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What to do and see in Bavaria, Germany: The Best Science Museums
Anthem: Bayernhymne (German)
"Hymn of Bavaria"
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1. Bayerwald Xperium
2. Wetterau-Museum
3. Museum Das Jurahaus
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
Unter dem Steindach – die Jurahäuser der Altmühlregion mit ihrem schweren Kalkplattendach sind einmalig. Erfahren Sie im Museum Das Jurahaus Geschichte, Verbreitung und charakteristische Merkmale dieses besonderen Haustyps, hören Sie Lebensgeschichten der einstigen Bewohner des romantischen kleinen Handwerkerhauses von 1657 und sehen Sie zu, wie ein Kalkplattendach entsteht. Bitte nicht mit dem Juramuseum auf der Willibaldsburg (Fossilien) verwechseln.
4. Deutsches Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7,762 reviews
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.
Reviewed By duomo2 - Taunton, United Kingdom
This is the best museum I have ever visited, and I have been to many museums all over the world. It is massive, each section is huge and so detailed that you could literally get lost inside. We had 4.5 hours to spend here, which was nowhere near enough because we had to rush through in order to see everything (and we still had to skip loads of stuff). If I had known the museum was so vast I would have come a day earlier when I had the whole day free. Every section was big and full of things to see. The ship section had early diving suits, big ship models, a cut open submarine (the toilet was next to the missile!!), and a room that was made to look like you were on the deck of a cruise liner! There was actual equipment from ships that you can fiddle with, including a big life ring with trousers. There were detailed drawings of how ships are designed, with models of the different designs in a big tank that you can test out to see how they float and move. There was a room showing how different woods are chosen for ship building. It was so amazing and I don't even like ships! And that was just part of the basement! The best sections for us were the physics section, which had loads and loads of hands-on experiments to play with (my kids refused to leave!) and also the amazing mining section. I have been down two mines before, where they built museums around the mines and take people down to part of the mines to show you what it's like. I was shocked that in the Deutsche Museum they actually did the opposite, they made a mine in a museum! It was just like being in a real mine, the smells and the feel of the wind were exactly as I felt when I was down a real mine. Absolutely amazing! For us this museum was the highlight of our entire trip to Munich, we could have happily spent days in here. Instead of just using drawings to show you how things worked, this museum contains the actual machines and equipment that is used. (I now know how they used to drill the long hole into the centre of a cannon, using horsepower and gravity!) Brilliant, a must-see! I feel we must return to Munich in the future just to visit this museum!
5. experimenta - Das Science Center
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4.5 based on 139 reviews
experimenta, Germany's largest science center, amazes visitors with an extraordinary variety of offerings and is an exceptional symbol of the joy of experimentation, of knowledge and innovation. In the Discovery Worlds, numerous interactive stations on four exhibition levels are sources of inspiration. The Science Dome is a unique combination of planetarium and theater, where you can travel virtually through space or experience fascinating laser shows or experiment demonstrations. A space station of a special kind is located on the rooftop terrace: the observatory with its powerful telescopes and four observatory stations. The Research Worlds in building e2 provide areas for a wide range of experiments. They include eight high-quality and fully equipped labs, a cooking lab and the Northern Württemberg Student Research Center. experimenta offerings are rounded off with the Maker Space as a platform for design and development and as a workshop for hands-on work.
Reviewed By mellyflo - Hannover, Germany
I can 100% recommend it! The staff is very kind and there is Kursivdrucke things to do and try out. You can easily spend an entire day here!
6. Holztechnisches Museum
7. Carl Bosch Museum
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
The technical historical museum in Heidelberg offers exciting insights on the life and discoveries of Heidelberg's Nobel Prize winner Carl Bosch (1874-1940). The museum opened its doors in May 1998 in the original garage-house which served as the residence of Carl Bosch's driver, and, of course, as a garage for his automobiles - the vintage brands Horch and Maybach. Presented within a space of 300m² and two outdoor courtyards, the museum displays the most interesting and exciting highlights in the life of Carl Bosch. The exhibition is arranged into eight sections distributed over both museum floors and an outside courtyard. The topics range from the development of chemical engineering to IG Farben's role during the Third Reich. The exhibition demonstrates the development of high-pressure technology from its beginnings in the laboratory to the creation of huge industrial complexes, and documents their political and economical effects as well.
8. Paleontological Museum Munich
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By kristil878
This is a small museum but they have some good displays, some are in English. It is worth a stop, especially with kids interested in fossils and such. The building and nearby houses are very picturesque as well.
9. Museum Maxhuette
10. KORPERWELTEN Museum – Anatomie des Glucks
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4.0 based on 73 reviews
On track to happiness! Whether it's great love, a carefree life or true friendship... we encounter happiness in various ways, but still never quite by accident. When do we feel happiness? What happens to our body? Why can't we keep it forever? Plastinator Dr. Gunther von Hagens and curator Dr. Angelina Whalley pursue these and other questions in the BODY WORLDS Museum at the Altes Hallenbad in Heidelberg. The permanent exhibition is not only devoted to human anatomy, its organ functions and questions about health, but also the Anatomy of Happiness. Around 200 unique exhibits and accompanying interactive stations, where YOU can get on track to your happiness, reveal the wonderful complexity of your inner body and will inspire your sensibility to your own body and happiness.
