Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany

The Deutsches Museum is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology.

The museum was founded on June 28, 1903, at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers as an initiative of Oskar von Miller. The main site of the Deutsches Museum is a small island in the Isar river, which had been used for rafting wood since the Middle Ages. The island did not have any buildings before 1772 because it was regularly flooded prior to the building of the Sylvensteinspeicher. In 1944, near the end of the war, the building was hit by numerous air strikes. More than 80% of the structure was destroyed.

This amazing attraction is the largest technological museum of its kind in the world and is renowned for its incredible historic artifacts, which mark important steps in the field of science and technology. Exhibits at the Deutsches Museum are many and varied and cover topics such as aerospace, astronomy, agriculture, computers, chemistry, electricity, marine navigation, mining, music, railways, and telecommunication.

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German (3 months ago)
The best technic museum I've ever seen. A lot of interesting stands and information. Also I recommend to download an app of museum with a map and excursion. It took more than 3 hours to see only a big part of the building but not the whole. I recommend visiting this museum for families with kids. Your kids and u will find a lot of interesting stands.

Sourav Ghosh (3 months ago)
Amazing collection! I loved the robotics, aviation, astronomy and consumer electronics halls. Some of the displays are geared towards a younger audience while others should be interesting for all ages. It’s way too big to see in one go so I hope to be back someday.

Matthew N (3 months ago)
Great museum. All the exhibits were clean and well maintained. I love seeing german engineering history. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong day to go. A lot of kids were on holiday with their parents.??

Theotokis Valsamis (3 months ago)
Worth visiting eventhough it is not recommended during weekends or public holidays due to the number of visitors that might be huge. It took us 30 minutes to enter the museum and it was crowded so we couldn't really enjoy. However, it is lively museum with a lot of exhibits, especially in aviation and space technology .... 4 stars due to the crowd!

Ebubekir İnal (3 months ago)
The most enjoyable museum experience I have ever had! Great for engineering and science related people. And also great for kids, free to kids under 6. Great place to spend a full day. Tons of technical experience to enjoy!

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