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Aviation and
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Telecommuni-
Space Travel
Dozens of airplanes are on
display, including an origi-
nal by the Wright brothers
and the famous Junkers
JU-52
. You can even board
some planes. More exhi-
bits on travel are housed
at
Flugwerft Schleißheim
,
a branch museum.
cations
Superb exhibits such as
the first 19th-century
telegraph, Thomas
Edison's gramophone,
and a 1913 AEG transmit-
ter are displayed here,
along with the latest
in communications
technology.
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Mining
Exhibits on mining technology
over five centuries are featured in
the mining section
(above)
.
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Marine Navigation
Along with countless
model ships, the vast
exhibition hall features
several original sail- and
steamboats, such as
the 1932 steam tugboat
Renzo
and the wooden
fishing vessel
Ewer
Maria (above)
.
Key to Floorplan
Ground floor
First floor
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Second floor
Third to sixth floors
Museum Guide
25,000 of the museum's
100,000 exhibits are
displayed over six
floors. The lower floors
feature heavy vehicles
and sections dealing
with chemistry, physics,
scientific instruments,
and aviation. The
middle floors are dedi-
cated to the decorative
arts, and the upper
floors are devoted to
astronomy, information
technology, and micro-
electronics. The Zeiss
Planetarium is located
in the dome on the
sixth floor.
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Musical
Instruments
Sounds for Hitchcock's
The Birds
were created on
the trautonium
(below)
.
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Power Machinery
Steam engines, motor
engines, and turbines are
to be found here. Some of
these colossal machines,
like the Alban high-pressure
steam engine
(above)
, are
veritable works of art.
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For details on Deutsches Museum branch museums
See p11
