Photo: Deutsches Museum
A celebration for all
The exhibition building on the Museumsinsel was opened on 7 May 1925. This 100-year anniversary is being celebrated.
100 years of the Deutsches Museum - The countdown is on!
There will also be a big island festival to mark the anniversary, as seen here at the opening of the new exhibitions in 2022. Photo: Deutsches Museum, Hubert Czech
Our anniversary celebration starts on 9 May with special activities and free admission for schoolchildren. On the anniversary weekend, 10 and 11 May 2025, we cordially invite everyone to join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Deutsches Museum - with a varied anniversary programme in and around the museum and free admission for everyone.
The exhibitions, workshops, library, archive, collection management, education department and many other areas will be organising a festival full of discoveries and experiences. Look forward to a long weekend full of knowledge, amazement, entertainment and a real anniversary atmosphere - all over the Museum Island!
100 yearsThe 100th anniversary of the exhibition building will be celebrated on 7 May 2025.
100 possibilitiesWe are celebrating the anniversary with many activities, programmes and digital offers.
Photo: Deutsches Museum, München | Reinhard Krause
Our publishing house is publishing two books to mark our anniversary. In an illustrated book on 100 years of the Deutsches Museum on the Museumsinsel, photographs from our collection illustrate the exciting and eventful history of the museum.
Photo: Deutsches Museum
The French illustrator Lapin spent two weeks in our exhibitions in autumn 2024: drawing masterpieces of technology and portraying people in the museum. His pictures will be published as a book by our publishing house in May 2025 - as one of the highlights of the museum's 100th anniversary.
“Visits must be facilitated by favourable admission prices.
The collections must be open for as long as possible and preferably at times when the public has time to visit them.
Der Besuch muss durch billige Eintrittspreise erleichtert werden.
Die Sammlungen müssen möglichst lange und möglichst zu den Zeiten geöffnet sein, in welchen die Bevölkerung Zeit zur Besichtigung hat.”
