The entire exhibition building is being renovated and renewed from the ground up. On October 18, 2015, the first phase of construction has begun: Half of the exhibitions were cleared. From the fall of 2016, the construction work has begun. In July 2022, the first phase was then completed. Now there are 20 new and renewed permanent exhibitions to see and experience on around 20,000 square meters of exhibition space - more than can be managed in one day. At the same time, modernisation has begun in the second part of the building. The Deutsches Museum will be completely reopened in 2028 to mark the 125th anniversary of its founding.

More than half of the exhibition space will be open during both phases. This means that, even while under construction, the Deutsches Museum will still rank among the world's biggest museums of science and technology. For an overview of the open exhibitions, see below.

Academy Collection, Astronomy, Ceramics, Chronometry, Computer Science, Cosmology, Eastern Observatory, Electric Power, Energy Technology, Environment, Geodesy, Glass Technology, Hall of Fame, Historical Aviation until 1918, Machine Tools, Marine Navigation, Metals, Mine, Museum History, Nano- and Biotechnology, Oceanography, Paper Technology, Power Machinery, Pharmaceutics, Physics, Planetarium, Sundial Garden, Technical Toys, Weights and Measures .

In some cases, significant collection pieces from these areas have already been integrated into the exhibitions that have already been renovated and opened: for example, parts of Pharmaceutics can now be seen in Health; Amateur Radio has found a new home in Electronics; exhibits from the former Microelectronics are also housed here; from Printing Technology, Paper Technology and Computer Science, many pieces can now be seen in Image Script Code and in Mathematics, among others; the latter, in turn, permanently replaces the former Mathematical Cabinet.

We will also show you completely new exhibitions and updated areas in the second realisation phase. Our teams, consisting of curators, exhibition designers, media planners, architects and workshops, are currently working on the detailed plans for the following areas, which will be opened after the modernisation of the second half of the building is completed: Marine Navigation and Oceanography, Historical Aviation to 1918, Energy - Electricity, Energy - Steam, Physics, Nature of the Natural Sciences. These are the areas that have been funded so far. For other exhibitions such as the Mine, Astronomy or Computer Science, we are currently still looking for support.

All areas of the branch museums – the Verkehrszentrum transport museum, the Flugwerft Schleissheim aviation museum, the Deutsches Museum Bonn  and the Deutsches Museum Nürnberg – will be open to the public.

Would you like to get involved in the modernization of the Deutsches Museum? Then become a member! You'll have an annual pass for the main museum and all four branch museums along with many other attractive benefits. You can also make a direct donation to the modernisation projects that mean the most to you.

Come and visit us and keep in touch: Through our blog and social network channels we'll provide constant updates on the latest developments in our modernisation activities.