel RAK.1, the world’s first public flight of a rocket-powered aircraft, is exhibited
– Fritz von Opel summarized the history of rocketry in a speech
– The museum showcased the Opel RAK2 rocket-car replica
– The Apollo 8 space capsule was shown in a special exhibit
– In the 1970s, the museum focused on explaining the cultural significance of science and technology
– The mission statement of the museum was modified to reflect this change
– In the early 1980s, several exhibits were severely damaged by arson
– The museum underwent extensive reconstruction efforts
– Additional buildings were constructed to increase exhibit space
– The total exhibit space reached 55,000 square meters by 1993
– Agreements with other institutions led to the creation of Deutsches Museum Bonn and the Flugwerft Schleißheim airfield exhibit
– The Bavarian Government gave buildings at the Theresienhöhe site to the Deutsches Museum
– The Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum, a transportation museum, was created
– It opened in 2003 and houses road vehicle and train exhibits
– The Theresienhöhe quarter is a new area on the edge of the inner city of Munich
– The Museum of Transport is part of the quarter’s design of mixed use Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Museum

Deutsches Museum (Wikipedia)

For other uses, see Deutsches Museum (disambiguation).

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The Deutsches Museum (German Museum, officially Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (English: German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology)) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. It receives about 1.5 million visitors per year.

Deutsches Museum

Deutsches Museum (2022)
Established	28 June 1903 (1903-06-28)
Location	Museumsinsel 1 80538 München Germany
Type	Science museum Technology museum
Collection size	28,000
Visitors	1.5 million
Website	www.deutsches-museum.de

The museum was founded on 28 June 1903, at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) as an initiative of Oskar von Miller. It is the largest museum in Munich. For a period of time the museum was also used to host pop and rock concerts including The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Elton John.