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Photo: Deutsches Museum München

Image Collection & Image Service

The Deutsches Museum Image Library holds approximately 80,000 documentary photographs, which can be accessed in the archive’s reading room. It serves as the central point of contact at the Deutsches Museum for scan orders, photography requests, and image licensing.

Photo: Deutsches Museum München

Here, users will find systematically arranged photographic records relating to the history of the Deutsches Museum, key objects and figures in the history of science and technology, and high-value handwritten and printed documents. This systematic arrangement is largely based on the subject classification of the museum’s collections.

Contact and Visit

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

  • Licensing Fees

    We use high-quality negative film photographs and overhead scans to provide users with high-resolution images. Such reproductions can be ordered from image services for a fee, if applicable. Many low-resolution photographs and sources can by used with a CC BY SA license and downloaded from the Deutsches Museum Digital.

    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

Topics

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mining
  • Mineral Resources
  • Chemistry
  • Data Processing Technologies
  • Energy Technologies
  • Oil and Natural Gas
  • Photography
  • Geodesy
  • Geophysics
  • Glass Technology
  • Metallurgy
  • Craft Techniques
  • Building Technologies
  • Woodworking
  • Civil Engineering
  • Ceramics
  • Power Machinery
  • Crystallography and Mineralogy
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Land Transport
  • Aviation
  • Dimensions and Weight
  • Machine Components
  • Mathematical Instruments, Analogue Devices, and Calculators
  • Metalworking
  • Microelectronics
  • Musical Instruments
  • Communication Technology
  • Paper Technology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Physics
  • Aerospace
  • Rail Transport
  • Shipping
  • Writing and Printing Technology
  • High-Voltage Engineering
  • Industrial Chemistry
  • Textile Technology
  • Timekeeping