Munich - BMW Museum

The BMW Museum in Munich is housed in a windowless silver-colored concrete bowl, 41m/134ft in diameter, the effect of which is in striking counterpoint to the adjacent skyscraper and sprawling factory buildings.

The museum exhibition, re-modeled every few years. By means of gently ascending ramps visitors re-enter the motoring world of yesterday. Almost every vehicle produced by this long-established automobile manufacturer is represented, from the "Dixi" - popular in the 1920s - to the showy sports and racing models of the 1950s and 1960s, and the R 32 motorcycle of 1932 to the world record-breaking machine of 1955.

The section devoted to the present day includes not only BMW's current models but also demonstrations of modern production methods.

The Future ("Zukunft") is assigned a platform to itself, focusing on new forms of propulsion and futuristic designs and transport systems.