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Deutsches Museum

Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
49 0 89 2179-1
As featured in Munich with young kids
Ranked #7 of 139 attractions in Munich
4.5 of 5 stars 399 Reviews
Type: Science Museums
Fee: Yes
Owner description: One of the world's largest science museums, visitors can to this famous institution can easily get lost among the endless floors of interesting...... more » Owner description: One of the world's largest science museums, visitors can to this famous institution can easily get lost among the endless floors of interesting exhibits, including a fascinating exhibit on mining. « less
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amsterdam
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25 reviews 25 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW

I've spent more than four hours in this excellent museum - not more, because I had to catch my plane - and I could see less than a quarter of the exhibition... Anyone could find an interesting section in this huge temple of science and technology. Germans are (had always been and possibly will always be) very good in the... More

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cork
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27 reviews 27 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW

fab place and lots to see there for old to the young you will not be disappointed More

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San Diego, California
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22 reviews 22 reviews
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

The Deutsches Museum is the largest "technical and scientific" museums in the world. You have a selection of great exhibits. They also include a pass to the auto museum with your admission fee. Transportation to the museum by tram is very easy (buy an all day city public transportation pass). The museum is so large that it does not feel... More

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Athens, Greece
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11 reviews 11 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

Excellent example of technological museum. Covers a great number of areas, starting from the technology that the first watermills involved, includes boats in their real size, even submarines of the 2nd W.W. Also you can find aeroplanes, a space station, spacesuits, missiles, the triplane of the Red Baron, the plane that Wright brothers took off for the first time, posters,... More

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Bristol, United Kingdom
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012 NEW

Easily the best museum I have ever visited. Really is something for everyone. I spent four hours there and didnt see everything. The mines are amazing and the new biology centre. More

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Thessaloniki, Greece
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 May 2012 NEW

A world of tis own. There is something fore everyone... Cars, ships, planes, space, animals, physics, chemistry... Kids will love it, parents will thank Germans for that... Do not miss it by any chance. More

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Athens, Greece
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012

Huge and full of details you need almost 4 hours running the floors More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012

So much for German organization. The floorplan is difficult to follow. The model train exhibit wasn't working. Still, I enjoyed the airplanes exhibit, especially the V2 rocket and the homemade plane that an East German had hoped to fly over the Berlin Wall. More

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Shanghai, China
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38 reviews 38 reviews
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2012

This museum is more than impressive. It excites both the young and old and you can literally spend hours getting lost among the real size planes, boats etc. Go! More

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Athens, Greece
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2012

It provides a great oppurtinity to see the advance of mankind through technological advances.It was a great experience More

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