Technikmuseum Speyer
The Technik Museum Speyer is a technology museum in Speyer (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany.[1]
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[edit] History
The museum was opened in 1991 as a daughter of the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum and is run by a registered alliance called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e.V.". As of 2004[update], it has more than 2,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than 150,000 m² (indoors and outdoors). It pulls more than half a million visitors per year. Additionally to the exhibitions, the museum also sports a 22m x 27m giant IMAX Dome theatre.
[edit] Walk-in exhibitions
In spring 2002, Lufthansa donated a retired Boeing 747-200 aircraft to the museum which is now accessible to the visitors. In April 2008, a Russian Buran spacecraft, OK-GLI was transported to the Technikmuseum and is now another walk-in exhibition. Other highlights are the houseboat Sean O'Kelley of the Kelly Family and the submarine U9 of the German Navy.
- Boeing 747
- Buran spacecraft
- Antonov An-22
- Submarine U9
- Houseboat Sean O'Kelley
- Several aircraft types
- Locomotives
[edit] Other exhibits
- Fire engines collection
- Musical organs
- Vintage cars
- Helicopters
- Military aircraft
- Motorcycles
- Locomotives
- Maritime museum
- Miniature model museum
- Wilhelmsbau: a separate building which shows a lot of rare objects including historic fashion, weapons, jewels, dolls and toys, uniforms and automatic musical instruments.
[edit] Gallery
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Buran spacecraft being transported to the Technikmuseum Speyer, where it is open to be exhibited by the public
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BMW Dixi DA2
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Heinkel Kabine vl bubble car
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McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
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Royal Canadian Air Force F-86 Sabre suspended in the Technik Museum Speyer
[edit] References
- ^ Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 208
[edit] Literature
- Musikautomaten im Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim bzw. Musikautomaten, Moden und Uniformen im Technik Museum Speyer: 192 p, two Languages: German and Englisch; ISBN 3980943747
- Heinz Elser, Margrit Elser-Haft, Vladim Lukashevich: Buran - History and Transportation of the Russian Space shuttle OK-GLI to the Technik Museum Speyer, two Languages: German and Englisch, 2008, ISBN 3-9809437-7-1
[edit] External links
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