Sigge museum for explorers Musiol german museum of technology Michalke deutsches technikmuseum Trebbiner Strasse 9, 10963 Berlin C. Kirchner Krüger Tel +49.30.90 254-0, Fax -175 [email protected] | www.sdtb.de Tuesday–Friday 9–17.30 Saturday | Sunday 10 –18 closed Mondays The german museum of technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum) is a museum for explorers! Come for an entertaining educational journey through the history of technology. Visit our fascinating exhibitions on aviation, shipping, railways, the automobile, film technology, computer history and much much more. Review the multi-facetted spectrum of technology – from ancient times to cutting-edge – and explore the many ways it has shaped our history and culture. Daily demonstrations, hands-on activities and guided tours make the German Museum of Technology and the adjacent science center spectrum with its 250 participatory experiments a place of interactive learning and experience. A comprehensive historical library and the Historical Archive provide services for those interested in more serious research. Every year more than half a million people come to visit the German Museum of Technology and the Science Center Spectrum. Deutsche Kinemathek Library | Historical Archive Library Y Tel +49.30.90 254-113 Historical Archive Y Tel -133 Tuesday–Thursday 10 –17.15 Friday 10–14 0112 | Slothrop.eu | © SDTB | Photos Y Arndt Museum Restaurant “Anhalt!” Trebbiner Strasse 9 Tel +49.30.90 254-247 Bistro “Tor 25” Möckernstrasse 26 | Ladestrasse Tel +49.30.90 254-276 Museum Shop “Wasmuth” www.wasmuth-museumsshop.de Trebbiner Strasse 9 Y Tel +49.30.25 79 27 30 Möckernstrasse 26 | Ladestrasse Y Tel +49.30.902 54-246 Tuesday–Friday 10.30 –17.30 Saturday | Sunday 11.30 –18 Subject to alteration! an urban oasis Our extensive museum park is an oasis of green at the heart of the city, with many enchanting secrets to discover: two windmills (a smock mill and a post mill), a romantic old forge with a water-wheel, and a historic brewery with a roof terrace. Catch one of the demonstrations to watch a windmill in action and find out exactly how it works. Take a break and let the kids run around on the grass or find one of the many delightful places for a picnic. ˘ The new Park at Gleisdreieck directly adjoins the museum grounds beside Ladestrasse and the Science Center Spectrum – here you can experience nature right in the middle of the capital city. tip The German Museum of Technology possesses some of Berlin’s most attractive venues for high-status events. ˘ Information from [email protected] www.sdtb.de a collection of collections As well as the german museum of technology itself, the germ a n t echnolog y museum fo undation (Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin) runs another four sites. The immediately adjacent Science Center Spectrum was Europe’s first modern science centre featuring 250 interactive experiments. Here astounding and baffling demonstrations will amaze young and old alike. Amidst such playful explanations of scientific phenomena, technical principles and fundamental laws of nature it is impossible to resist the temptation to join in and start experimenting yourself. The archenhold observatory in Berlin-Treptow is Germany’s oldest and largest public observatory. Here you will find the world’s longest movable refractor telescope, as well as a small planetarium. The zeiss planetarium in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg is the largest in Germany. It was built in 1987 to mark Berlin’s 750th anniversary, making it one of the last prestigious architectural projects of the former East German state. Its large domed auditorium shows programmes presenting serious science in a highly entertaining manner. The sweetest museum in the world is the sugar museum in Berlin-Wedding, where wide-ranging exhibits and documents illuminate the history of beet and cane sugar. the ladestrasse complex Our new ladestrasse complex is located on the site of the old loading bays of the former Anhalt Goods Yard, at the very place where freight was once transferred from goods trains to horse-drawn carts for distribution in the city. The disused warehouses were converted in 2010 to house our permanent exhibition on road transport , tracing its history from oxcart via carriage and bicycle to the modern motor car. This wideranging collection reveals fascinating and unusual aspects of the subject, such as the urge to travel the world, Germany’s post-war economic miracle and the currently very topical question of electromobility. ˘ This will also be the site of our new Technoversum expansion, which will allow us to stage modern themed exhibitions. ˘ The Junior Campus with its educational programme for children on mobility, sustainability and science rounds off the diverse attractions of the Ladestrasse site. past and future The site where the German Museum of Technology stands is itself of considerable historical interest. Until the Second World War the Gleisdreieck was a hectic transport interchange. In some respects it still is, with transport moving on five different levels: the railway in its tunnel underground, boats on the canal, cars, buses and lorries on the roads, the subway on its viaduct, and aeroplanes in the sky. The oldest of the museum’s buildings dates from 1908. It was originally a factory and office building – complete with stables – for Carl Linde’s pioneering refrigeration equipment company. ˘ The Science Center Spectrum and our new ladestrasse complex occupy the site of the former Anhalt Goods Yard built in 1871 –74 by the architect Franz Schwechten. ˘ The loading bay behind is earmarked for our Technoversum project, which will double our exhibition space and provide the facilities required for modern thematic exhibitions. guided tours and demonstrations A lively approach to knowledge and modern educational services are writ large at the German Museum of Technology. Our guided tours , which of course offer barrier-free access, are designed to appeal to all age groups and abilities and are enjoyed by men and women, girls and boys alike regardless of how much they already know about science. ˘ demonstrationsi of suitcase production and hands-on activities like papermaking or printing on historical machines are always very popular. Each of these activities revolve around specific exhibits, encouraging visitors to look, listen and sometimes touch, to ask questions like: What is that? How was it made? What was it used for? ˘ Information on tours and demonstrations from [email protected], Tel +49.30.90 254-124. tip The museum is a great place for a child’s birthday party. ˘ Information on birthday arrangements from [email protected], Tel +49.30.90 254-124. The gramophone with its This wire loom was once large horn was the precursor used to make sieve mesh. of the record player. ernst rasse tem pelh ofer ufer möck At the wooden printing press Old Building tre young printers use leather-covered Papermaking Setting and Printing bbi ner balls to apply the ink. Telecommunications