Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum (German Museum, officially Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (English: German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology)) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. It receives about 1.5 million visitors per year.

For other uses, see Deutsches Museum (disambiguation).
Deutsches Museum
Deutsches Museum (2022)
Established28 June 1903 (1903-06-28)
Location
  • Museumsinsel 1
  • 80538 München
  • Germany
Type
  • Science museum
  • Technology museum
Collection size28,000
Visitors1.5 million
Websitewww.deutsches-museum.de

The museum was founded on 28 June 1903, at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) as an initiative of Oskar von Miller. It is the largest museum in Munich. For a period of time the museum was also used to host pop and rock concerts including The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Elton John.

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