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Research

Photo: Foto Deutsches Museum, Gestaltung Linda Reiter

About the Archive

Collection Profile

The Deutsches Museum Archive is one of the leading specialized archives for the history of science and technology in Germany and Europe. By focusing on selected areas within science and technology, the Archive acquires high-caliber original documents, which are cataloged to the highest professional standards, conserved, and made readily accessible to researchers and the general public (including online, where legally permitted). The collection comprises cultural heritage of national significance to German history. Our work is guided by a comprehensive collection profile.

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Scholarship Programme

The Deutsches Museum Archive awards several grants (typically travel grants) to external researchers, provided that their work (such as a Master’s thesis, PhD, habilitation, or publication) requires intensive use of the collections held at the Deutsches Museum Archive. The scheme is primarily aimed at early-career researchers. Funding is also available for short exploratory visits to prepare for larger research projects. Certain grants have specific focal areas (see the details for each individual grant).

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Publications

Photo: Deutsches Museum

Photo: Deutsches Museum

Photo: Deutsches Museum | Mönch, Kathrin

Publications from the Deutsches Museum Archive document significant personal papers as well as special collection strengths. Some of these works have been published in conjunction with exhibitions or specific projects, or in collaboration with partner archives:

History of the Archive

The Deutsches Museum Archive was established in 1903, the very year the museum was founded. The initial statutes, dated 28 December 1903, formally established the archive as an institutional entity. Since then, it has formed an integral part of the museum’s broad concept, which—alongside object collections and exhibitions—encompasses an archive, a library, public lectures, and research. From its inception, the Deutsches Museum as a whole was envisioned—and remains to this day—as an integrated center of scholarship and a hub of technical and scientific culture in Germany.

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Head of Archives