Machine Tools str a SS e Textile Technology Computers (Zuse) Did you know that the world’s first computer was invented in Berlin? In the 1930s and 1940s Konrad Zuse built the first freely programmable binary computers. Learn about that and much more in the exhibition on computers (zuse) , where an interactive section designed specially for younger visitors demonstrates the principles and technology behind the modern computer. ˘ From the first phonograph through the development of radio and telephone to a complete modern radio transmitter, the exhibition on telecommunications offers a fascinating overview of the world of radio and sound waves. What role did radio play in the propaganda of the Third Reich? What records were Germans dancing to during the post-war economic miracle? ˘ The exhibition on textile technology explores the world of weft and weave, a colourful display explaining what we wear, how textiles are made and what they say about us. ˘ Paper was invented in China more than 2000 years ago, but remained a costly luxury until about a century ago. The exhibition on papermaking focuses on the cultural uses of this versatile material. Don’t miss the world’s oldest paper banknote in the passage to the engine sheds. Tip Keep an eye out for the staircase for horses between Papermaking and Textile Technology. In the nineteenth century horses really did walk up the stairs to stalls on the first and second floors, while at ground level there was a special stall for sick horses. Computer pioneer Konrad Zuse built a copy of his Z1, the first freely programmable computer, new building old building engine sheds beamtenhaus historic brewery museum park science center spectrum ladestrasse complex specially for the museum. Engine Sheds Rail Transport The world of rail transport starts behind the historic entrance arch of the erstwhile Anhalter Bahnhof station. Our presentation traces German railway history from the early steam engine “Beuth” to the electric trains built by Werner von Siemens, express steam locomotives, the diesel engine and finally the precursors of the modern high-speed ICE trains. More than forty real locomotives and carriages built between 1843 and 1985 can be seen, including the prestigious imperial carriage of the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. Here you can step down into the old inspection pit to see what a locomotive looks like from underneath or clamber up into the driver’s cab. The museum also possesses a unique collection of 1:5 scale models. Technical aspects are inseparable from social developments. People had dealings with the railways as travellers and staff, as shareholders and navvies, but also as deportees, as you will learn in the section about the German Railways under the Nazis. The old steam engines are new Building Beamtenhaus Shipping Aviation Jewellery Photography Library Historical Archive Film Technology Suitcase Production Wonderful model ships, a real Berlin river boat and a cutter to clamber onto are the highlights of the exhibition on shipping . Ships have always held a great fascination for us. Hopes and longings, freedom and adventure, danger and fear are all associated with seafaring and life on board. With ocean-going ships it became possible to discover faraway continents and transfer cultures and goods from one place to another. To this day they play a crucial role in world trade. But ships also brought war, colonisation and the slave trade. The close connection between the history of shipping and the history of civilisation, the nexus of man and machine, structures the exhibition featuring more than 1,100 exhibits on the history of inland and deep-sea navigation. Demonstrations, interactive experiments and modern media explain the exhibits. ˘ Flying was always one of mankind’s greatest dreams. The invention of the flying machine made it reality. Our aviation exhibition shows important milestones and developments in two centuries of German aviation, from the early balloon flights to the modern age. Alongside the 40 aircraft and other major exhibits, reports and mementoes from contemporary witnesses bring the history of manned flight alive in a manner that goes far beyond the technical aspect. The role of air power in the Second World War is examined in detail, showing how the Nazis misused the fascination of flight for their own ends. Several exhibits demonstrate the destructiveness of war. Tip For our youngest visitors we have a special surprise in store: the Focke-Wulf A16, an aircraft they can actually climb inside. ˘ With half a million volumes the library is an important research resource, as is the histo ric al archive , which preserves valuable and unique sources on technological, economic and social history. Chemicals and Pharmacy Discover for yourself how cramped conditions were aboard the cutter “Kurt Heinz”. A glance through the peephole takes you back to the year 1909 at Berlin’s first airfield in Berlin-Johannisthal. An aviation classic: The Junkers Ju 52 (“Iron Annie”). Our modern civilisation comes out of the test-tube. Almost all the substances we come into contact with contain components researched and developed by chemists. Our exhibition on chemicals and pharmacy , “Pills and Pipettes”, shows how chemistry is all around us wherever we go. Since the nineteenth century the chemical and pharmaceutical industry has shaped our society like almost no other. We examine the example of the Berlin-based pharmaceutical company Schering to demonstrate the industry’s historical importance, looking in particular at laboratory experimentation, industrial production and the questions of application and safety. At special audio points molecules tell the fascinating stories of their discovery. ˘ The world of photography comes to life in the exhibition on photography , relating the history of technological development through to the present. Whether espionage, travel or war photography, aerial, advertising or press photography, panorama, stereo or Polaroid, every theme is presented in a lively and accessible manner. ˘ The exhibition on film tech nology follows the long and exciting story of the medium of film, the magic of the cinema and how it came into being. On the trail from photography to moving pictures we encounter first the precursors of cinematography – the magic lantern, camera obscura, and so on – and meet the technical pioneers of film and their inventions. The development of film into a mass medium is also examined of course, taking a look behind the scenes at the technological history of the dream factory and using amateur family film footage to journey back in time. A huge range of well-known and rare devices documents more than a century of film technology. Tip Historical optical apparatus takes you back to the fairs of the nineteenth century. a huge attraction for our smallest visitors. Try out optical experiments for yourself in the exhibition on film technology. Chemistry close up in the exhibition “Pills and Pipettes”.
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