The Deutsches Museum is Germany's equivalent of the Science Museum in London. It has a similar storied history and exhibits an enormous range of artefacts and curios covering many fields of science.
We spent an afternoon at the museum (the morning being taken up by injections) which was nowhere near enough time to see everything. Some of the highlights follow...
The collection of clocks and watches was quite huge. The intricacy of the workings of many of the watches was fascinating. One huge grandfather clock was very similar to the 300 year old clock that Eric remembered from his grandfathers house growing up.
There was a section dedicated to orienteering! Well at least navigation, with a display of compasses and exhibits explaining how to navigate.
We spent a fair time in the puzzles section putting various solids together, making patterns and other amusements.
The flight hall (above the ship hall) had a range of early balloons from hundreds of years ago, planes and kites from the early 20th century up to more modern contraptions.
Samuel and Eric had a turn at VR simulators. Here's Sam driving a lunar rover.
There was a lot of other sections that were, well, very German. Musical instruments featured very prominently. There was also a whole section dedicated to fabricating metal objects (this one was actually quite interesting). All told we found the museum very impressive and we were glad we took the time to visit.
We spent an afternoon at the museum (the morning being taken up by injections) which was nowhere near enough time to see everything. Some of the highlights follow...
The collection of clocks and watches was quite huge. The intricacy of the workings of many of the watches was fascinating. One huge grandfather clock was very similar to the 300 year old clock that Eric remembered from his grandfathers house growing up.
There was a section dedicated to orienteering! Well at least navigation, with a display of compasses and exhibits explaining how to navigate.
The flight hall (above the ship hall) had a range of early balloons from hundreds of years ago, planes and kites from the early 20th century up to more modern contraptions.
Samuel and Eric had a turn at VR simulators. Here's Sam driving a lunar rover.
There was a lot of other sections that were, well, very German. Musical instruments featured very prominently. There was also a whole section dedicated to fabricating metal objects (this one was actually quite interesting). All told we found the museum very impressive and we were glad we took the time to visit.
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