Sachsen-Anhalt/Saxony-Anhalt

Bitterfeld-Wolfen:

Industrie- und Filmmuseum Wolfen

Here you can see how normal films for cameras were made and you also learn about the history of photography. www.ifm-wolfen.de

Dessau-Roßlau:

Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers

Here you can learn about the airplanes designed by Hugo Junkers and see an old Junkers JU 52 that sunk on the Norway coast near Narvik in WW2. www.technikmuseum-dessau.de

Magdeburg:

Technikmuseum Magdeburg

Here in the museum you can see many small and large exhibits. You learn something about farming, industry, handcraft, and others. www.technikmuseum-magdeburg.de

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Anklam:

Otto-Lilienthal-Museum

Here you can learn a lot about Otto Lilienthal’s first flights and his flying machines. He was the one who inspired the Wright brothers. www.lilienthal-museum.de

Peenemünde:

Historisch-Technisches Informationszentrum

From 1936 to 1945 the Military Test Site in Peenemünde was an ultramodern technology facility. Here missiles and other flight objects were developed. www.peenemuende.de

Rostock:

Schiffbau- und Schifffahrtsmuseum

Here you can learn all about East German ship building, from Slavic log-boats to modern cargo ships. www.schifffahrtsmuseum-rostock.de

Schwerin:

Mecklenburgisches Eisenbahn- und Technikmuseum

Here you can see old steam engines, diesel engines, railway carriages and much more. www.mef-schwerin.de.vu

Stralsund:

Deusches Meeresmuseum

Here you find oceanlike aquariums with more than 7,000 animals and in the Nautineum you can also learn about fishing, shipbuilding and oceanography. You can as well visit the outpost at Darsser Ort called Natureum. www.meeresmuseum.de

Berlin

Berlin:

Museum im Wasserwerk

Here you can learn about the history of water supply in Berlin. The museum is located the old waterworks of Friedrichshagen. www.museum-im-wasserwerk.de

Deutsches Technikmuseum

In the museum you can learn about the cultural history of technology. A broad spectrum of old and new technology is presented. www.sdtb.de

Baden-Württemberg

Friedrichshafen:

Zeppelin-Museum

The Zeppelin-Museum is home for the world’s greatest collection of the history of aviation. Besides the technical collection you will also find a large art collection of the Lake Constance region. www.zeppelin-museum.de

Furtwangen:

Deutsches Uhrenmuseum

In the museum with about 2,500 exhibits you can learn about the long tradition of clock-making in the Black Forest. www.deutsches-uhrenmuseum.de

Mannheim:

Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit

Here you can learn more about the industrialisation of the country and how scientific experiments can lead to technical inventions. www.landesmuseum-mannheim.de

Sinsheim:

Auto- und Technik-Museum

From the Concorde to locomotives, vintage cars and racing cars you can find about everything here. A visit is really worth it. www.technik-museum.de

Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen:

Porsche Museum

Here you can see 80 Porsche cars and experience the history of Porsche. www.porsche.com

Lower Saxony

Brunswick:

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

The PTB is he national metrology institute and stands for reliability in metrology. It was founded in 1887. www.ptb.de

Bückeburg:

Hubschraubermuseum

In the Helicopter Museum more than 40 helicopters are shown as well as engines and gear mechanisms. www.hubschraubermuseum.de

Clausthal-Zellerfeld:

Oberharzer Bergwerkmuseum

Here you can learn about ore mining from mediaeval times to the end of the 19th century. www.oberharzerbergwerksmuseum.de

Gifhorn:

Internationales Wind- und Wassermühlen-Museum

In the museum you find more than 15 wind- and water-mills from 12 different countries. It is unique in Europe. www.muehlenmuseum.de

Goslar:

Rammelsberg Museum & Besucherbergwerk

The old ore mines, with a tradition of more than 1000 years of ore mining, now are a museum. The Rammelsberg mines and the historic town of Goslar were placed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1992. They are a cultural heritage for all humanity. www.rammelsberg.de

