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A celebration for all
Celebrate 100 years of the Deutsches Museum on the Museum Island with us
The exhibition building on the Museumsinsel was opened on 7 May 1925. This 100-year anniversary is being celebrated.
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100 years of the Deutsches Museum - The countdown is on!
There will also be a big island festival to mark the anniversary, as seen here at the opening of the new exhibitions in 2022. Photo: Deutsches Museum, Hubert Czech
100th anniversary celebration - free admission, full programme!
Our anniversary celebration starts on 9 May with special activities and free admission for schoolchildren. On the anniversary weekend, 10 and 11 May 2025, we cordially invite everyone to join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Deutsches Museum - with a varied anniversary programme in and around the museum and free admission for everyone.
The exhibitions, workshops, library, archive, collection management, education department and many other areas will be organising a festival full of discoveries and experiences. Look forward to a long weekend full of knowledge, amazement, entertainment and a real anniversary atmosphere - all over the Museum Island!
100 yearsThe 100th anniversary of the exhibition building will be celebrated on 7 May 2025.
100 possibilitiesWe are celebrating the anniversary with many activities, programmes and digital offers.
Further events are being planned:
Photo: Deutsches Museum, München | Reinhard Krause
Publications
Our publishing house is publishing two books to mark our anniversary. In an illustrated book on 100 years of the Deutsches Museum on the Museumsinsel, photographs from our collection illustrate the exciting and eventful history of the museum.
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Enchanting illustrations
The French illustrator Lapin spent two weeks in our exhibitions in autumn 2024: drawing masterpieces of technology and portraying people in the museum. His pictures will be published as a book by our publishing house in May 2025 - as one of the highlights of the museum's 100th anniversary.
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Guided tours of the workshops
They turn tiny screws, operate huge saws and milling machines, mould with clay, guide the needle, press the trigger or move the brushes: at the Deutsches Museum, we've got literally always our hands full. On the campaign weekend 10/11 May 2025, you can watch our experts at work. There will be guided tours of selected workshops at the Deutsches Museum - from the bookbindery to the electronics lab, from the sculptor's workshop to the carpenter's workshop, there will be exciting insights behind the scenes at the museum. Participation is free, registration is required - more detailed information will be announced later.
Im Magazin der Bibliothek werden mehr als 900.000 Bände aufbewahrt. Am Jubiläumswochenende der Bereich ausnahmsweise auch für Besucher:innen zugänglich. Photo: Deutsches Museum | Fotografie DM
Get to know the research museum
On the anniversary weekend 10/11 May 2025, you can gain an insight into research at the Deutsches Museum with guided tours, walk-ups and activities. In the library, you can learn more about the exciting history and particularly valuable books. The archive shows collections from the museum's history and offers a look behind the scenes. The new digital laboratory in the research institute also opens its doors. The Deutsches Museum is one of the eight research museums of the Leibniz Association and is therefore much more than just an exhibition centre. For our anniversary, we are offering insights into research areas that are not normally open to visitors.
Das Ensemble auf der Museumsinsel auf einem Luftbild aus dem Herbst 2022. Photo: Deutsches Museum | Bernd Wackerbauer
Audiowalk on the Museum Island
An audio walk from the Cornelius Bridge to the Forum of the Future. Go on a walk with your smartphone and headphones and learn more about the exciting and eventful history of "our" Museumsinsel. Topics include: The building history and opening of the museum in 1925, the period of National Socialism and destruction during the Second World War. Get to know the UNRRA University and be surprised which world-famous stars have performed in the Congress Hall. We will take you to our current major construction site and our experts will tell you about the Deutsches Museum's plans for the future. In our audio walk, museum history and contemporary history are brought together and told in an informative and entertaining way.
The audio walk is planned to be published in the Deutsches Museum App to coincide with the anniversary celebrations in May 2025.
With the kind support of the Friends and Sponsors of the Deutsches Museum (Freundes- und Förderkreis Deutsches Museum e.V.).
Further programmes in planning
- Open air exhibition with 100 pictures from 100 years
- Digital offers in our Deutsches Museum Digital portal
- Quiz with 100 questions about the Deutsches Museum
- Merchandising "100 years of the Deutsches Museum"
- Special exhibits from the history of the museum in the exhibitions
“Visits must be facilitated by favourable admission prices.
The collections must be open for as long as possible and preferably at times when the public has time to visit them.
Der Besuch muss durch billige Eintrittspreise erleichtert werden.
Die Sammlungen müssen möglichst lange und möglichst zu den Zeiten geöffnet sein, in welchen die Bevölkerung Zeit zur Besichtigung hat.”