Sinsheim_Auto_&_Technik_Museum
Technik Museum Sinsheim
Technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany
The Technik Museum Sinsheim is a technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany.[1] Opened in 1981, it is run by a registered association called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V." which also runs the nearby Technik Museum Speyer.
Aircraft on display, including Concorde and a Tupolev Tu-144 | |
Former name | Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim |
|---|---|
| Established | 1981; 43 years ago (1981) |
| Location | Sinsheim, Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°14′19″N 08°53′48″E |
| Type | Technology museum |
| Collection size | 3,000 |
| Visitors | More than 1 million per year |
| Website | sinsheim |
As of 2004[update], the museum had more than 3,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft), indoors and outdoors. In addition to exhibitions, the museum also has a 22 m × 27 m (72 ft × 89 ft) IMAX 3D theatre. It receives more than 1 million visitors per year and is the largest privately owned museum in Europe.[2]
Feature exhibits
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft (F-BVFB) to the museum.[3] With a Tupolev Tu-144[4] already on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both aircraft's preserved interiors can be accessed by the public.[citation needed]
The museum's alliance acquired Buran prototype OK-GLI[5] in 2004 which opened as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on 3 October 2008.[citation needed]
Sinsheim Museum also has the largest permanent Formula One collection in Europe along with Ferraris, motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars along with a large collection of military tanks, aircraft, and miscellaneous equipment.[4]
The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year.[2]
Walk-in aircraft
Other exhibits
- 300 vintage cars
- "American Dream Cars" collection from the 1950s
- 40 race and sports cars
- Formula-1 collection
- "Blue Flame" – American rocket-propelled ground vehicle once holding the world speed record
- 200 motorcycles
- 27 locomotives
- 50 aircraft, including fighters from both world wars and the early jet era, passenger airliners
- 150 tractors
- Steam engines and trucks
- Mechanical organs
- Several early jet fighters and other aircraft
- Tanks, artillery and other military equipment.
The museum is easily reached by car and has a large car park. It also has a dedicated railway station as part of the local rail network.
- Listed in Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, ISBN 978-3-928959-50-6, serial 208
- Nancy Parode. "Auto und Technik Museum Photo Tour – Tour of Auto und Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany". Seniortravel.about.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- "Concorde F-BVFB". Technik Museum Sinsheim. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- "Sinsheim Auto Technik Museum – Racing Cars, Classic Cars, WWII Cold War Military, 50's Memorabilia, Trains and Planes". Bargaintraveleurope.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- "Spaceshuttle Buran | Technik Museum Speyer | Germany". speyer.technik-museum.de. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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