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Special exhibitions in the Verkehrszentrum

The special exhibitions at the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum offer diverse insights into a wide range of topics - far beyond mobility and technology. They invite visitors to discover new perspectives and explore fascinating developments of our time.

From 22 November 2024

Photo: Deutsches Museum / Illustration: SDTB/ Studio Neue Museen, Francesca Sciarmella

Thin ice. Join us on a climate expedition!

From 22 November 2024 to 8 November 2025 in Hall I in the Verkehrszentrum transport museum

Humanity is skating on very thin ice. Climate change is becoming increasingly noticeable even in our temperate latitudes. And even more so in the Arctic, where the climate has already changed dramatically. This is the result of the "Polarstern" expedition, which started in 2019. You can find out how the researchers travelled, what exactly they did and what challenges they faced in the special exhibition "Thin Ice" at the Verkehrszentrum transport museum.

The exhibition takes visitors on a climate expedition. School classes and families experience what it is like to do research in the Arctic. They measure the thickness of the ice, search for microorganisms and find out how long there will still be multi-year ice. It becomes clear: The Arctic is our early warning system. And the warning is clear. There is little time left. We must act now to prevent a climate catastrophe.

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Past special exhibitions

"Madness – Illegal Car Racing"

Reckless driving is a daily occurrence, often ending in tragedy and reaching its peak risk in illegal car racing. This makes it all the more important to examine this phenomenon and, most importantly, to ask: How do we put an end to this need for speed?

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Rabbits&Rails

Public Transport Spaces: On an imaginative, interactive journey, you can experience the role buses and trains play as meeting points for people across Europe.

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"Bikesharing: Reinventing Cycling"

With the special exhibition "Bikesharing: Reinventing Cycling", the Verkehrszentrum highlights the development of shared bicycles and their significance for the mobility transition.

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Photo Exhibition

„Auto Land Scape“

At 0 km/h on the Autobahn – Spanning nearly 13,200 kilometers, Germany's autobahn network stretches across the entire country. Photographer Michael Tewes has focused on these vital traffic arteries in a six-year project. His series "Auto Land Scape" brings into sharp focus what we typically miss in a fleeting glance as we speed by.

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"Mobile Children's Worlds"

In collaboration with the German Bicycle Museum and collector Eva-Maria Mayer, the special exhibition offers a glimpse into over 150 years of "Mobile Children's Worlds". Around 80 exhibited vehicles—some of them unusual and rare—showcase an unexpected range of inventiveness, childlike imagination, and technical creativity.

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