Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum

The Auto and Technik Museum Sinsheim is a 1981 opened museum in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg. In addition to the main attractions, the two supersonic aircraft Concorde and Tupolev Tu-144, is mainly found here a great classic car and car collection. Initiator and founder was the entrepreneur Eberhard Layher.

Description

The museum has more than 3,000 exhibits on an area of ​​over 50,000 m² (indoor and outdoor exhibition, 30,000 m² of floor space ). It attracts more than one million visitors a year and is open in 365 days. The museum is connected to the Technik Museum Speyer, located about 30 minutes away by car. On the site there are dining options including a restaurant and a snack bar, playgrounds, travel / adventure simulators, a jump boat conditioning and some tube slides. In addition, a museum shop and facilities for meetings and celebrations.

The museum is operated by the nonprofit Association club Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim. Funding is provided by its own account through entrance fees, donations and membership fees.

History

The end of 1980 had collectors and restorers the idea of ​​her exhibition pieces to make a large audience. The Museum Society was founded and opened on 6 May 1981, the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim on a total area of ​​5,000 square meters. In 1982, the Blue Flame Museum of Technology, 1983, a rotor blade of the wind turbine Growian was erected on the roof of an exhibition hall.

1988 has received several other aircraft, a Douglas DC -3 and the Boeing ' Vertol helicopter and a discarded Ilyushin Il- 14, which was brought to the Museum Square with the help of a helicopter of the Bundeswehr Museum. In addition, in 1988 the fully restored YES Maffei built - express. 1989, a Tupolev Tu-134 split of Manching ( Ingolstadt ) was transported to the Museum of Technology.

In 1990, the car collection was expanded to include the largest Formula 1 exhibition in Europe.

In 1993, the Sunday concert of the ZDF was transferred from the museum. 1995, a station of the Deutsche Bahn was opened at the museum.

1996 Germany 's first IMAX 3D theater in the Technik Museum Sinsheim opened in 1998 the first own IMAX film, " classic", produced by the Museum.

1999 Huschke von Hanstein Memorial Hall was opened.

Early 21st century, the museum received more aircraft for the exhibition: the supersonic aircraft Tupolev Tu -144 was transported in 2000 to Sinsheim and exhibited on the roof of the museum hall 2 from 2001, a second supersonic airliner, the French Concorde, was established in 2003 to Sinsheim transported and 2004 exhibited alongside the Tupolev 144. In 2005, the Canadair CL- 215 water bomber was installed on the museum grounds.

The focal points

The majority of the collection is made up of vehicles in the broadest sense: from a stroller Exhibition, an original bike rally, an area with fischertechnik models of motorcycles, passenger cars, sports cars, Formula 1 cars, dragsters and the world record - vehicle Blue Flame to towards a military exhibition of armored vehicles, as well as numerous historical (steam ) locomotives a wide range is covered. The second focus represent aircraft that are accessible to the part. The biggest attractions make this surely the French Concorde and the Russian Tupolev Tu-144 represents the Tu-144 came in 2000 after over 4000 miles of travel in Sinsheim, the Concorde was in 2003 by Air France for the symbolic price of 1 € given the museum. Sinsheim is currently the only place where you can see both supersonic passenger aircraft side by side.

In addition to the exhibitions, the museum also maintains an IMAX 3D cinema with a 22 m × 27 m giant screen.

Type of presentation

The exhibits are thematically grouped in groups and can be viewed by visitors from nearby. The individual exhibits to find tables with key data. Rare explanations can be found at historical developments and the underlying technical progress or backgrounds. Upon request guided tours are offered through the museum, with explanations of the exhibits.

Walk-in aircraft

Some of the larger aircraft can be committed. ( Was in the Inne device but either removed or covered with transparent plastic) After rising through the passenger area ends the commission of each front of the cockpit, which is blocked by a Plexiglas plate. The walk- planes are:

  • Concorde
  • Tupolev Tu -144
  • Junkers Ju 52/3 m
  • Douglas DC-3
  • Ilyushin Il -18
  • Vickers Viscount
  • Ilyushin Il -14
  • Canadair CL -215

Other exhibits

  • A completely preserved steam engine that goes with coins in operation.
  • 300 classic cars Mercedes and Maybach Exposition
  • American -Dream -Cars -Collection ( from the 50s )
  • Corvettes of the 1960s
  • Formula 1 Collection
  • "Blue Flame" - a world record car ( presented in 1970 a world speed record over 1001.66 km / h for land vehicles on which lasted until 1983)
  • De Lorean
  • Models of Ferrari, for example, F40, F50, Enzo, Testarossa, 365 Daytona Spyder, Dino
Technik-Museum Speyer Blue Flame (car) Ilyushin Il-14 Fritz Huschke von Hanstein Canadair CL-215 Ilyushin Il-18 American LaFrance Ferrari F40 Ferrari F50 Ferrari 365 Dino (automobile) Orchestrion Militaria
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