Technik Museum Sinsheim
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox museum
The Technik Museum Sinsheim is a technology museum in Sinsheim, Germany.<ref>Listed in Template:Kursbuch208</ref> Opened in 1981, it is run by a registered association called "Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim e. V." which also runs the nearby Technik Museum Speyer.
Statistics
Template:As of, the museum had more than 3,000 exhibits and an exhibition area of more than Template:Convert, indoors and outdoors. In addition to exhibitions, the museum also has a Template:Convert IMAX 3D theatre. It receives more than 1 million visitors per year and is the largest privately owned museum in Europe.<ref name="12 Nov 08">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Exhibits
Feature exhibits
In 2003, Air France donated one of its retiring Concorde aircraft (F-BVFB) to the museum.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> With a Tupolev Tu-144<ref name="as at 12 Nov 08">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> already on display since 2001, it is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. Both aircraft's preserved interiors can be accessed by the public.Template:Citation needed
The museum's alliance acquired Buran prototype OK-GLI<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in 2004 which opened as a walk-in exhibition at the Technikmuseum Speyer on 3 October 2008.Template:Citation needed
Sinsheim Museum also has the largest permanent Formula One collection in Europe along with Ferraris, motorcycles, land speed record holders and classic cars along with a large collection of military tanks, aircraft, and miscellaneous equipment.<ref name="as at 12 Nov 08" />
The Sinsheim Auto und Technik Museum is open 365 days per year.<ref name="12 Nov 08"/>
Walk-in aircraft
- Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Tupolev Tu-144
- Junkers Ju 52
- Canadair CL-215
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Douglas DC-3
- Tupolev Tu-134
Other exhibits
- 300 vintage cars
- "American Dream Cars" collection from the 1950s
- 40 race and sports cars
- Formula-1 collection
- "Blue Flame" – American rocket-propelled ground vehicle once holding the world speed record
- 200 motorcycles
- 27 locomotives
- 50 aircraft, including fighters from both world wars and the early jet era, passenger airliners
- 150 tractors
- Steam engines and trucks
- Mechanical organs
- Several early jet fighters and other aircraft
- Tanks, artillery and other military equipment.
Access
The museum is easily reached by car and has a large car park. It also has a dedicated railway station as part of the local rail network.