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Eine Hand hält ein Skizzenbuch mit der Zeichnung der Gebäudeanlage des Deutschen Museums. Im Hintergrund sieht man das Gebäude.

Photo: Lapin

Deutsches Museum

About us

We bring science and technology to life and demonstrate their cultural significance through unique masterpieces. We inspire people to play an active role in shaping the future.

Over 600employees at five locations

1903founding of the Museum. Opening on the Museum Island in 1925

14 000members who support the museum

The Deutsches Museum with its branch museums is an outstanding place for science and technology education and for a constructive dialogue between science and society. Founded in 1903, it has one of the longest traditions of science and technology museums in the world and is, with 66.000 square metres of exhibition space, the largest. Its unique collection of original exhibits makes the Deutsches Museum a leading international centre of technical and scientific culture. As one of the major German research museums of national importance, it is jointly funded by the Free State of Bavaria, the federal government and the federal states and is a member of the Leibniz Association.

History

From its foundation in 1903 under the leadership of Oskar von Miller to its repositioning in the information age.

Grundsteinlegung für den Neubau des Deutschen Museums durch Kaiser Wilhelm II., Gemälde von Georg Waltenberger, 1916. Die dekorierten Herrschaften im Vordergrund sind (von rechts) Kaiser Wilhelm II., Prinz Ludwig von Bayern, Kaiserin Augusta Viktoria, Prinzregent Luitpold, Prinzessin Therese von Bayern. Leicht links hinter Wilhelm II. steht Oskar von Miller.

Organisation

General Director, committees and structure of the Deutsches Museum.

Workshops

Since Oskar von Miller's time, the museum has had its own ideas, expertise and workshops.