Deutsches Museum

Pictures taken in Deutsches Museum, Munich, on our Summer Holiday 2010
Deutsches Museum Deutsches Museum entrance seen over the river. It is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. The museum was founded on June 28, 1903, at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) as an initiative of Oskar von Miller. Its official name is Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik (= German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology). It is the largest museum in Munich. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka Wright Standard Type A, 1909 The Wright Standard Type A was the first Wright Brothers' design to enter series production and was the product of a long series of glider and powered aircraft research and developments, initially extending from 1899-1903. The Wright Flyer 1 (1903), the first powered aircraft, was followed by two further experimental designs. The Standard Type A was developed in 1908 from the Flyer III, and was the first powered aircraft to be built in significant numbers. This type of aircraft was used by the Wright Brothers at their European demonstrations in the summer of 1908. The artifact here was one of seven built machines at the Wright workshops in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Orville brought this aircraft to Germany and demonstrated it in flight in Berlin on 29 August 1909. He subsequently made numerous flights carrying important passengers. The aircraft was then used as a trainer and as a pattern for the aircraft produced under licence by 'Flugmaschine Wright GmbH in Berlin-Reinickendorf. This is the only surviving Wright Standard Type A and was accepted by the Museum in 1912. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka WW1 airfield WW1 diorama displaying a German fighter airfield. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, WWI, airfield, diodrama, historia, history, lentokenttä, loma, sota, technology, tekniikka, war Fokker Dr. I The Fokker Dr. I Triplane is perhaps the best-known fighter aircraft of World War 1. It was highly manoeuvrable and therefore ideal in dog-fighting. The Dr. I had two forward-facing machine guns with interrupter gear, firing through the propeller arc. This aircraft is painted red, copied using a sample of fabric from the original aircraft flown by Manfred von Richthofen, the top fighter ace of WW1, who was shot down in April 1918. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Fokker Dr. 1, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, WW1, aeroplane, historia, history, lentokone, loma, sota, technology, tekniikka, war
Zeppelin Staaken R VI The Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI was a four-engined German biplane strategic bomber of World War I, and the only Riesenflugzeug ("giant aircraft") design built in any quantity. The R.VI was the most numerous of the R-bombers built by Germany, and also among the earliest closed-cockpit military aircraft. The bomber was reputedly the largest wooden aircraft to be produced in any quantity during World War I, with only the Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII prototype bomber of 1918-1919 being larger, with the Staaken R.VI's wingspan of 42.2 m nearly equaling that of the World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, WW1, Zeppelin Staaken R VI, aeroplane, historia, history, lentokone, loma, sota, technology, tekniikka, war Junkers A 50 Junkers "Junior" was the first series-production all-metal sport aircraft. It was manufactured during a time of economic depression and was relatively expensive (16,200 Reichsmarks), limiting its market success. However, it made a number of spectacular record-breaking flights that proved its robust design. The aircraft on display was used as a trainer by Deutsche Verkehrsflug of Nuremberg until 1933, when it was sold to Switzerland mostly for aerial photography until 1950. The same type of plane was used by a Finn Väinö Bremer in 1931. Bremer flew the plane not only the length and breadth of Europe, but also made a round trip from Finland to Cape Town, South Africa. He owned the plane until the end of the 1950s, after which it was sold first to Denmark and then Sweden. The Finnish Aeronautical Association bought the Junkers and repatriated it in 1967. It wound up as part of the Finnish Aviation Museum collection five years later. That plane is on display at Helsinki-Vantaa airport. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Junkers, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, aeroplane, historia, history, lentokone, loma, technology, tekniikka Junkers Ju-52 The Junkers Ju 52 was an all-metal three-engined transport that was fondly nicknamed 'Auntie Ju' by passengers and crews. The Ju 52 combines rugged construction with easy maintenance and reliability, and was the standard Lufthansa airliner throughout the 1930s. During WW2 it was widely used as a military transporter. Over 5,000 Ju 52 were manufactured from 1932 to 1952, more than any other transport aircraft other than the American Douglas DC-3. The aircraft on display was manufactured in France. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Junkers, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, aeroplane, historia, history, lentokone, loma, technology, tekniikka Junkers Ju-52 Cockpit view of Junkers Ju 52 : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Junkers, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, aeroplane, cockpit, historia, history, lentokone, loma, ohjaamo, technology, tekniikka
