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Photo: Deutsches Museum München

Image library

The Deutsches Museum’s Image Library holds a collection of around 80,000 documentary photographs, which can be accessed in the archive’s reading room. It is the central point of contact at the Deutsches Museum for requests for scans and new photographs, as well as for licensing.

[Translate to English:] Bildstelle im Archiv des Deutschen Museums. Photo: Deutsches Museum München

Here, visitors will find photographic records, arranged systematically, relating to the history of the Deutsches Museum, to important objects and figures in the history of science and technology, as well as photographs of handwritten or printed documents of great historical value. The systematic arrangement is largely based on the subject-area classification of the Deutsches Museum’s collections.

Ordering photographs

Bildstelle

Address

Museumsinsel 1
80538 München

Telephone +49 89 2179 231
Email archiv@deutsches-museum.de

Opening hours

Montag–Freitag 9–17 Uhr
An Wochenenden und Feiertagen geschlossen

  • Overview of Fees

    High-quality negative film photographs and scans are used as source material. Reproductions can be obtained from the image library for a fee.

    DMA_Gebuehrenordnung.pdf (PDF 401 KB)

[Translate to English:] Fotoatelier im Deutschen Museum. Photo: Deutsches Museum München

[Translate to English:] Lesesaal Archiv des Deutschen Museums. Photo: Deutsches Museum München

[Translate to English:] Fotoatelier, ca. 1860, Diorama (Baujahr 1939) Photo: Deutsches Museum | Hans-Joachim Becker

Areas of expertise

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics

  • Civil Engineering

  • Mining

  • Mineral resources

  • Chemistry

  • Data processing

  • Energy technologies

  • Crude oil and natural gas

  • Photography

  • Geodesy

  • Geophysics

  • Glass technology

  • Metallurgy

  • Craft techniques

  • Building services

  • Woodworking

  • Civil engineering

  • Ceramics

  • Power machinery

  • Crystallography/Mineralogy

  • Agricultural engineering

  • Land transport

  • Aviation

  • Dimensions and weight

  • Machine components

  • Mathematical instruments, analogue devices and calculators

  • Metalworking

  • Microelectronics

  • Musical instruments

  • Communications technology

  • Paper technology

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Physics

  • Aerospace

  • Rail transport

  • Shipping

  • Writing and printing technology

  • High-voltage engineering

  • Industrial chemistry

  • Textile technology

  • Timekeeping