Technik Museum Sinsheim

Technik Museum Sinsheim
Aircraft on display, including Concorde, a Tupolev Tu-144, and a Tupolev Tu-134
Technik Museum Sinsheim is located in Baden-Württemberg
Technik Museum Sinsheim
Technik Museum Sinsheim
Location within Baden-Württemberg
Technik Museum Sinsheim is located in Germany
Technik Museum Sinsheim
Technik Museum Sinsheim
Technik Museum Sinsheim (Germany)
Former name
Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim
Established1981; 43 years ago (1981)
LocationSinsheim, Germany
Coordinates49°14′19″N 08°53′48″E / 49.23861°N 8.89667°E / 49.23861; 8.89667
TypeTechnology museum
Collection size3,000
VisitorsMore than 1 million per year
Websitesinsheim.technik-museum.de

The 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 nearby Technik Museum Speyer.

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As of 2004, 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

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Feature exhibits

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In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft (F-BVFB) to the museum.[3] With a Tupolev Tu-144[4] already on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both aircraft's preserved interiors can be accessed by the public.[citation needed]

The museum's alliance acquired Buran prototype OK-GLI[5] in 2004 which opened as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on 3 October 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 along with a large collection of military tanks, aircraft, and miscellaneous equipment.[4]

The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year.[2]

Walk-in aircraft

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Other exhibits

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Mercedes-Benz W31 on display at the museum
  • 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
  • Mechanical organs
  • Several early jet fighters and other aircraft
  • Tanks, artillery and other military equipment.

Access

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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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Nancy Parode. "Auto und Technik Museum Photo Tour – Tour of Auto und Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany". Seniortravel.about.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Concorde F-BVFB". Technik Museum Sinsheim. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Sinsheim Auto Technik Museum – Racing Cars, Classic Cars, WWII Cold War Military, 50's Memorabilia, Trains and Planes". Bargaintraveleurope.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Spaceshuttle Buran | Technik Museum Speyer | Germany". speyer.technik-museum.de. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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