Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum (Museumsinsel 1, Munich) – located on an island along the Isar River in Munich, this is the world’s largest museum of science and technology, attracting nearly 1.5 million visitors per year, showcasing about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology.
Its huge collection of priceless artifacts and historic originals includes the first electric dynamo (Siemens, 1866), the first automobile (Benz, 1886), the first diesel engine (1897), and the laboratory bench at which the atom was first split (Hahn, Strassmann, 1938). There are hundreds of buttons to push, levers to crank, and gears to turn, as well as a knowledgeable, English-speaking staff to answer questions and demonstrate how steam engines, pumps, or historical musical instruments work. Admission: €8.50 (adult), €3 (students and children). Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily).