Modernisation

All about the Century Project of the Deutsches Museum

All exhibitions on Museum Island are being updated and redesigned. The exhibition building will also be brought up to the latest technical standards. The exhibitions in the first completely renovated part of the building on Museum Island are open now. From atomic physics to robotics, visitors are able to see and experience the most modern Deutsches Museum ever on approximately 20,000 square meters. Parallel to this, renovation work is continuing in the second half of the building.

Insights

From clearing out and renovating the building to the plans, concepts, and putting away the new exhibitions, here's the behind-the-scenes look at the project of the century.

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Milestones

The Future Initiative has achieved a lot since it was founded in 2006. And between now and 2028 it has much bigger plans.

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Getting involved

Help to preserve the Deutsches Museum as a technical-scientific educational establishment and as a place of cultural heritage known well beyond Germany's borders. What can you do?

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Your visit

What does the modernisation project involve? Which exhibitions can I see during the modernisation project? Here are the answers to these and more questions.

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A drone flight through the new exhibitions

A quick tour of the new Deutsches Museum

The Air Bavarian team piloted a drone through our exhibitions shortly before the opening.

Insights into the first part of the modernisation project

Health

Glimpses of the new exhibition.

The big planes and helicopters are back!

Starfighter, Sikorsky & Co. have returned to the Museum Island.

"Aunt Ju's" last Journey

The legendary Junkers Ju52 has returned to Deutsches Museum.

Here it goes in (soon)!

The entrance is built.

Bit by bit

From top to bottom: The new exhibitions are growing bit by bit.

The first returnees

Large exhibits for "Agriculture and Food" move in.

Videos on the modernisation project

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Umzug der Propeller-Turbine/Moving the propeller turbine
Die letzte Turbine ist vom Museumshof in den Museumsgarten umgezogen...
The last turbine moved from the museum courtyard to the museum garden...
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PERM zieht aus/PERM moves out
Programmgesteuerte – Elektronische – Rechenanlage - München (Programme-controlled Electronic computer system Munich) P E R M The mainframe was built in tube technology from 1952 to 1956. It was in use at the TU Munich until 1974. The PERM came 1987 to the Deutsches Museum and was on display in the computer science exhibition until 2022. In the course of modernization the exhibition now had to be cleared out.
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Maria takes off
The ship, a fishtrawler built around 1880 and one of our masterpieces, is being restored as part of the museums' modernisation. For this - and also for the renovation of the hall - Maria had to be carefully lifted and placed on a specially constructed scaffold.
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A (drone) flight through the new exhibitions
A quick tour of the new Deutsches Museum: the Air Bavarian team piloted a drone through our exhibitions shortly before the opening.
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All eyes on the telescope
For the next construction phase, the second half of the building must now be cleared. This also affects the Eastern Observatory. How the Goerz telescope, which weighs tons, was lifted out of the building can be seen in this film.