Museumsportal Berlin

Since 1982, a technology museum of international repute has been developed in Berlin´s old and new centre: the Deutsches Technikmuseum (formerly: Museum für Verkehr und Technik - Museum for Transport and Technology).
The museum continues the tradition of reputable museums of technology, which Berlin had been home to until World War II. The Gleisdreieck location of the museum is of historical importance: this is where Anhalter freight station, the rail depot with two circular locomotive sheds and the factory buildings of a company specialising in markets and cold stores were located. This historical complex of buildings is also the most valuable "object" of the museum. On completion of all development phases the building will cover an exhibition area of over 50,000 square metres and will be one of the largest technical museums in the world.
14 departments currently exhibit just one quarter of their treasures on 25,000 square metres: old-timers, locomotives and planes, looms, suitcase- and jewellery production and machine tools, computers, radios and cameras, Diesel engines, steam engines, scientific instruments, paper machines, printing presses and much more.