Messerschmitt ME 109 E The Messerschmitt Me 109 was one of the best-known German fighters of WW2, more than 35,000 being built from 1936 onwards and making it one of the most-produced aircraft ever. The aircraft on display was flown by the German Air Force 'Condor Legion' during the Spanish Civil War, and later by the Spanish Air Force. In the back is Fieseler Fi 156 „Storch“, which was a familiar courier and reconnaissance aircraft throughout WW2. This STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft has superb slow-speed handling characteristics with a stall speed of about 50 km/h. This example was flown until 1963 by the Swiss Air Force. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, ME 109, Messerschmitt, Munich, München, aeroplane, historia, history, lentokone, loma, sota, technology, tekniikka, war HFB-320 Hansa Jet The Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB-320 Hansa Jet is an all-metal, twin-engine, ten-seat business jet that was built by German aircraft manufacturer Hamburger Flugzeugbau between 1964 and 1973. This one bear registration number D-CLOU. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Hansa Jet, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, aeroplane, historia, history, lentokone, loma, technology, tekniikka Moon landing diorama The highlight of the history of manned spaceflight was the Apollo project. 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldring landed on the Moon. Five more successful missions followed. One of the largest diorama in Deutsches Museum represents the landing of Apollo 15 on the Moon. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle The Apollo astronauts made extended excursions with the electric Lunar Roving Vehicles during the Apollo 15,16 and 17 missions. It could be folded up and hung in the Lunar Module quad bay. It had two side-by-side foldable seats made of tubular aluminum with nylon webbing and aluminum floor panels. The vehicle was deployed after landing by the astronauts and finally released to lunar surface with a rope. The replica shows the Apollo 15 mission with astronaut James Irvin in front of Mt. Hadley and the Lunar module. Three LRV are on the Moon and made some 90 km all together. The vehicle was guided and controlled with a joystick. A directional gyro and an odometer were the only navigational instruments. TV pictures could be transmitted with a big steerable parabolic antenna. The vehicle could carry 490 kg, but only 27 kg were lunar rocks : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka
Steam Tug "Renzo" The steam tug "Renzo" was built in 1931 by A. Lucchese's shipyard in Venice and was one of the innumerable tugs, which procured transport of punts and lighters in ports and on inland waterways. It was equipped with a two-cylinder 122 HP (90 KW) expansion steam engine that had been already built in Genoa in 1912. Later the coal firing of "Renzo" was changed to the more comfortable oil burner. Above all the tug was a propulsion unit consisting of a boiler and powerful machine enclosed by a hull. This function determined the ship's design, which replaced the variety of traditional regional forms of sailing ships. Contrary to the multicolored cargo sailing ships of the Venetian Lagoon or the sharp-edged Ewer of the North Sea, the uniformly black, bulgy steam tugs billowing black smoke were the "coolies" of the industrial age. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka Steam Tug "Renzo" The steam tug "Renzo" was built in 1931 by A. Lucchese's shipyard in Venice and was one of the innumerable tugs, which procured transport of punts and lighters in ports and on inland waterways. It was equipped with a two-cylinder 122 HP (90 KW) expansion steam engine that had been already built in Genoa in 1912. Later the coal firing of "Renzo" was changed to the more comfortable oil burner. Above all the tug was a propulsion unit consisting of a boiler and powerful machine enclosed by a hull. This function determined the ship's design, which replaced the variety of traditional regional forms of sailing ships. Contrary to the multicolored cargo sailing ships of the Venetian Lagoon or the sharp-edged Ewer of the North Sea, the uniformly black, bulgy steam tugs billowing black smoke were the "coolies" of the industrial age. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka Aerial Surveillance Camera Pigeons with tiny cameras were commonly released over military sites in World War I. As the birds flew, the cameras continuously clicked away, snapping pictures which were developed and interpreted when the pigeons reached their destinations. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka Spinning Jenny The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame. It was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England. The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. This grew to 120 as technology advanced. German Museum's Spinning Jenny is designed for 60 threads and is the oldest surviving perfectly intact machine in the world. This one was built in Bramsche near Osnabrück by H. Hölscher in 1856 and served until 1896. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, Spinning Jenny, historia, history, loma, technology, tekniikka
Astronomical Clock on the Façade of the Deutsches Museum Clock Tower On the façade of the clock tower (visible from the Museum courtyard) an Astronomical Clock gives the time of day, the day of the week, the month, the phase of the moon, and the position of the Sun in the zodiac. Constructed ca. 1932. : 2010, Deutsches Museum, Keski-Eurooppa, Munich, München, astronomical clock, clock, historia, history, kello, loma, technology, tekniikka