The Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany (full name: Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik), is the world's largest science and technology museum, with approximately 1.3 million visitors per year and approximately 28,000 objects exhibits from 50 areas of science and technology.
The museum was founded on June 28, 1903 at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) on the initiative of Oskar von Miller.
The museum is located on a small island in the Isar River that runs through Munich.
No buildings had ever been built on the island before 1772 as it suffered periodic flooding before the construction of the dams on the Isar at the gates of the city.
Barracks were built on the island in 1772, then rebuilt in 1899 following a flood.
In 1903 the city council announced that it would use the island on the Isar for the construction of the Deutsches Museum.
The island, commonly called Kohleinsel (coal island) was renamed Museumsinsel (museum island).
Deutsches Museum in Munich
Address: Museumsinsel 1, 80538
Phone: +49 89 21791
Site:
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/Location inserted by
Paola Bonometti