Munich: Record number of visitors at the Deutsches Museum
1.7 million people: New visitor record at the Deutsches Museum in Bavaria breaks the 50-year-old record from 1978
The Deutsches Museum in Munich is one of the world's largest research museums for science and technology – it is part of the Leibniz Association (Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano)
Munich. The Deutsches Museum had more visitors in 2025 than ever before! Despite the major renovation, which is scheduled to last until 2028, Director General Michael Decker was able to report a new visitor record at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Munich is delighted and proud! As a spokesperson for the Deutsches Museum in Munich announced today – January 22, 2026 – a total of 1.7 million visitors were recorded last year at the museum's four different locations in Bavaria (compared to 1.5 million in 2024); this broke the visitor record from 1978, which stood at 1.6 million, for the first time in 50 years.
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| View from an Isar bridge to the Deutsches Museum in Munich, photo: Helga Waess (Press photo archive) |
The Deutsches Museum in Munich and its branch museums are likely among the most visited museums in Germany
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| Bridge over the Isar to the Deutsches Museum (entrance) in Munich, photo: Helga Waess (Press photo archive) |
The Deutsches Museum and its branch museums
Museum Island Munich (main building) - Opened in 1925
- 19 permanent exhibitions - from atomic physics to robotics
- Currently on display: special exhibition "Light and Matter" on quantum optics
- Area: 45,000 square meters currently undergoing extensive renovation - 20,000 square meters are currently open
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| Flugfeld der Flugwerft Schleißheim - Foto: Pressearchiv Helga Waess |
Schleißheim Aircraft Museum - Opened in 1992
- Museum of aviation history
- 7,500 square meters of exhibition space
The Historic Airfield – Home to the German Museum's Spaceflight Collection
Bavaria's oldest still-active airfield: Its proximity to the state capital, Munich, is sure to attract many visitors. The airfield has existed for over 100 years (since 1912) – originally used primarily as a military airfield. The aircraft hangar, established in 1919, has been complemented since 1992 by modern exhibition halls that house the German Museum's aviation and spaceflight collection.
It was a long road from the replica of a "normal flying machine" developed by Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896), with which he began testing gliding flights in 1894, to the first prototype, the DA 1 (Development Aircraft), of the legendary Eurofighter. And it could have been a purely male story, were it not for the daring female pilots like Melli Beese, Thea Rasche, and Hanna Reitsch, who graced the stage of aviation history.
The aircraft hangar vividly illustrates the history of aviation and the development of flight technology—including pilots' clothing—right up to space travel. A museum that is guaranteed not to be boring and is suitable for all ages.
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| Flugfeld der Flugwerft Schleißheim - Foto: Pressearchiv Helga Waess |
German Museum Bonn - Opened 1995
- Forum for Artificial Intelligence
- 1,400 square meters of exhibition space
German Museum Transport Centre - Munich - Opened 2003
- Land Transport
- 12,000 square meters of exhibition space
The aircraft hangar vividly illustrates the history of aviation and the development of flight technology—including pilots' clothing—right up to space travel. A museum that is guaranteed not to be boring and is suitable for all ages.
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| Große Schneckenskulptur von Jason Rhoades und Paul McCarthy auf dem Alten Messeplatz in München, im Hintergrund das Verkehrsmuseum des Deutschen Museums, Foto: Helga Waess |
German Museum Bonn - Opened 1995
- Forum for Artificial Intelligence
- 1,400 square meters of exhibition space
German Museum Transport Centre - Munich - Opened 2003
- Land Transport
- 12,000 square meters of exhibition space
Transport Center, Deutsches Museum, Theresienhöhe in Munich - Alter Messeplatz, Photo: Helga Waess (Press photo archive)
Classics of Mobility
In connection with the Transport Museum, the sight of the animal might also bring to mind caravan culture and the idea of the portable home.This line of thought brings us back to the Transport Museum, a museum for classics of rail and road mobility from over 150 years:
including motor vehicles, various original locomotives, trams, passenger cars, and historic bicycles.
German Museum Nuremberg - Opened 2021
- The Museum of the Future
- 2,900 square meters of exhibition space
The German Museum is one of the largest science and technology museums in the world
With a total exhibition area of 68,800 square meters (currently 43,000 due to extensive renovations in Munich), the German Museum is one of the largest science and technology museums worldwide.
The Museum's Research Library
- It will soon comprise one million volumes and is considered the most important library in the field of science and technology.
And there is a special archive
- and 4.7 kilometers of shelving dedicated to personal papers
and much more that makes a visit worthwhile at any time.
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| The Isar River in Munich, photo: Helga Waess (Press photo archive) |
German Museum
Museum Island 1
80538 Munich
Opening Hours
- Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Last admission to the museum is at 4:30 p.m.
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