Lüneburg:

Deutsches Salzmuseum

After the salt-mine was closed in 1980 it was transformed into a museum. www.salzmuseum.de

Wolfsburg:

Autostadt Wolfsburg

In the largest car delivery centre in the world you find lots of interesting information for adults and children. www.autostadt.de

Bavaria

Berchtesgaden:

Salzbergwerk

In the salt mines you can see where the famous Bad Reichenhall brand salt comes from. We cannot live without salt. www.salzzeitreise.de

München:

BMW Museum

Since 2008 you can see here BMW cars, racing cars and motorcycles. www.bmw-museum.de

Deutsches Museum

The Deutsches Museum probably is the most famous German museum. You can experience science, technology, materials and production, transportation and much more here and in the in the Verkehrszentrum with lots of vintage cars and at Oberschleissheim airfield with the aviation collections. www.deusches-museum.de

Nördlingen:

Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum

Here in the railway museum you can see steam and diesel engines and the old restored running shed. www.bayerisches-eisenbahnmuseum.de

Nürnberg:

Museum Industriekultur

In the Museum for Industrial Culture you can experience the technical, social and cultural history of Nuremberg. www.museen.nuernberg.de/industriekultur

Verkehrsmuseum

Here you learn a lot about the post and telecommunication as well as the history of German railway. You can see a reproduction of the first steam engine going from Nurembert to Fürth in 1835. Don’t miss it. www.museumsstiftung.de, www.dbmuseum.de

Schleswig-Holstein

Flensburg:

Phänomenta
Here you may touch things you see and do little experiments yourself. You will learn a lot about technical and natural scientific things. www.phaenomenta-flensburg.de

Husum:

Schiffahrtsmuseum
Ship models, about how to build ships, shipyards, fishery and whaling, and the history oft he sailors and their families is shown here. www.schiffahrtsmuseum-nf.de

Kappeln:

Historisches Sägewerk

In 1900 work started in the old saw mill which now is a working museum. The saws are powered by a windmill.www.kappeln.de/workingmuseum.html

Kiel:

Kieler Schifffahrtsmuseum

Here you can see ship models of all times, learn about the maritime history of Kiel, and you can even see a model of the first German submarine. www.kiel.de/kulur/museen

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bochum:

Deutsches Bergbau-Museum
With more than 400,000 visitors, the German mining museum is the most important in the world. Here you can learn almost everything about mining. www.bergbaumuseum.de

Eisenbahnmuseum

In Bochum-Dahlhausen the railway museum is located. You can see numerous locomotives and railway carriages. www.eisenbahnmuseum-bochum.de

Engelskirchen:

Baumwollspinnerei mit E-Werk

The factory of Friedrich Engels, the father of the famous socialist, also was one of the first power houses in Germany.  Here you can see how electricity changed our lives. www.eisenbahnmuseum-bochum.de

Essen:

Zeche Zollverein

The most beautiful coal mine in the world, the Zollverein World Heritage site, today is a famous industrial monument. It attracts about 800,000 visitors every year. Exhibitions of all sorts offer a huge variety of attractions for adults as well as children. www.zollverein.de

Paderborn:

Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum

HNF is the world’s biggest computer museum. High-tech exhibits can be tested by the visitors. You can go on a journey not only through German information technology. www.hnf.de

Ratingen:

Textilfabrik Cromford

This was the first textile factory in Europe built in 1783/84 by Johann Gottfried Brügelmann. He got the construction plans for “waterframes”, special spinning frames, in Cromford, England. www.industriemuseum.lvr.de

Solingen:

Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs

Solingen is famous for quality knives and scissors. In the Museum you can still see how they were produced. www.industriemuseum.lvr.de

Wuppertal:

Schwebebahn

Since 1901 the suspension railway is an important urban transport system. You shouldn’t miss it. Unfortunately it is out of service until April 2010! www.schwebebahn.de