Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
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The Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim opened in 1981 in Sinsheim, Germany[1] and is run by a registered alliance called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e.V." which also runs the Technik Museum Speyer. As of 2004[update], it has more than 3,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than 50,000 m² (indoors and outdoors). In addition to exhibitions, the museum also has a 22m x 27m IMAX 3D theatre. It receives more than 1 million visitors per year and is the largest privately-owned museum in Europe[2].
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft 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.
The museum's alliance acquired a Russian Buran space shuttle in 2004 which will open as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on October 3 2008.
Sinsheim Museum also has the largest permanent Formula One collection in Europe along with Ferrari’s motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars[3].
The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year[2].
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[edit] Walk-in aircraft
[edit] Other exhibits
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- 300 vintage cars
- "American Dream Cars" collection from the 1950s
- 40 race and sports cars (including the only Vector W8 on public display in the world)
- 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.
[edit] References
- ^ 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 http://seniortravel.about.com/b/2008/09/18/auto-und-technik-museum-sinsheim-ferraris-and-more.htm - 12 Nov 08
- ^ a b http://www.bargaintraveleurope.com/07/Germany_Sinsheim_Technik_Museum.htm as at 12 Nov 08
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