Technology Museum Sinsheim
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The Technik-Museum Sinsheim (spelling: "Technik Museum Sinsheim", formerly "Auto- und Technikmuseum") is a museum opened in 1981 in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg . In addition to the main attractions, the two supersonic planes Concorde and Tupolew Tu-144 , there is above all a large collection of classic cars and cars. The entrepreneur Eberhard Layher was the initiator and founder .
description
The museum offers more than 3,000 exhibits on an area of over 50,000 m² (halls and open-air exhibition, of which 30,000 m² are hall space). It attracts more than a million visitors a year and is open 365 days a year. The museum is connected to the Technik Museum Speyer , which is about 30 minutes away by car. There are catering facilities on the premises: the “Concorde” self-service restaurant and a bistro.
There is also a large playground, driving / adventure simulators, a diving boat facility and an extensive games paradise with mobile mini-cars and various rides, as well as several slides from real airplanes, on the museum grounds.
The museum is run by the non-profit association Auto + Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V. operated. Financing is only provided through entrance fees, donations and membership fees.
history
At the end of 1980, collectors and restorers had the idea of making their exhibits accessible to a broad public. The museum association was founded and on May 6, 1981 the Auto & Technikmuseum Sinsheim opened on a total area of 5,000 square meters. In 1982 the Blue Flame came to the technology museum, a rotor blade from the large Growian wind turbine was installed on the roof of an exhibition hall after it was demolished in 1988.
In 1988 the museum received several other aircraft, a Douglas DC-3 and the Boeing-Vertol helicopter, as well as a discarded Ilyushin Il-14 , which was brought to the museum square with the help of a Bundeswehr helicopter . In addition, the completely restored JA Maffei express train was built in 1988 . In 1989 a Tupolew Tu-134 was dismantled and transported from Manching (Ingolstadt) to the technology museum.
In 1990 the automobile collection was expanded to include the largest Formula 1 exhibition in Europe.
In 1993 the ZDF Sunday concert was broadcast from the museum. In 1995 a Deutsche Bahn stop was opened at the museum.
In 1996 the IMAX cinema was opened in the Technikmuseum Sinsheim, and in 1998 the museum produced the first IMAX film, "Classic".
In 1999 the Huschke von Hanstein Memorial Hall was opened.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the museum received additional aircraft for the exhibition: the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner was transported to Sinsheim in 2000 and exhibited on the roof of Museum Hall 2 from 2001 . With the Concorde , another supersonic airliner was transported to Sinsheim in 2003 and exhibited next to the Tu-144 in 2004. In 2005 the Canadair CL-215 fire fighting aircraft was installed on the museum grounds.
In 2018, the American Dream Cars exhibition section was expanded on a larger scale.
Content focus
The majority of the exhibits are made up of vehicles in the broadest sense: from a pram exhibition, an original bicycle collection, a range of motorcycles , passenger cars , sports cars , Formula 1 vehicles, dragsters and the world record vehicle Blue Flame to one Military exhibition with armored vehicles as well as numerous historical ( steam ) locomotives is covered a wide range.
The second focus is on aircraft. With a few exceptions, these are accessible. Especially the French Concorde and the Russian Tupolew Tu-144 are the main attractions. The Tu-144 arrived in Sinsheim in 2000 after traveling more than 4,000 kilometers; the Concorde was given to the museum by Air France in 2003 for the symbolic price of € 1. Sinsheim is currently the only place where you can see both supersonic passenger planes side by side.
In addition to the exhibitions, the museum also has an IMAX 3D cinema with the latest 4K technology and a 22 × 27 meter screen.
Type of presentation
The exhibits are sorted thematically in groups and can be viewed from close by by the visitor. There are panels with the most important data for the individual exhibits. Explanations of historical developments and the underlying technical advances or backgrounds are less common. Guided tours through the museum are offered on request, with explanations of the exhibits.
Walkable aircraft
Some of the larger planes can be committed. After climbing through the passenger area (in which the interior has either been removed or covered with transparent plastic), the inspection ends in front of the cockpit, which is blocked off by a plexiglass pane. The accessible aircraft are:
- Concorde
- Tupolev Tu-144
- Junkers Ju 52/3 w
- Douglas DC-3
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Vickers Viscount
- Ilyushin Il-14
- Canadair CL-215
Other exhibits
- A completely preserved steam engine that goes into operation if you insert a coin.
- 300 classic cars
- American LaFrance " Brutus " (experimental racing car, self-made by the museum on a chassis from 1907 with a 12-cylinder BMW 6 series aircraft engine with a displacement of almost 47 liters)
- 40 racing and sports cars
- Formula 1 collection
- " Blue Flame " - world record car (set a world speed record of 1001.66 km / h for land vehicles in 1970, which lasted until 1983)
- DeLorean
- Models from Ferrari , for example F40 , F50 , Enzo , Testarossa , 365 Daytona Spyder , Dino
- 200 motorcycles
- 27 locomotives, including a Badische IV h 18 314 , universal steam locomotive 41 113 , oil-fired freight train steam locomotive 043 100-7 , freight steam locomotive 50 413 , electric shunting locomotive E 60 012 , Austrian crocodile 1089.06 , Swiss crocodile 142 82
- 60 planes
- 150 tractors
- Dance and concert organs, orchestras
- Tanks, artillery and other militaria
- Tower and rotor blades (separated) of the Growian
- a cockpit section of a Boeing 747-200 that can be raised and lowered hydraulically
- various large machines, e.g. B. a steam hammer
- a fully functional gang saw from 1870, formerly powered by water power
- Housing and net of the gate from the nearby Rhein-Neckar-Arena , through which Stefan Kießling scored a phantom goal in October 2013 .
See also
- List of car museums
- List of car museums in Germany
- List of aviation museums
- List of engineering museums
literature
- State Office for Museum Care Baden-Württemberg , Museum Association Baden-Württemberg eV (Hrsg.): Museums in Baden-Württemberg. 7th, completely revised edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-8062-2629-4 , p. 422.
- Bernd Ostmann , Malte Jürgens : Auto Museums - The great guide of auto motor und sport and Motor Klassik . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02866-1 , pp. 142-145.
- Hans Schilder: The fascination of oldtimers - car museums in Germany and neighboring countries. Hampp, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-936682-15-1 , pp. 16-25.
- Hans-Jürgen Schlicht: Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim and Technik Museum Speyer: The great museum book. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-613-30854-1 .
- Hans-Jürgen Schlicht: Military technology - in the technology museums in Sinsheim and Speyer. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 3-613-30577-1 .
- Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Auto museums in Europe. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-87943-852-8 , pp. 76-77.
Web links
- Official website of the Technik Museum Sinsheim
- Technology Museum Sinsheim . In: Tourismus-BW.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Classic oldtimers in the Technik Museum Sinsheim. In: Official website of the Technik Museum Sinsheim. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Website of the Förderverein Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V.
- ↑ Growian wind blades. In: Official website of the Technik Museum Sinsheim. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
- ^ Chronicle of Museum Technology ( Memento from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: Official website of the Technik Museum Sinsheim. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ History of technology in the Sinsheim and Speyer museums ( Memento from March 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). In: Official website of the Technik Museum Sinsheim. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Schlicht: Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim: The large museum book . Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-613-30854-1 , p. 228-249 .
- ↑ More American Dream Cars than ever before. In: RNZ.de. March 26, 2018, accessed November 24, 2018 .
- ↑ TSG "Phantom Gate" comes to the museum. In: RNZ.de. March 31, 2015, accessed November 20, 2018 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 19 ″ N , 8 ° 53 ′ 50 ″ E