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1903
An engineer founded the world's largest science and technology museum in 1903
The Deutsches Museum is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 125,000 objects from 50 fields. It was founded on 28 June 1903 at a meeting of the Association of German Engineers, on the initiative of Oskar von Miller.
125,000exhibited objects, from 50 fields of science and technology
Miller
The founder had built a 57-kilometre power line in 1882
Oskar von Miller studied electrical engineering and built the first high voltage line, from Miesbach to Munich, 57 km long, in 1882. In the early years the exhibition and the collection of the museum were strongly influenced by him personally.
An island
The museum stands on a former coal island in the Isar
The main site is a small island in the Isar river, which had been used for rafting wood since the Middle Ages. In 1903 the city council announced it would donate the island for the new museum. The island, formerly known as Kohleninsel, the coal island, was renamed Museumsinsel.
Marks
A group gave 260,000 marks on the spot to start it
A few months before the 1903 meeting Miller gathered a group who backed his wish for a science and technology museum. In a show of support the group spontaneously donated 260,000 marks and elected a provisional committee. For a time the museum also hosted rock concerts, including The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Elton John.
Day 5, afternoon
It comes after Asamkirche. Then Gaertnerplatz.
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