Photo: Deutsches Museum | Christian Illing
About this Blog
The Deutsches Museum Blog
Science and technology are everywhere - they make things happen, inspire and change the world. In our museum blog, we write about fascinating exhibits, ground-breaking inventions and the people behind them.
What awaits you? Exclusive insights behind the scenes of our museum, interviews with researchers and surprising stories from science and technology. We show how historical discoveries still influence our everyday lives today and which innovations are shaping the future.
Whether legendary aeroplanes, groundbreaking medical advances or revolutionary developments in robotics - our blog invites you to read exciting stories from the Deutsches Museum. Our look behind the scenes takes you into our exhibitions, presents educational offers, shows projects from digitisation, reasearch, the workshops, the archive or the library.
The articles on the Deutsches Museum blog show how the work of around 600 employees and the collection of around 125,000 objects provide an inexhaustible wealth of stories. We hope you enjoy reading and discovering!
Topics in our blog
In 2017, amateur treasure hunters come across an unusual find in a forest close to Munich: this Schlüsselgerät 41 had presumably been buried at the end of the war. Photo: Deutsches Museum, Konrad Rainer | Konrad Rainer
From the collection
The Deutsches Museum's collection comprises over 125,000 objects - from the first automobile to the electron microscope. Valuable originals such as the Wright brothers' first powered aeroplane, the U 1 submarine, the diesel engine or the first program-controlled computer - precious exhibits and their diversity make the Deutsches Museum's collection one of the most important scientific and technical collections in the world. Find out more about selected objects and their exciting stories in the blog.
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From research
The Deutsches Museum has a vibrant research culture with an international reputation. Based on the extensive collection, researchers at the Deutsches Museum bring exciting stories to light and generate new scientific findings. Discover selected contributions from education and conservation science, from the history of technology, science and environment and take a look at the creation of knowledge behind our exhibitions.
Photo: Foto Ansgar Pudenz | Ansgar Pudenz
This is new
There's a lot going on at the Deutsches Museum and there's news almost every day. You can discover the context and background to exhibition openings, publications or the expansion of our digital offering here.
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Digitisation
The Deutsches Museum is expanding into the digital space, and has been doing so for some time. We are constantly digitizing material from the archive, library and collection for the “Deutsches Museum Digital” platform. Virtual exhibitions are being opened and virtual tours make the museum rooms accessible outside opening hours. Find out more about how our exhibition centre is moving into the digital future and what digital offerings we have in store for you.
Vorbereitung und Teambesprechung zur Ausstellung Energie und Dampf im Deutschen Museum in München. Photo: © argum | Thomas Einberger
Behind the scenes
What will our future exhibitions look like and how do curators work? How do objects get into the museum? How do collaborations with external partners come about and how do the training programmes at the Deutsches Museum operate? The staff of the Deutsches Museum will give you a glimpse behind the scenes, whether in day-to-day operations or at extraordinary events.
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In the workshop
24 specialised workshops belong to the Deutsches Museum. This is where unique pieces - such as the world-famous dioramas - are made, masterpieces restored and technology maintained. Here you can discover how traditional craftsmanship, creativity and meticulousness come together in our workshops and which products result from this merger.
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From the construction site
The ongoing modernisation of the Deutsches Museum is a project of the century. The museum building is being renovated and all the exhibitions on the Museumsinsel are being updated and redesigned. These articles will give you an insight into the project, in which the transport of aeroplanes is one amongst many logistical challenges.