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

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

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