German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
- German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis is on rail transport, but it also features exhibits of various sorts of industrial technology. Recently, it has opened both maritime and aviation exhibition halls. The museum also contains a science center called Spectrum.
On May 15, 2002, a special exhibition opened which featured the inventions of computer pioneer Konrad Zuse.
It is located in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, in buildings formerly part of the freight depot attached to the Anhalter Bahnhof. The building's famous C-47 'Raisinbomber' Skytrain can be seen with ease from the top of the Fernsehturm Television Tower and from a descending aircraft landing at Tempelhof Airport.
The museum contains many relics throughout, with a large aircraft section which houses a Messerschmitt Bf 110, Flak cannon, Stuka and a V-1 flying bomb.
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External links
* [http://www.dtmb.de/ Museum website]
* [http://www.dtmb.de/index_en.html English information]
* [http://www.dtmb.de/Spectrum/index_en.html Spectrum: the Science Center]
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