Mercedes-Benz Museum

Mercedes-Benz Museum of Stuttgart

Established	2006
Location	Stuttgart, Germany
Type	Automobile museum
Visitors	860,000 (2007)
Website	www.museum-mercedes-benz.com

The Mercedes-Benz Museum is an automotive museum housed in Stuttgart, Germany. Stuttgart is home to the Mercedes-Benz brand and the international headquarters of Daimler AG. The current building, which stands directly outside the main gate of the Daimler factory in Stuttgart, was designed by UN Studio. It is based on a unique cloverleaf concept using three overlapping circles with the center removed to form a triangular atrium. The building was completed and opened on 19 May 2006. Previously, the museum was housed in a dedicated building within the factory complex and visitors had in recent decades been transported from the main gate by a secured shuttle.

Mercedes-Benz Welt, with the museum (left) and sales center (right)

The building's height and "double helix" interior were designed to maximise space, providing 16,500 square metres (178,000 sq ft) of exhibition space on a footprint of just 4,800 square metres (52,000 sq ft). The museum contains more than 160 vehicles, some dating back to the very earliest days of the motor engine. The vehicles are maintained by the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center of Fellbach.

The museum provides visitors with free audio tours in a variety of languages. In 2007 the museum was visited by 860,000 people.

File:Mercedes Benz Museum Hall.JPG The inner atrium of the museum with lift and entrance area

A McLaren SLR near the museum shop, 2008

File:MB Museum Stuttgart 1.jpg Staircase along a gallery

See also

• Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands, UK

Further reading

• Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz: The Book of the Museum. ACTAR. ISBN 978-84-96540-37-8.
• Mercedes-Benz Museum. Mercedes-Benz Museum GmbH.

External links

• Official Site
• PERI GmbH - Unrivalled formwork technology
• Technical profile of the building of the museum in Specifier Magazine