Technik Museum Sinsheim
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The Technik Museum Sinsheim is a technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany.[1] Opened in 1981, it is run by a registered association called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V." which also runs the nearby Technik Museum Speyer.
Statistics
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Exhibits
Feature exhibits
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft (F-BVFB) to the museum.[3] With a Tupolev Tu-144[4] already on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both aircraft's preserved interiors can be accessed by the public.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The museum's alliance acquired Buran prototype OK-GLI[5] in 2004 which opened as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on 3 October 2008.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Sinsheim Museum also has the largest permanent Formula One collection in Europe along with Ferraris, motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars along with a large collection of military tanks, aircraft, and miscellaneous equipment.[4]
The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year.[2]
Walk-in aircraft
- Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Tupolev Tu-144
- Junkers Ju 52
- Canadair CL-215
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Douglas DC-3
- Tupolev Tu-134
Other exhibits
- 300 vintage cars
- "American Dream Cars" collection from the 1950s
- 40 race and sports cars
- Formula-1 collection
- "Blue Flame" – American rocket-propelled ground vehicle once holding the world speed record
- 200 motorcycles
- 27 locomotives
- 50 aircraft, including fighters from both world wars and the early jet era, passenger airliners
- 150 tractors
- Steam engines and trucks
- Mechanical organs
- Several early jet fighters and other aircraft
- Tanks, artillery and other military equipment.
Access
The museum is easily reached by car and has a large car park. It also has a dedicated railway station as part of the local rail network.
References
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- ↑ Listed in Kursbuch der deutschen Museums-Eisenbahnen 2008 (Handbook of German Museum Railways), Verlag Uhle und Kleimann, Template:ISBN, serial 208
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External links
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