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Der Melkroboter in der Ausstellung.Photo: Deutsches Museum
  • Workshop

Milking by hand

Have you ever wanted to milk a cow? Then here’s your chance! Give it a go with the help of a milking stool, an artificial udder and the right milking techniques!

  • Adults, Family and children, Young people

Milking a cow is not easy. Put yourself to the test and see whether you can get “milk” out of the teats at our milking stool. Let us show you the right techniques – and then try them for yourself! This exercise will give you a brief insight into the hard work involved. Today, these tasks are mostly carried out by machines. However, milking by hand was common in Germany until the 20th century – and is still practised today in many other parts of the world to bring milk to our tables.

When will this event take place?

Discover which activities are taking place by checking our daily programme, which is published at around 9.20 each day. Our programme changes daily and includes guided tours, demonstrations, science shows and hands-on activities for individual visitors and small groups of up to five people. All programme events are held in German. They begin either directly where the activity is set to take place or at a guided-tour meeting point in the relevant exhibition.

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