Porsche Museum, Stuttgart

The Porsche Museum is a museum in the Zuffenhausen district of Stuttgart, Germany on the site of carmaker Porsche.

The original museum

The old museum opened in 1976. It is still a relatively small "works museum" but it is due to reopen on new premises in late 2008. The museum currently holds around 20 exhibits (in rotation).

The new museum

Due to open in late 2008, the new museum is expected to feature a display of around 80 exhibits in what the company calls a "rolling museum" (with rotating exhibits and cars still in full driving condition). Originally there was discussion that the new museum would be built alongside a new Mercedes-Benz museum on former trade fair grounds in the Killesberg area of Stuttgart.de] . After the new Mercedes-Benz Museum opened in the east of Stuttgart in 2006, Porsche went ahead with plans to upgrade and extend its museum in the northern district of Zuffenhausen next to the company headquarters, at an estimated cost of more than 60 million euros.

The new museum was designed by the architects Delugan Meissl. The museum concept is based on a model by HG Merz who was also involved in the building of the award winning Mercedes Benz museum.de]

References

* [http://www.porsche.com/uk/aboutporsche/porschemuseum/ Official Porsche company information on the new museum]

Selection of exhibits

Please note that this article is about the museum itself so only a selection of cars is shown here. To add images or view exhibits, please visit the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Porsche-Museum commons page] .