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Deutsches Museum

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The Deutsches Museum, founded by Oskar von Miller in 1903, is housed on an island in the Isar River in a building dating from 1925. The world’s largest museum of technology and engineering is a tour de force – only a fraction of the exhibits can be viewed in a single day. The best approach is to plan your visit in advance.
Laser shows are presented in the Zeiss Planetarium on the sixth floor; tickets for these events are sold separately. More on Deutsches Museum branch museums

Top 10 Sights

1. Galileo’s Workshop

In the Physics section, a reconstruction of Galileo’s workshop features a large collection of equipment used by the famous astronomer and physicist.
2. Pharmaceuticals

The highlight of this section, opened in 2000, is a model of a human cell magnified 350,000 times.
3. Enigma Machine

The Enigma encoding machine, built during World War II, is a fine example of early information technology.
4. Zeiss Planetarium

Projected onto the 15-m (49-ft) dome of the sixth floor are the sun, the moon, the planets, constellations, and nebulae, as well as the more than 5,000 fixed stars visible to the naked eye.
5. Mining

Exhibits on mining technology over five centuries are featured in the mining section.
6. Musical Instruments

Sounds for Hitchcock’s The Birds were created on the trautonium.
7. Aviation and Space Travel

Dozens of airplanes are on display, including an original by the Wright brothers and the famous Junkers JU-52. You can even board some planes. More exhibits on travel are housed at Flugwerft Schleißheim, a branch museum.
8. Power Machinery

Steam engines, motor engines, and turbines are to be found here. Some of these colossal machines, like the Alban high-pressure steam engine, are veritable works of art.
9. Telecommunications

Superb exhibits such as the first 19th-century telegraph, Thomas Edison’s gramophone, and a 1913 AEG transmitter are displayed here, along with the latest in communications technology.
10. Marine Navigation

Along with countless model ships, the vast exhibition hall features several original sail- and steamboats, such as the 1932 steam tugboat Renzo and the wooden fishing vessel Ewer Maria.

Practical Information

A good alternative to the museum cafeteria is Café Stör in the Müller Baths, a magnificent Art Nouveau building across from the museum. The museum shop sells model kits (including robots), games, building sets, instruments, posters, and books. Museumsinsel 1 S-Bahn: Isartor (all lines), U1/U7: Fraunhoferstraße, Tram: 18 (089) 21 79-1 www.deutschesmuseum.de Open 9am–5pm daily (some departments Wed until 8pm) Closed 1 Jan, Shrove Tue, Good Fri, 1 May, 1 Nov, 21 Dec, and 24–25 Dec Adm €7.50 (reduced €3 and €5), evening admission (Wed after 4pm) €3, family ticket €15, children ages 6–15 €3, children under 6 free