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The
Deutsches Museum is a huge German museum dedicated to the
history of science and technology. This year it is celebrating
its 100th anniversary. It's one of Marty's favorite places
to visit in Munich. We went on a Sunday morning in January.
What
strikes me about the museum is how beautiful some of the
things are which fall into the realm of "science and
technology." Old airplanes, old cars, fancy painted
boats, kites, holograms, and textiles. The Deutsches Museum
has an extensive collection of historic musical instruments,
as well, and when we visited we attended a concert of Mozart,
van Beeck, and other composers, played on instruments contemporaneous
with the compositions. Because of course, music is science,
too.
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Marty
outside the entrance to the Deutsches Museum.
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From
the courtyard.
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Empty
garderobe, just after the museum opened for the day.
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A
big metal hand in the sunshine.
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Copper
in the sun.
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They
have an excellent collection of flying machines at the
Deutsches Museum.
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Marty
enjoyed looking at the aircraft engines (he doesn't see
enough of them during the week).
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A
dependable engine!
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Marty
admires the high compressor section of the engine.
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Of
course, you don't have to have an engine to fly...
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Closeup
of a Rumpler C IV, from 1916/1917. It is amazing to me
that humans have been flying for nearly 100 years.
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A
Fokker Dr.I. from 1917. Despite its three stacked wings,
this plane seems small, almost like a toy.
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Another
view of the Fokker.
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The
Deutsches Museum collection includes many cars as well.
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A
fancy Mercedes one-seater.
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This
Portuguese sailing boat was painted decoratively. It was
used for harvesting sea algae to be used as crop fertilizer.
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Self-portrait
in hologram. My reflection appears in the blue panel of
this picture.
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A
convenient spot to sit down for a discussion of the periodic
table of elements.
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Marty
in the tower.
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Inside
the tower is a Foucault Pendulum in action.
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An
American printing press -- the Columbia -- from 1818.
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Folding
origami in the paper section.
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We
saw this space-age shower in a special exhibition of bathrooms
through the ages.
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Flash
Gordon approaching!
(These
are showerheads in the bathroom exhibit.)
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A
fancy mahogany bathtub.
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More
bathrooms through the ages...
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One
of my favorites.
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Unfortunately,
my camera batteries were dwindling by the time we reached
the big hall full of old cars, the room with the two full-size
train engines, and the music salon where we saw the concert.
I will return sometime and take more pictures, and add them
to this page.
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