Andreas Hempfer
Main Department of Traffic, Mobility, Transport
Curator
Address
Deutsches Museum
80306 Munich
Telephone
+49 89 2179 643
Fax
+49 89 2179 99350
Email a.hempfer@deutsches-museum.de
Curriculum Vitae
Berufliche Tätigkeiten
Seit 2017
Curator Aviation until 1945
2015 – 2017
Scientific traineeship at the Deutsches Museum, Aviation Department
Hochschulausbildung
2011 – 2015
Master's degree in history and culture of science and technology at the Technischen Universität of Berlin. During his studies, he led, among other things, the student project on urban and transport planning of the “Dritten Reiches” for the “Welthauptstadt Germania“ ” as well as several internships in the aviation department of the Deutsches Museum in Munich
2008 – 2011
Bachelor's degree in History of Natural Sciences and Technology with a minor in History at the University of Stuttgart. Internship at the Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen
Focal points of research activity
- Cooperation project with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, X-ray technology development center EZRT: CT-Scan scan of the Messerschmitt Me 163
- Exhibition concepts for contaminated exhibits from the National Socialist era
- Restoration ethics in dealing with technical cultural assets
- Cooperation projects with the Technical University of Munich, including the history of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 at Deutsches Museum
- Restoration and exhibition concepts for the original Lilienthal glider of the Deutsches Museum
Exhibitions / Projects
- Permanent exhibition Historical Aviation until 1918
- Permanent exhibition Historic Aviation 1918 to 1945, Deutsches Museum (Eröffnung 2022)
- Training the Eye: The first experimental phase of aerial photography until 1918.
Publications (selection)
- A.Hempfer, "Raketenwaffe Aggregat A 4 (V2)", 1945. In "Die Welt der Technik in 100 Objekten", W. M. Heckl (Hrsg.), C. H. Beck, 2022, S. 5-7.
- Hempfer; Stoessel, Pamplona (u.a.): Computed Tomography testing at remains of a glider from Otto Lilienthal, 8th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography, Wels, Austria (iCT 2018)
- Hempfer, Andreas: Objekt W: Ehemaliges Max Planck-Institut für Metallforschung. In: Hentschel, Klaus (Hrsg.): Historischer Campusführer der Universität Stuttgart: Teil I, Stadtmitte. Stuttgart 2010, S. 153 – 164
Lectures
„Friedrich Förster: Elektrische und magnetische Verfahren zerstörungsfreier Materialprüfung mit Fokus auf Entwicklungen für das Reichsluftfahrtministerium“; Beitrag zur Vortragsreihe „Research Technologies – Forschungstechnologien“ auf der 94. Jahrestagung der DGGMNT in Stuttgart am 25. September 2011.