MAN museum
The MAN Museum is a technology and transport museum in Augsburg and is supported and maintained by MAN SE , MAN Diesel & Turbo SE and manroland AG . Its 1,800 m² exhibition is primarily dedicated to the history and technical developments of the group of companies that originated here in 1840.
history
The plans for the establishment of a museum began at Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG , today's MAN SE, demonstrably as early as 1937: At that time, preliminary work was carried out for a historical permanent exhibition, which was interrupted because of the beginning of the Second World War and was not taken up again until 1951 could.
The search for a suitable location finally resulted in the vacant building of the former “Research Institute for Mechanics and Design”, built in 1938 on the MAN factory premises on Heinrich-von-Buz-Straße. Two years after the project was resumed - in 1953 - the museum finally opened.
After extensive renovation and expansion in 2002, the museum was rebuilt again in winter 2004 and a separate hall was set up for the area of commercial vehicles . In addition, the exhibition was expanded to include a large number of exhibits.
exhibition
The 1,800 m² area is dedicated to the company's own history and the technical developments that the company brought about. The museum is divided into several departments, including a separate hall for vehicles from MAN Truck & Bus AG and separate areas for the MAN subsidiaries RENK AG (exhibits from drive technology) and MAN Diesel & Turbo SE (exhibits from diesel engine technology) .
The exhibition shows exhibits and documents on the history of the company and has a special focus on the first products, all manufactured in Augsburg, which were essential for the history and development of the company: pressure, steam and cooling machines, pumps, water turbines and Diesel engines, including the world's first diesel engine, a test engine that Rudolf Diesel developed from 1893 to 1895 in Fuggerstadt. The oldest exhibit is a hand-operated high-speed letterpress press from 1846.
Next to the museum is dedicated but also developments of the 20th and 21st centuries: So one is fire engine from 1921 and the cab of a current TGA - Trucks seen from the year 2000.
Historical archive
An archive with around 1.5 million original documents is attached to the museum . The stored documents come from today's MAN SE, its predecessor institutions and manroland AG, which has since been spun off from the company.
Sponsorship and operation
Since the museum is used to present its own history and products, it is run and maintained by MAN SE (with its subsidiary MAN Turbo & Diesel SE) and manroland AG - hence the common name “MAN works museum”. Due to its representative character, the building is also often used for meetings and other company events and can therefore only be visited by prior arrangement, despite the fixed opening times.
location
The museum is located north of the city center in Augsburg's Rechts der Wertach district , which is part of the Oberhausen planning area . It is located on the busy Heinrich-von-Buz-Straße and can be reached by public transport using city buses and trams operated by Stadtwerke Augsburg .
Web links
- The MAN Museum on the official MAN AG website
- Information about the MAN Museum on the website of the city of Augsburg
- MAN Museum in the German Museum Directory
Individual evidence
- ↑ MAN SE: MAN Museum for Conferences and Events, slide 12 - Accessed on September 8, 2011.
- ↑ a b MAN SE: History of the MAN Group 1758–2008, Slide 24 - Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ↑ a b MAN SE: MAN Museum Augsburg - Retrieved September 8, 2011.
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 51.8 " N , 10 ° 53 ′ 31.3" E