Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim
Aircraft on the roof of the museum building.
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Established | 1981 |
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Coordinates | 49°14′19″N 08°53′48″E / 49.23861°N 8.89667°ECoordinates: 49°14′19″N 08°53′48″E / 49.23861°N 8.89667°E |
Type | Technology museum |
Collection size | 3000 |
Visitors | more than 1 million |
Website | sinsheim |
The Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim is a technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany.[1] Opened in 1981, it is run by a registered association called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V." which also runs the Technik Museum Speyer.
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As of 2004[update], the museum had more than 3,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft), indoors and outdoors. In addition to exhibitions, the museum also has a 22 m × 27 m (72 ft × 89 ft) IMAX 3D theatre. It receives more than 1 million visitors per year and is the largest privately owned museum in Europe.[2]
Exhibits[edit]
Feature exhibits[edit]
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft (F-BVFB) to the museum. With a Tupolev Tu-144[3] on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both are fully accessible by the public.
The museum's alliance acquired a Russian shuttle Buran in 2004 which opened as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on October 3, 2008.[citation needed]
Sinsheim Museum also has the largest permanent Formula One collection in Europe along with Ferraris, motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars.[3]
The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year.[2]
Walk-in aircraft[edit]
Other exhibits[edit]
- 300 vintage cars
- "American Dream Cars" collection from the 1950s
- 40 race and sports cars
- Formula-1 collection
- "Blue flame" - American rocket-propelled ground vehicle once holding the world speed record.
- 200 motorcycles
- 27 locomotives
- 50 aircraft, including fighters from both world wars and the early jet era, passenger airliners
- 150 tractors
- Steam engines and trucks
- Steam organs
- Several early jet fighters and other aircraft
- Tanks, artillery and other military equipment.
Access[edit]
The museum is easily reached by car and has a large car park. It also has a dedicated railway station as part of the local rail network.
References[edit]
- ^ Listed in Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 208
- ^ a b Nancy Parode. "Auto und Technik Museum Photo Tour - Tour of Auto und Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany". Seniortravel.about.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "Sinsheim Auto Technik Museum - Racing Cars, Classic Cars, WWII Cold War Military, 50's Memorabilia, Trains and Planes". Bargaintraveleurope.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
External links[edit]
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